This research is an indirect outgrowth of the Task Force on Sex Bias and Sex-Role Stereotyping in Psychotherapeutic Practice which reports to the Board of Professional Affairs of the American Psychological Association. Hawever, this article does not necessarily reflect the views of the task force, of the Board of Professional Affairs, or of the APA in general.

Information regarding the nature and effects of sexual intimacy between psychotherapist and patient is reported by 318 psychologists who treated 559 patients who had such prior involvement. Characteristics of the previous therapists, their patients, and their relationships are presented. Ninety percent of the patients were reported to have suffered ill effects.

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Two aspects of Buddhist meditation--concentration and mindfulness--are discussed in relationship to hypnosis. Mindfulness training facilitates the investigation of subjective responses to hypnosis. Concentration practice leads to altered states similar to those in hypnosis, both phenomenologically and neurologically. The similarities and differences between hypnosis and meditation are used to shed light on perennial questions: (1) Does hypnosis involve an altered state of consciousness? (2) Does a hypnotic induction increase suggestibility? I conclude that a model for hypnosis should include altered states as well as capacity for imaginative involvement and expectations.