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List Of Hypnotists
{{Short description, none Below is a list of famous hypnotists. Historical * Étienne Eugène Azam * Vladimir Bekhterev * Hippolyte Bernheim * Alfred Binet * James Braid (surgeon) * John Milne Bramwell * Jean-Martin Charcot * Émile Coué * John Elliotson * Dave Elman * Milton Hyland Erickson * James Esdaile * George Estabrooks * Abbé Faria * Sigmund Freud * Pierre Janet * Edith Klemperer * Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault * Ormond McGill * Franz Mesmer * Albert Moll * Julian Ochorowicz * Ivan Pavlov * Morton Prince * Marquis de Puységur * Otto Georg Wetterstrand * Alvaro Uribe Velez Contemporary * Derren Brown * Giucas Casella * Boris Cherniak * Kimberly Friedmutter * Chris Hughes * Barrie Leslie Konicov * Paul McKenna * Michael Newton * Peter Powers * Peter Reveen * Hollywood Hypnotist Kevin Stone Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Eugène Azam
Étienne Eugène Azam (28 May 1822 – 16 December 1899), full name Charles-Marie-Étienne-Eugène Azam, was a French surgeon from Bordeaux who is chiefly remembered for his work in psychology, particularly a case involving a female patient he named "Félida X" who seemed to have "alternating personalities", or what Azam referred to as ''doublement de la vie''. Over a number of years Azam studied Félida's psychological profile and published three reports. He described Félida as a hysterical patient who had a serious and sad (normal) state, along with a merry and generous state. He analyzed these two states as two distinct, separate personalities that seemed to be unaware of the other. The case of Félida X is one of the earliest documented descriptions of what would later be called a multiple personality disorder. At the time, this situation garnered interest in the medical community, and created several puzzling questions regarding self-concept, as well as the definitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault
Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault (1823–1904) was a French physician and is considered the father of modern hypnotherapy. Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault was born in Favières, a small town in the Lorraine region of France, on September 16, 1823. He completed his medical degree at the University of Strasbourg in 1850, at the age of 26. He established a medical practice in the village of Pont-Saint-Vincent, near the town of Nancy. He made many advancements for the field of hypnosis and hypnotherapy, such as co-founding the Nancy School of Hypnosis. The Nancy School — also known as the "Suggestion School", in contrast to the " Hysteria School", also known as the "Paris School", centred on the Salpêtrière Hospital — was oriented to a suggestion-centred approach to hypnosis in contrast to the previously used hysteria-centred approach promoted at the Salpêtrière Hospital. By contrast to the "Paris School", the main, fundamental belief of the "Nancy School" was that hypnosis was a nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberly Friedmutter
Kimberly Friedmutter (formerly Stevens), is the author of the book ''Subconscious Power'', a hypnotherapist and life-management expert, and the American actress and model best known for '' Evil Obsession'', ''Time Under Fire'', and the reality series '' Sin City Rulpes''. Career * Friedmutter was born in San Antonio, Texas and began modeling at the age of 14. * From 1997-2003 she developed and hosted the radio talk program ''In the Heat of the Night'' on KLSX Los Angeles, the home of Howard Stern. * From 2012-2013 she starred in the TLC reality series ''Sin City Rules''. * She is a regular contributor to OK Magazine as a certified Hypnotist and Life Management Expert. * After developing, writing and hosting a talk radio program on KLSX 97.1 FM Los Angeles, Kimberly has entered private practice as personal advisor in politics, sports and entertainment. * In 2015 Kimberly joined the prestigious Board of UCLA Health Systems. * In 2015, Kimberly coined the termnarsie for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Cherniak
Boris Cherniak (born 12 December 1964) is a Soviet-born Canadians, Canadian and US based comedian hypnotist and motivational speaker, entertainer and author that performs internationally. Cherniak performs under the stage name Hypnotist The Incredible BORIS, sometimes is credited as incredible hypnotist Boris Cherniak, Boris the Hypnotist or The Amazing BORIS. Early life and education Cherniak was born in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia, where he lived near the Moscow Circus, and was a regular fixture backstage. Cherniak's family emigrated to Canada when he was 10 years old. He has studied computer programming and psychology at Seneca College, University of Toronto and York University. Career On March 10, 2008, Cherniak entertained royalty and global dignitaries at the Women as Global Leaders Conference in Dubai. His performance followed an address by Sarah, Duchess of York and Jane Fonda. Cherniak delivers a strong message of positive thinking along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giucas Casella
Giucas Casella (; born Giuseppe Casella on 15 November 1949) is an Italian illusionist, hypnotist and television personality. Life and career Born in Termini Imerese, Palermo, he started his career at 17 years old, performing in a disco in Alassio.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, ''Enciclopedia della Televisione'', Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . After about 10 years of shows in European casinos, the presenter Pippo Baudo, who had noticed him during an exhibition in an Antenna Sicilia TV-show, launched his career casting him in the 1980 edition of the popular show ''Domenica in''. He is best known for his experiments of hypnotism to people and animals. In 2004, Casella participated to the Rai 1 reality show ''Il ristorante'', ranking fourth, and in 2008 he was a contestant in '' L'Isola dei famosi'' (the Italian version of ''Celebrity Survivor''), retiring for health problems. In 2018 he was once again a contestant in ''L'Isola dei famosi'', retiring once again for health ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derren Brown
