In life, everything we have ever seen, heard, read, smelled, tasted or experienced has been recorded in our long-term memory. Those memories are stored in our subconscious mind. Forensic Hypnosis, done properly, will bring details to the surface. Such details can be the remembrance of facial feature, a scar or tattoo or a license plate number. Other uses of forensic hypnosis my simply be to remember the placement of a lost article. Many legal cases have been solved by forensic hypnosis techniques.

During hypnosis, people can speak when they are asked to, and the recall that they have of details and events is amazing. In crimes where investigative leads have been exhausted, hypnosis is utilized to retrieve memories of potential witnesses and victims. Information retrieved through hypnosis and corroborated through further investigation can be used in the investigation and introduced in court proceedings in most states.

Experts in this field have proven both that it is possible to restore memory through hypnosis and that these recovered memories can be reliable. The goal in retrieving these memories is to retrieve them without distortion. Very strict procedural guidelines are imposed by the courts before evidence is allowed.

Although different states have different statutes governing the admissibility of evidence derived from Forensic Hypnosis, enforcement agencies recognize the value of unblocking those memories that can give the information needed to fit the final pieces of the puzzle in place. In Pennsylvania, any memories that are brought up before the actual hypnosis starts are admissible in court. If a fact that comes up during hypnosis is used by detectives and is confirmed, then that evidence is acceptable in court

MINDGATE HYPNOSIS offers forensic hypnosis by a certified forensic hypnotist and member of the Texas Association for Investigative Hypnosis.