Theodore Xenophon Barber | |
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| Born | 1927 |
| Died | 2005 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | St. John's College, Maryland, American University |
| Occupation(s) | Psychologist, Researcher |
| Years active | 1961–2005 |
| Known for | Hypnosis Theory, Psychology, Philosophy of Consciousness |
| Children | X. Theodore Barber, Elaine Barber and Rania Richardson |
| Hypnosis |
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Theodore Xenophon Barber (1927–2005) was an American psychologist who researched and wrote on the subject of hypnosis,[1] publishing over 200 articles and eight books on that and related topics. He was the chief psychologist at Cushing Hospital, Framingham, Massachusetts, from 1978 to 1986. Barber was a noted critic of the field of hypnosis, questioning the ways in which the concept of hypnosis had been used as an umbrella term for diverse phenomena.[2][3] Barber was one of the first two prominent anglophone psychologists, along with Theodore Sarbin, to question the "altered-state model" of "state model" of hypnosis, arguing that the varied phenomena labeled "hypnosis" could be explained without resorting to the notion of an altered state of consciousness.