First of all, the trance isn’t particularly sleep-like; the coiner of the word “hypnosis”, James Braid, tried to change it when he realized that the process had nothing to do with sleep, but the term had already caught on.

“Scientific research has proven that not everyone can actually be hypnotized” - well, no. Some people are more hypnotizable than others, but because it’s a natural state, everyone is capable of it.

“Generally… in 10 to 15 seconds” - not in my experience. While it is certainly possible to do these “instant” inductions, most therapists of my acquaintance use more gradual methods that take several minutes, and leave the fast inductions to the stage operators.

Also, you appear to have left a “not” out of your last sentence, as you’re stating that hypnosis should not be practiced by those who are trained - I think you mean the opposite.

All in all, I’m afraid this article is rather poorly written and misleading. A much better one can be found at:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/hypnosis.htm

(I have no affiliation with that site.)

The truth is that most people go into a state of hypnosis a few times a day. A example of this is when you are driving your car and just happen to zone out. Another example is daydreaming in class or crying during a sad movie. All of these examples are forms of hypnosis. As stated above all people can enter hypnosis except if they have a very low IQ, which could keep them from understanding simple instructions or someone who is suffering from sometype of phycotic disorder. Hypnosis is a wonderful tool for helping to break the unwanted thoughts, habits and behaviors that are keeping you from reaching your full potential.

Once again great article and a great site. Look forwward to reading more in the future.