Richard F. Liotta, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist, Certified Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and a Certified Ericksonian Hypnosis Instructor. He has more than 20 years of diverse professional experience, in areas including clinical work, psychological assessment, research, and teaching. While earning his Ph.D. from DePaul University he authored, or coauthored, peer reviewed journal articles in areas including behavioral analysis, community psychology, and social psychology. Currently he maintains a clinical practice in the Adirondack region of upstate New York. Additionally he presents on a variety of mental health topics, offers training in NLP and Ericksonian hypnosis, provides life effectiveness facilitation, and is a consultant community agencies. He is also actively involved in the NLP Research and Recognition Project, serving as Director of Organization Communications and Research Team participant. Dr. Liotta's experience has been that many NLP processes are clinically effective therapeutic tools both by themselves and in conjunction with other modalities such as CBT and hypnosis. His commitment to the NLP Research and Recognition Project is founded on the view that more people will be helped to live effective and enjoyable lives, unencumbered by psychological distress, when NLP intervention strategies have more professional acceptance and support. "This will only come when research validates what the experience of NLP practitioners has demonstrated, the utility of NLP strategies to facilitate change and symptom relief."

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