Tim is recognized internationally as an expert in Hypnotherapy. As a result of his accomplishments he currently serves as vice-president of the International Board of Hypnotherapy, and served two terms as president of the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners (A.C.H.E.) from 2003-2005, and from 2007-2009. In 1995 Tim became the Director of the Hypnotherapy Academy of America, which has been licensed as a private post secondary institution/career school by the State of New Mexico since 1988. His former career as a nationally registered paramedic helps him integrate hypnotherapy and conventional medicine into some of the very best medical hypnosis training available. His book, Medical Hypnotherapy: Principles and Methods of Practice, is an effective handbook, not only for professionals in the healthcare system, but also for anyone who wants to learn how clinical hypnosis can help people discover and activate their own inherent self-healing capacity.

David H. Barlow received his Ph.D. from the University of Vermont in 1969 and has published over 500 articles and chapters including over 60 books and clinical manuals, mostly in the area of emotional disorders and clinical research methodology. The books and manuals have been translated in over 20 languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and Hindi.

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Dr. Joseph Tramontana is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in both adult and child clinical services. He has received a certification in clinical hypnosis from the American Society of Clincial Hypnosis (ASCH) and has been certified as a sports counselor by the National Association of Sports Counselors. Dr. Tramontana currently maintains private practices in Baton Rouge and Metairie, LA, and Pass Christian, MS (limited basis only). He is a prolific writer.

Joseph O'Connor is one of the best known and respected trainers of NLP and coaching in the world. He has taught in North and South America, Hong Kong and Singapore, (where he was awarded the medal of the National Community Leadership Institute), New Zealand and many European Countries. Joseph has been a visiting member of the faculty for NLP University in Santa Cruz, California, and a visiting trainer with NLP Comprehensive. Joseph has worked with many companies as a trainer and consultant, including BA, HP Invent, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in Vienna, consulting on Industrial co-operation projects in developing countries. He is the author of seventeen books translated into twenty four languages, including many of the best selling and most respected books. He was the first author outside the United States to write an NLP book. His book, Introducing NLP has been used for over ten years as the basic reference book for NLP study and has sold over 100,000 copies. Joseph is co-founder of Lambent do Brasil. He lived in the UK for many years and now lives in Brazil.

Eldon Taylor, PhD, is a world renowned author, dynamic speaker, former criminalist and one of the world's foremost experts on preconscious information processing, who's prestigious career over the past twenty-five years, has taken him to packed lecture halls throughout the U.S., U.K., Germany, Hong Kong, Mexico and Malaysia. His unique, charismatic and energetic style captivates his audiences, compelling them to take control of their life with a style and approach that is unique and empowering. He is the author of five books regarding the subject of subliminal communication and the inventor of the proven and patented technology InnerTalk®.

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In April 2007, Gemma Bailey created NLP4Kids with Kuldeep Gill, a fellow Trainer of NLP. Together they have created an NLP based program for children to develop their life skills and motivation. NLP4Kids uses the powerful tools of NLP, delivered in a way that is fun and comprehendible for children, encouraging them to co-operate more effectively within groups as well as improving their confidence and commitment when working individually.

She is a GHR/GHSC Registered Senior Level Hypnotherapist, a Registered Master Practitioner with the British Board of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and a NLP Registered NLP Trainer with the American Board of NLP. She is the author of Creating Trance and Hypnosis Scripts.

Daniel Redwood DCDaniel Redwood, DC, is a Professor at Cleveland Chiropractic College - Kansas City. He is editor-in-chief of Health Insights Today (www.healthinsightstoday.com) and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Chiropractic Association, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, and Topics in Integrative Healthcare.

A chiropractor, acupuncture practitioner, and writer, Dr. Redwood practiced in Virginia and Washington, D.C., for 26 years before joining the faculty of Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City in mid-2006. In addition his role at the college, he will start to see patients on a part-time basis in the near future.

Dr. Redwood's holistic healing philosophy involves seeing each patient as a whole person whose health is influenced by physical, emotional, and social factors. To help his patients, he draws on years of experience utilizing chiropractic, acupuncture, nutritional counseling, and stress management methods. He also maintains referral relationships with both medical physicians and complementary health professionals for patients who need additional health services.

