1969_05 The Daily Collegian May 1969

              Thursday, May 8, 1969    TUB DAILY COLLEGIAN
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ever Dr. r is tow shook tl
Lamb." (S) Each student got his favorite drink. For H
II) Pat llalpcm
fcr. WllUam lllstow is a rather unique
rWiil 1 j member. Not only Is he a professor
ofspeech (he has been teaching al colleges
and universities for 13 years and at Fresno
State College for one year) and skilled in
all   related   fields — public speaking, se-
also  a  hypnotist   and   professional enter-
tralnlng In 1958 from the Chicano Institute
of Hypnosis, said in an Interview that
•hypnosis is actually a very sclentlflc(and)
serious, yet simple and natural, aspect of
human psychology.*
Hypnosis, Dr. Rlstow defined, Is -tightly
focused   attention."   whereby  a channel of
between the hypnotist
Hynotism for fun and
Prof-Ristow that is!
i the s
r   the   t
Dr. Ristow said that hypnotism has many
beneficial applications and extensive pos¬
sibilities which are just now beinR properly
explored.   He uses hypnotism for his own
— notherapy prac
his performance. ,
ild that hypnotists
subjects, he fre-
e he dislikes flying, Dr. Rlstow
a deep hypnotic
s worth eight h
Is over. He awakens refreshed and relaxed
on a predetermined signal. The stimulus to
awaken, he said, could take the form of a
single stewardess's voice talking to him, a
time signal or the plane putting down at his
destination; he can even skip Intervening
stopovers.
For a fee, Dr. Rlstow can provide these
same services to clients who want self-
Improvement by changing or Instilling pro¬
cesses of habituation ln the subconscious.
In southern California be bad his own hyp¬
notherapy service, where he worked 'with
every possible type of cUent.' Dr. Rlstow,
who, by the way, Is not an M.D., estimated
that over 90 per cent of his clients washed
to stop smoking, but he also worked with
those wanting to end nervous habits such as
nail biting and eye tics to control weight
and to improve memory retention.
Dr. Rlstow said that often smoking or
other bad habits can be blocked (stopped)
In one session. For example, he blocked
the smoking pattern of a four-pack-a-day
smoker and took a habitual sleeping pill
user off barbiturates In one session after
giving the cUent, while under hypnosis,
the suggestion that there was no longet^e
need nor the desire to continue the habit.
And Dr. Rlstow said that hypnosis also
lends itself exceptionally well to speech
correction, particularly stuttering, and
other problems caused by anxiety. When
these negative patterns are removed, he
said, another bad habit won't crop up Uke
Dr. Rlstow said that the Important thing
ln curing bad habits Is to break the pattern.
In this respect, he disagrees with the more
conventional theory used by psychiatrists
that the way to solve a problem Is to dis¬
cover the reason for Its existence. But Dr.
Ristow explained that reasons for a habit
are often lost ln adolescence and since that
time the habit has become an addiction.
As an example, he said that one of his
clients had spent thousands of dollars
visiting psychiatrists In an attempt to get
rid of an eye tic. He understood the reason
for his problem, but still the eye tic re¬
mained. After one session with Dr. Rtyow,
the man's tic disappeared.
As a hypnotherapist, Dr. Rlstow also
uses hypnosis as a pain killer. He even
taught one of his patients who was on his
way to Vietnam the techniques of self-
hypnosis while under hypnosis, a technique
which he believes to be original.
■He had so mastered his technique,* Dr.
Ristow said, "that he could anesthetize ar.y
part of his body at wlU. In the event of
an Injury, he could block the pain until pro-
Hypnosis can be especially benefUUl to
college students as well. Dr. RlfHw re¬
ported that he took students who were flunk¬
ing courses and had them passing within
the term. He also has worked with C stu¬
dents   who  Improved to A and B students
after hypnotic therapy. The secret to the
students' success, said Dr. Rlstow, is'dis¬
ciplined study habits and relaxed recall.'
In the classroom Dr. Rlstow uses hyp¬
nosis demonstrations to show students now
it functions and Its benefits; he does not
teach  the  art  of hypnosis  In any of his
The education system, Dr. Rlstow be¬
lieves, is not using hypnosis to its poten¬
tial. He said that processes of memory
retention and better listening habits could
be given students on a mass basis. He said
lt would be exceUent, too, for people ln
speaking situation who have bad cases of
stafp> fright; this could be minimized under
hypnotic therapy. One school currently us¬
ing hypnosis Is San Diego State College,
whose  basketball  team  ts  given hypnotic
•Dr.
i they win . . . they play tx
play at their most relaxed and controlled
neuro-muscular potential.*
Billed as 'The Educated Professor",
Dr. Ristow has also performed ln night
clubs and military bases with a hypnosis
demonstration which satirizes education.
By taking a group of subjects who have
volunteered from the audience back Into
the different levels of school, Dr. Rlstow
educates, entertains and Informs his audi-
Dr.  Rlstow  starts  \
,th 15 volunteers,
13 will go under
e members of the
ler. The remaining
:o under hypnosis,
ixlety
hypnosis. Three or mo
audience will also go un.
Dr.  Rlstow  explained,
over  their  pubUc  appearance
Dr.  Rlstow said that he has been able to
hypnotize over 90 per cent of his subjects.
a small, circular object used to fix atten¬
tion-but, he said, *I don't even need that."
Dr. Rlstow begins his act by taking the
participants back to kindergarten. The sub¬
jects, aU of whom are over 21 for .legal
reasons, suddenly become chlld-Uke. They
play with toys, participate In a rhythm band
andjrtien he asks them to write their names
on T blackboard, they wlU print ln an Im¬
mature  scrawl  and   married  women  will
Next comes elementary school. Here the
participants do homework assignments and
even some mathematics, often the partlcl-
n though they may be quite c
From the elementary,grades, Dr. Rlstow
takes the subjects to high school and the
science lab, where the participants experi¬
ment with taste sensations. When he gives
thenufc lemon and Identifies lt as an apple,
the subjects think lt Is deUclous. But when
he reverses the process and gives them an
apple and Identifies lt as a lemon, the sub¬
jects will spit lt out. Dr. Ristow also takes
them to the gymnasium where they do ex¬
ercises and push-ups, and then all the par¬
ticipants go to the spring prom and begin
to dance, without music or partners.
Dr. Rlstow concludes the program with
graduation from college after Ihe partici¬
pants have attended speech class and been
•They're so spontaneously Involved you
can't believe lt," Dr. Rlstow said. If you
tell them the temperature Is going to rise
from 70 degrees to 100 degrees, they will
remove their Jackets, shoes . . .*
Dr. Rlstow can also put people ln a cata¬
tonic state while under hypnosis. Only the
feet and bead of the subject remain sup¬
ported while the body lays ln a horizontal
state, which is, according to Dr. Rlstow,
the   greatest   muscular   response   of the
Dr. Rlstow is the only professor ln the
speech department who practices hypnosis.
Currently, he Is In the process of writing
a modern morality play about the human
struggle for meaning In lite. He received
his B.A. degree In speech from theUnlver¬
sify of Wisconsin, his M.A. degree ln drama
from the University of Southern California
and his Ph.D. degree ln speech-drama from
the University of Wisconsin.
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