ABSTRACT
There is nothing particularly arcane or mysterious about hypnosis. It can be thought of as a state of aroused, attentive focal concentration with a relative suspension of peripheral awareness (Spiegel and Spiegel 1987). It has three main components:
1 Absorption, which is a tendency to narrow the focus of attention and suspend peripheral awareness, such that the experience of concentration becomes intense and self-altering (Tellegen and Atkinson 1974).
