Comments on: When Reality Checks In http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2008/04/17/when-reality-checks-in/ Mon, 21 May 2012 18:25:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Michael Raugh, C.H. http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2008/04/17/when-reality-checks-in/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Michael Raugh, C.H. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:06 +0000 http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/?p=499#comment-495 A grim day indeed, Ellie. The photo you chose matches the mood perfectly. How does one "pose" as a hypnotist? Well, I'd think the same way one poses as a psychologist or a counselor -- by putting fake credentials on the wall, wearing a professional-looking suit, and spouting enough jargon to convince the less informed to make an appointment. At which point the con artist is positioned as an authority figure and can abuse the trust of that position and the vulnerability of the client/victim without knowing one end of a pocket watch from the other. <MR> A grim day indeed, Ellie. The photo you chose matches the mood perfectly.

How does one “pose” as a hypnotist? Well, I’d think the same way one poses as a psychologist or a counselor — by putting fake credentials on the wall, wearing a professional-looking suit, and spouting enough jargon to convince the less informed to make an appointment. At which point the con artist is positioned as an authority figure and can abuse the trust of that position and the vulnerability of the client/victim without knowing one end of a pocket watch from the other.

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]]> By: Matt Hanson http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2008/04/17/when-reality-checks-in/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Matt Hanson Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:00:12 +0000 http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/?p=499#comment-494 Good writing. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed my Google News Reader.. Matt Hanson Good writing. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed my Google News Reader..

Matt Hanson

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