ABSTRACT
By now you have likely had many experiences of performing hypnotic inductions, facilitating hypnotic phenomena, and structuring and delivering suggestions to people during hypnosis that were meant to be helpful to them. As you have no doubt discovered from your direct experience, peoples’ responses to your hypnotic processes can range from minimal to dramatic. You may now better appreciate why assessing hypnotizability has been the subject of serious inquiry as researchers and clinicians attempt to understand why people differ so widely in their abilities to respond to hypnotic procedures.
