Below is a short list of some celebrities who have used Hypnosis. This list is not by any means exhaustive, as more stars are using this amazing ability everyday.

Funny girl Ellen DeGeneres, who hosts her own talk show Ellen, brought hypnotist Paul McKenna onto her show to break her long time smoking habit. During her session, Ellen was brought to tears by the hypnotic overlapping therapy (this type of hypnosis uses feelings and images of certain people, places or events to create a deep emotional state associated with the behavior).

Since being a teenager, Ellen struggled with smoking and has longed since looked for a solution to quite her habit. Very recently she discovered hypnosis to stop smoking, and has never looked back. She ditched the habit successfully, using only the power of her mind and a well trained hypnotist, and is looking toward a healthier, happier and longer future.

Watch Ellen being hypnotized to stop smoking:

Matt Damon, star of The Departed, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ocean's Twelve and The Bourne Identity, also used hypnosis to detach himself from his smoking habit of 16 years.

After filming Ocean's Twelve, Damon took it upon himself to turn his health around. After one visit to the hypnotist to change the way he thought about his addiction and to change his actions toward smoking, Matt Damon broke free. He is no longer a smoker and is enjoying feeling powerful and in control.

Other celebrities have also credited hypnosis for breaking their bad habits. From Drew Barrymore to Ashton Kutcher, Ben Afflek to Charlize Theron, more and more Hollywood A-listers are catching on to the power of hypnosis.

Here is a short list I found on another website, Hypnosis-Philadelphia.com, which gives quite a long list of famous people around the world who utilized their mind to change their lives: