Contemporary hypnosis research (Stanford-lineage susceptibility work onward) establishes reliable individual differences in suggestibility and neurophysiological correlates of hypnotic states. The Milton Model borrows Erickson's language without the clinical frame; its patterns plausibly engage ordinary suggestion mechanisms. Honest position: neighbouring real science, borrowed selectively.
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Hypnosis is a genuinely researched phenomenon — suggestibility varies measurably, and hypnotic language has real effects — which is more than the Milton Model's marketing usually admits or examines.
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ShriViral Manek, Institute of NLP India · reviewed 30 Sept 2026