Recognized as a leader in his field, Dr. Redwood is the author of three books, including the textbook, Fundamentals of Chiropractic (Mosby, 2003), co-authored with Carl S. Cleveland III, D.C., which reviewers have called "the most important book on chiropractic in the last decade" and "simply the best text yet published."

For more information visit: www.drredwood.com.

Arreed Barabasz is a Psychologist in Practice and Professor and Director of the Hypnosis Laboratory at Washington State University. He is the Editor of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, a Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology, and recent Past President of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and the Society of Psychological Hypnosis of the American Psychological Association. He conducts workshops for health care professionals worldwide.

He is a licensed psychologist and 'Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology' (ABPP)-the highest distinction in professional psychology. In recognition of "Outstanding and unusual contributions to the science and practice of psychology", he has been awarded Fellow status in the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. By appointment of the Governor of the State of Washington, Dr. Barabasz served on the State Examining Board of Psychology 1993-1998 including a term as Chair and is currently Chair of the Ethics committees for SCEH and APA Div. 30.

He was President of the preeminent Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH) (1999-2001) and a recent past President of the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 30 (Society of Psychological Hypnosis). Dr. Barabasz was Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, Medical School prior to his Professorship at Washington State University. He has published over 100 refereed research papers and received numerous national awards for his achievements in research, theory and practice. He is the three time winner of the of the coveted Henry Guze Award from SCEH" for best research paper published in the previous year" most recently 1999 for his experimental research showing unique EEG ERP responses to hypnosis.

Stephen Gilligan, Ph.D., is a licensed Psychologist practicing in Encinitas, CA. Stephen was among the group of students that gathered around the founders of NLP during its formation at U.C. Santa Cruz from 1974-1977. Milton Erickson and Gregory Bateson became his teachers and mentors. After receiving his doctorate in Psychology from Stanford University, Stephen became one of the premier teachers and practitioners of Ericksonian hypnotherapy. Motivated by his experiences as a therapist, a teacher, and by his own quest, he developed a new practice of radical awakening incorporating Ericksonian psychotherapy, Aikido, Buddhism, meditation, and the performance arts. His work, known as Self-relations Psychotherapy, reconnects mindbody processes and encourages and supports radical change. The cornerstone of Self-Relations Psychotherapy is the understandings and processes of Sponsorship. The enthusiastic acceptance of Sponsorship and Self-Sponsorship as approaches to therapy and personal change, along with Stephen's transformative presentation style, has led to speaking tours, workshops, and numerous Sponsorship groups throughout North America and Europe to which Stephen provides inspiration and supervision.

2011 also marks the release of her new book, Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life: Achieving Optimal Health and Wellness Through Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine and Western Science.

Dr. Joseph Barber teaches psychologists and physicians at the University of Washington Medical School. He is an award-winning author on the topic of pain management, and a former President of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. One of the most prominent trends in the field of health and wellness is the growing awareness of the mind-body approach. However, along with the enthusiasm we are sometimes led to hasty conclusions and broad generalizations that sometimes lead to disappointment and disinterest in the field. In his provocative, challenging and often amusing presentation, Dr. Barber looks at controversial claims made in the mind-body field. He separates the fads and fallacies from a scientifically supported understanding of powers of the mind.

Hypnalgesics founder, interventional radiologist Dr. Elvira Lang, Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, is a pioneer and leading world expert in the use of hypnosis during medical procedures. In fact, she literally "wrote the book" on the subject. Patient Sedation Without Medication draws on Dr. Lang's nearly two decades of field experience serving thousands of patients. Dr. Lang has dedicated her career to improving the experience of patients having medical procedures. Her vision is that one day any patient who enters a hospital or doctor's office will be able to receive good communication and procedure hypnosis for a better experience and a better outcome. The book Patient Sedation Without Medication was written to help healthcare professionals help their patients overcome the anxiety they feel when undergoing medical tests and procedures- without traditional medication.

As a Clinical Psychologist Mark was on the staffs of the Mayo Clinic Rochester and Mayo Clinic Jacksonville for a total of 37 years until retiring at the end of 2004. Since then he has been an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the University of North Florida.

