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FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW
December 30th, 2008
MAYORS FALL
UNDER SPELL OF HYPNOTIST LOBBY.
Hoping to add
credit to a profession that can always use
more of it, the Pittsburgh chapter of the Hypnotism Society of
Pennsylvania has scored a trifecta.
Proclamations will be issued by Pittsburgh Mayor
Luke Ravenstahl, Greensburg Mayor Karl
Eisaman and West Homestead Mayor John Dindak
declaring Jan. 4 "World Hypnotism Day."
"The main objective of World
Hypnotism Day is to inform the public of the
benefits that hypnotism offers," said John
Weir, a Spokesman for the organization.
"With this year's mayoral proclamation, it
further helps to solidify the creditability
of Pittsburgh-area clinical hypnotists."
Weir says many people still possess
misconceptions about hypnosis based on weird
movies and strange fiction books.
Most folks, for example, don't realize
that the American Medical Association has
approved the use of therapeutic hypnotism
since 1958 or that hypnotism can help you
quit smoking, have a painless childbirth,
sleep better, reduce stress and -- as Mayor
Luke may already know -- improve your golf
game.
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