Derren Brown (born 27 February 1971) is an English mentalist, illusionist, painter, and author. He began performing in 1992, making his television debut with ''Derren Brown: Mind Control'' in 2000, and has since produced several more shows for stage and television. His 2006 show ''Something Wicked This Way Comes'' and his 2012 show ''Svengali'' won him two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Entertainment. He made his Broadway debut with his 2019 stage show ''Secret''. He has also written books for both magicians and the general public. Brown does not claim to possess any supernatural powers; conversely, his acts are often designed to expose the methods of those who do assert such claims, such as faith healers and mediums. He often begins live performances by stating that his results are achieved through "magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection, and showmanship". Early life Derren Brown was born in the Croydon area of London on 27 February 1971, the son of Chris and Bob B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Georg Wetterstrand
Otto Georg Wetterstrand (14 September 1845 – 11 July 1907) was a Swedish physician and psychotherapist who was a native of Skövde. Wetterstrand studied medicine at the University of Uppsala, and in 1871 received his medical license at Karolinska Institute. Later he maintained a psychiatric practice in Stockholm. Wetterstrand was a highly regarded psychoanalyst whose influence spread beyond Sweden, and is credited as the first Swedish doctor to use suggestive psychotherapy. Among his written works was ''Der Hypnotismus und dessen Anwendung in der praktischen Medicin'', later translated into English and published a''Hypnotism and its application to practical medicine'(1897). Wetterstrand was married to Agnes Cecilia Dahlbeck. References * ''This article is based on a translation of an equivalent article at the Swedish Wikipedia The Swedish Wikipedia ( sv, Svenskspråkiga Wikipedia) is the Swedish-language edition of Wikipedia and was started on the 23 of May 2001. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morton Prince
Morton Henry Prince (December 22, 1854 – August 31, 1929) was an American physician who specialized in neurology and abnormal psychology, and was a leading force in establishing psychology as a clinical and academic discipline. He was part of a handful of men who disseminated European ideas about psychopathology, especially in understanding dissociative phenomenon; and helped found the Journal of Abnormal Psychology in 1906, which he edited until his death. Early life and marriage Morton Prince came from a wealthy Boston family and was involved in the social and intellectual life of that city. Prince later in life learned that part of his family were descended from early American Sephardic Jews, and became interested in philanthropy and concerns of his ancestral community. He went to private schools and then to Harvard College. He obtained his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1879. After Harvard, he took a "Grand Tour" of Europe, a near requirement for upper-cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov ( rus, Ива́н Петро́вич Па́влов, , p=ɪˈvan pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈpavləf, a=Ru-Ivan_Petrovich_Pavlov.ogg; 27 February 1936), was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist, psychologist and physiologist known for his discovery of classical conditioning through his experiments with dogs. Education and early life Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, the first of eleven children, was born in Ryazan, Russian Empire. His father, Peter Dmitrievich Pavlov (1823–1899), was a village Russian orthodox priest. His mother, Varvara Ivanovna Uspenskaya (1826–1890), was a devoted homemaker. As a child, Pavlov willingly participated in house duties such as doing the dishes and taking care of his siblings. He loved to garden, ride his bicycle, row, swim, and play gorodki; he devoted his summer vacations to these activities. Although able to read by the age of seven, Pavlov was seriously injured when he fell from a high wall onto a stone pavement. As a resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Ochorowicz
Julian Leopold Ochorowicz (Polish pronunciation: ; outside Poland also known as Julien Ochorowitz; Radzymin, 23 February 1850 – 1 May 1917, Warsaw) was a Polish philosopher, psychologist, inventor (precursor of radio and television), poet, publicist, and leading exponent of Polish Positivism. Life Julian Ochorowicz was the son of Julian and Jadwiga, ''née'' Sumińska. Ochorowicz studied natural sciences at Warsaw University, graduating in 1871. He subsequently studied at Leipzig University under Wilhelm Wundt; in 1874 he received his doctorate there with a thesis ''On Conditions of Consciousness''. Returning to Warsaw, in 1874-75 he was editor-in-chief of the popular Polish-language periodical, ''Niwa'' (The Field) and ''Opiekun Domowy'' (The Home Companion). From 1881 he was assistant professor (''docent'') of psychology and natural philosophy at Lwów University. In 1882 he was sent to Paris, France, where he spent several years. Later, from 1907, he would be co-directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
