This question is often asked by people who are seeking to "control" the behaviour of someone and at the same time thinks that there is a specific method to accomplish this. I must disappoint anyone with these beliefs! If it was possible to control someone through a simple method of hypnotic induction, we wouldn't have any crime in this world, because we could just hypnotize the criminals. So if you are on this website with the purpose of hypnotizing your boss, a girl you would like to be with or someone else, please read some of the others faqs to gain a clear understanding of hypnosis.

For those who are actually interested in the proces of hypnosis, here are my thought about this subject. I agree with people who claim that "All hypnosis is self-hypnosis", the hypnotist doesn't put you in the state, he merely guides you with some techniques that are known to induce the hypnotic state if you cooperate. A big part of succesfully entering hypnosis has to do with the clients perception of the hypnotist, if the hypnotist is unsecure or seems to have a hidden agenda, the client may not be able to enter the hypnotic state, simply because his unconscious mind will interrupt it.

The only account of a person being hypnotized without giving her consent is described in "Hypnotherapy" by Dave Elman. Briefly described a man asked Dave Elman to teach him how to transform sleep to a state of hypnosis, so he could hypnotize his wife to stop teasing him. Dave Elman warned him that he wouldn't be succesful, and suggested that he didn't follow the course if this were his only intention to be there. The man learned the technique and succesfully hypnotized his wife - while she was sleeping - to stop teasing him. It's important to understand that this woman probably didn't tease her husband because she wanted to harm him, so when he hypnotized her, her unconscious mind understood that the teasing wasn't pleasant for her husband, even though he had been unsuccesful in telling her this in her waking state.

To hypnotize someone you will need to learn some hypnotic techniques, but most importantly understand what hypnosis really is about. You will not succeed in hypnotizing someone with the purpose of manipulation.