Informed dissent regarding hypnosis and its not-so-hidden observers: comment on Lynn.

Dr. Lynn reports some second thoughts about an article he published in 1994, in which he described the use of a high hypnotizable/simulator design to study hypnotic dream and hidden observer reports. He found that despite some overlap between highand lowhypnotizable simulators, high hypnotizables reported more primary process material in hypnotic dream reports. He also describes two highly effective interventions involving a hypnotic suggestion of a hidden observer, one in the clinical, one in the forensic setting. These cases are particularly compelling because of their sophisticated use of hypnosis in conjunction with sound psychotherapeutic principles, and their positive outcome.