Hypnotherapist Coerced Sex
Based on the alleged rape case against a hypnotist in Florida, Wendi Freisen posted this poll on her group HypnoMasterMind@yahoogroups.com
Question: Under what cirumstances is it possible to coerce a client to have sex with a Hypnotherpist in a professional setting?
So far the results of Wendi's poll is very interesting! I want to encourage all of the people who believe that "A client is always aware of the events during the session and has free will at all times to emerge from the trance at any time" to read "Secret: Don't Tell: The Encyclopedia of Hypnotism." The oft quoted misconception that "we never do anything outside of our moral code or value system in hypnosis" just ain't so. Marylou's recent experience proves that.
In Europe in the early 1900's there were well documented cases of covert hypnosis resulting in great bodily harm and/or sex (with the hypnotist and the people he ordered his subject to engage with) plus great monetary harm. And we recently read about people being hypnotized out of their money - where was that - in Europe? Remember the story Alan Barsky told about his thoughtful, intelligent girlfriend who was hypnotized out of her dough? Hullo!
While the percentage of natural somnambulists is small (some say about 10-20%), the potential for influencing individuals hypnotically without their knowledge exists. It exists, people. I think it does require a natural somnambulist to submit to this kind of mind control. Unless! Unless we're talking about brain washing. Brain washing exists only under the most extreme cases (i.e. wartime, when people can be deprived of sleep, food, humanity, and can systematically be rendered incapable of resisting their captors wishes). This can happen to strong willed people. They can, of course, use drugs to help the process along. I believe our very own government has dabbled in mind control. A lot.
For the most part, while in a hypnotherapist's office, I think it would be rare that someone could let go to the extent that they would engage in sex they didn't want to. But I totally believe it can happen. And it is VERY easy to instill amnesia.
I think we should worry more about priests and their ability to do mind control over young boys than we do hypnotists, but that's just my take.
Question: Under what cirumstances is it possible to coerce a client to have sex with a Hypnotherpist in a professional setting?
Responses
| Choices | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| It is never possible. | 1 | 2 | |
| Only possible if the client has a desire to engage in sex | 15 | 30 | |
| The hypnotist has full control to override the clients value system and make her have sex | 3 | 6 | |
| A hypnotist must have established a personal relationship that includes intimacy and creates a romantic interest from the client. | 10 | 20 | |
| A client is always aware of the events during the session and has free will at all times to emerge from the trance at any time. | 20 | 40 | |
So far the results of Wendi's poll is very interesting! I want to encourage all of the people who believe that "A client is always aware of the events during the session and has free will at all times to emerge from the trance at any time" to read "Secret: Don't Tell: The Encyclopedia of Hypnotism." The oft quoted misconception that "we never do anything outside of our moral code or value system in hypnosis" just ain't so. Marylou's recent experience proves that.
In Europe in the early 1900's there were well documented cases of covert hypnosis resulting in great bodily harm and/or sex (with the hypnotist and the people he ordered his subject to engage with) plus great monetary harm. And we recently read about people being hypnotized out of their money - where was that - in Europe? Remember the story Alan Barsky told about his thoughtful, intelligent girlfriend who was hypnotized out of her dough? Hullo!
While the percentage of natural somnambulists is small (some say about 10-20%), the potential for influencing individuals hypnotically without their knowledge exists. It exists, people. I think it does require a natural somnambulist to submit to this kind of mind control. Unless! Unless we're talking about brain washing. Brain washing exists only under the most extreme cases (i.e. wartime, when people can be deprived of sleep, food, humanity, and can systematically be rendered incapable of resisting their captors wishes). This can happen to strong willed people. They can, of course, use drugs to help the process along. I believe our very own government has dabbled in mind control. A lot.
For the most part, while in a hypnotherapist's office, I think it would be rare that someone could let go to the extent that they would engage in sex they didn't want to. But I totally believe it can happen. And it is VERY easy to instill amnesia.
I think we should worry more about priests and their ability to do mind control over young boys than we do hypnotists, but that's just my take.
1 Comments:
If "the percentage of natural somnambulists is small (some say about 10-20%), the potential for influencing individuals hypnotically without their knowledge exists," and "it does require a natural somnambulist to submit to this kind of mind control," then how safe is hypnosis?
What sort of regulation is there for the hypnotherapy industry? Are hypnotherapists licensed? What are the minimum educational requirements for someone to call themselves a hypnotherapist?
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