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Under a Spell
Hypnotherapy is being used more and more for losing weight, quitting smoking, and clearing up skin. Is it a simple cure or a dubious stunt? By Kristyn Kusek
Catherine was frustrated that, despite training for her first marathon, the 25 pounds she'd gained in the past few years weren't budging. "I was running constantly, but my weight only dropped about five pounds," she recalls. With more skepticism than hope, she met with Jana Klauer, a research fellow at the Obesity Research Center at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, who treats some weight-loss clients with hypnosis. "At my first appointment, she told me I had to 'stop ...