James Braid pioneered this technique, based on the animal magnetism theory of Franz Mesmer.
The efficacy of this technique can be measured by the Harvard Group Scale or the Stanford Scale, the latter of which was co-developed by a leading expert on this technique, André Weitzenhoffer. Joseph Jastrow taught a course on this technique which was taken over by his student Clark Hull, who wrote the first rigorously scientific book about this technique. The use of (*) handshakes as part of this technique was invented by Milton H. Erickson. This technique begins with the process of induction. James Braid pioneered this technique, based on the animal magnetism theory of Franz Mesmer. For 10 points, name this type of therapy in which the patient is put into a trance.
The efficacy of this technique can be measured by the Harvard Group Scale or the Stanford Scale, the latter of which was co-developed by a leading expert on this technique, André Weitzenhoffer.
hypnotherapy [or: hypnosis, hypnotism; until "Mesmer" is read, accept: mesmerism]