Peer Reviewed Hypnosis studies

Sports performance: The results indicated that all five participants in- creased both their mean basketball three-point shooting performance and their mean flow scores from baseline to intervention. 

Pates, J., Cummings, A., & Maynard, I. (2002). The Effects of Hypnosis on Flow States and Three-Point Shooting Performance in Bastketball Players. The Sport

Psychologist, 16(1), 34-47. doi:10.1123/tsp.16.1.34 

 A group mindfulness meditation training program can effectively reduce symptoms of anxiety and panic and can help maintain these reductions in patients with generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, or panic disorder with agoraphobia. 

Effectiveness of a meditation-based stress reduction program in the treatment of anxiety disorders. (1992). American Journal of Psychiatry, 149(7), 936-943.

doi:10.1176/ajp.149.7.936 

Hypnosis controls pain! Hypnosis has direct effects on many suprasinal sites involved in the experience of pain. 

Jensen, M. P. (2009). Hypnosis for chronic pain management: A new hope. Pain,

146(3), 235-237. doi:10.1016/j.pain.2009.06.027 

Weight Loss:  Hypnosis helped people lose weight in both the short-term and in the long-term. In other words, hypnosis helps people keep from regaining weight! 

Kirsch, I. (1996). Hypnotic enhancement of cognitive-behavioral weight loss

treatments: Another meta-reanalysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64(3), 517-519. doi:10.1037//0022-006x.64.3.517 

Smoking Cessation:  81% Quit smoking with hypnosis, and the majority of those who quit  remained smoke-free a year later. 

Elkins, G. R., & Rajab, M. H. (2004). Clinical Hypnosis For Smoking Cessation:

Preliminary Results of a Three-Session Intervention. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 52(1), 73-81. doi:10.1076/iceh.52.1.73.23921 

Tobacco dependency: Of 43 consecutive patients undergoing this treatment protocol, 39 reported remaining abstinent at follow-up (6 months to 3 years posttreatment). 

Barber, J. (2001). Freedom from smoking: Integrating hypnotic methods and rapid smoking to facilitate smoking cessation. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 49(3), 257-266. doi:10.1080/00207140108410075  

Academic performance: The two hypnotic training programs had a significant effect on the academic achievement of the participants, which was not found in the control groups. 

The Effect of Hypnotic Training Programs on the Academic Performance of Students. H. M. De Vos and . A. Louw. American Journal Of Clinical Hypnosis Vol. 49 , Iss. 2,2006