Claire's guest is Mentalist, magician and hypnotist– Keith Barry.

For most of us our experience of hypnotism doesn’t go far beyond watching the likes of Paul McKenna on the TV back in the day or seeing your mate doing something mad on stage during Freshers Week. 

 Those are examples of stage hypnosis but hypnosis is also used for therapeutic purposes in what is known as hypnotherapy. 

 For the lay person the whole area is one that is shrouded in intrigue, suspicion and sometimes controversy. 

But it’s something Claire has always been fascinated by, at a distance. 

In this episode Claire speaks with Keith Barry.

He is a multi-award winning entertainer and magician with a Merlin Award and a James Joyce Award to his name. 

 And hypnotism has always played a central role in his outstanding career. 

Indeed he is probably the world’s foremost TV hypnotist. 

Can he hypnotise Claire?

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