Excellent summary. I use hypnotherapy in my practice sometimes and you nailed the description. It is helpful in assisting folks get past some internal blocks that they really want to overcome but can’t quite work through because the issues are deeply rooted. I’ve had good luck with trauma survivors who had some lingering bit of their past blocking them from shifting away from their intrusive thoughts. I suspect that the growing research into psychedelics and EMDR and trauma will eventually find that there are similar neurological things happening across the board that all serve to achieve the same goal of untethering people from that internal anchor. Different paths, but similar effects.
This dude? Just another creep with power he abused to exert influence over the vulnerable, I should think.
