Why would you want to learn hypnosis now? After all the controversy and misunderstandings this topic is associated with. When most people hear of the word 'hypnosis' they immediately will think of these three things.

1. A black and white spiral rotating in front of them which is meant to induce them into a state of hypnotic trance. Perhaps even making you powerless.

2. Another thought that commonly springs to mind when 'hypnosis' is mentioned is someone dangling a pocket clock in front of them. Once again to attempt to induce them into a hypnotized state of mind.

3. Because of all the unbelievable and phenomenal acts hypnotists are able to perform, especially the ones who appear on TV, many people are highly skeptical of hypnosis and assume that the TV shows are stunts with paid actors and actresses. This type of media attention and publicity raises plenty of eyebrows, draws criticism and plenty of questions.

The 'does hypnosis really work?' is a very popular search term on the internet.

Unfortunately, many younger people including children and teenagers will watch these hypnosis TV shows and it will linger with them forever or until they discover how hypnosis really works and how hypnosis can be used for more than getting people to do ridiculous things on television. The internet will help to change the general perception of hypnosis. These days whenever someone is unsure about anything or any topic, they can simply log onto the internet and run a search for their query.

These are some of the other uses hypnosis has; weight loss, an aid to quit smoking, removing phobias, and power of persuasion to gain respect, power and rapport. Other interesting hypnosis related topics include; self hypnosis, feminization hypnosis and clinical hypnosis.

As hypnosis gets more attention and more understanding of its other non-comical benefits and uses, the number of hypnotists will increase but the number of clients will also increase. If all hypnosis techniques were a scam then we would not see so many hypnosis training, hypnosis books and courses doing the laps on the internet. Payment processing companies for these hypnotists or authors would simply ban them from selling their hypnosis products because of a high refund rate. The question is why would you want to learn hypnosis? What do you want it to do for you?