The types of problems for which he specializes in include anxiety disorders, anger management, most types of stress, most types of psychophysiological conditions, mild to moderate depression, and nocturnal enuresis. His professional theoretical orientation has been eclectic with more emphasis on behavior therapies. He has certifications as a biofeedback therapist, sex therapist, and psychological assessment specialist.

He authored and is now co-editing the book, Biofeedback: A Practitioner's Guide in its 3rd Edition and with the 4th Edition in preparation.

Hal Brickman, the Director and founder of Long Island Hypnosis Center, is an experienced and highly respected hypnotherapist. He received his M.S.W., from Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services in 1975. Hal's literary contribution to the field of Hypnotherapy has been embraced by hypnotherapists worldwide and translated into six foreign languages. He has been invited to appear as a featured guest on David Letterman's Late Show on two separate occasions. Hal was also invited to appear as a guest on a television health show pilot hosted by Dr. Rock Positano of The Hospital of Special Surgery.

"Trance-Master" John Cerbone is quite possibly one of the fastest and most famous clinical, street and stage hypnotists alive. John is an ICBCH Certified Clinical Hypnosis Instructor, and an NGH Fellow and Board Certified Hypnotist (BCH) and a Certified Instructor (CI). He works with Fortune 500 corporations, individuals, couples, children and groups, implementing clinical hypnosis weightloss, smoking cessation, stress management, self-hypnosis programs and more.

He teaches emergency pain management skills to medical professionals, original "Speed Trance" instant hypnotic induction methods, "Street Trance" impromptu hypnosis techniques, and ICBCH hypnotist certification programs for those wanting to begin a career in hypnosis. You may have seen John on MTV and MTVu, Fox's Good Day Philadelphia and YouTube, Fox's Strategy Room, and heard the Trance-Master's hypnotic hilarity on radio stations across the country.

As a comedy stage hypnotist, he's appeared at large (and not so large) venues, including at KRAVE/Harmon Theater at Planet Hollywood on the Strip in Las Vegas, and sports stadiums in over a dozen states. John is the co-creator of internationally acclaimed "Speed Trance: Instant Hypnotic Inductions" and "Street Trance: How to Do Impromptu Hypnosis, Anytime, Anywhere," as well as the co-instructor of the "Skits and Bits" training video, for learning to create astonishing stage hypnosis show routines, all with Hypnosis Guru, Richard Nongard.

He is also the author of Hypnotic Scripts That Work – The Breakthrough Book - A Script Encyclopedia for Professional Hypnotists, featuring 150 + major Hypnotic breakthrough suggestions and techniques that he personally pioneered.

Dr. Sidney Rosen is, perhaps, the therapist in New York who is most experienced in teaching and using the applications of hypnotic approaches to the treatment of psychological and psychosomatic disturbances and problems. Having discovered hypnosis at age 15, he continued experimenting with it throughout his medical training. Except for a 15 year hiatus while undergoing training as a psychoanalyst, he has continued his explorations, most recently in the development of techniques for "waking self hypnosis". Since his retirement from regular teaching through NYSEPH he has been available for the treatment of patients in his private practice and for the supervision of qualified therapists.

Catherine is a certified hynotherapist and Reiki instructor. Her background is in bibliotherapy, research for Sesame Street, guest relations for Disney, performance, education, meditation, yoga, and decades of serving children and teens.

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Peter Strong, PhD is a Buddhist Psychotherapist, author and spiritual teacher and specializes in the study of mindfulness and its applications in psychotherapy for treating anxiety and depression, trauma, anger and other forms of emotional stress. Peter works with individuals and couples both IN-PERSON and ONLINE through email correspondence and Skype. Dr Strong also offers teaching courses on mindfulness based stress reduction to groups and companies.

Dr. Thomas Yarema has passionately committed to bridge the best of all systems of medicine – East & West, Conventional, Non-Conventional, Scientific & Intuitive.

He has learned that much of good medicine is common sense, resource management, and respect for an individual's dignity. His professional tools consist of Allopathy, Ayurveda, Traditional Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture, Immune Stimulation, and Intra-Venous Nutrition & Heavy Metal Detoxification Therapy. Dr. Yarema is a co-author of "Eat, Taste, Heal: An Ayurvedic Guidebook & Cookbook for Modern Living," a seven-time National award-winning book, and co-owner of Five Elements Press. In 1996, he founded the Kauai Center for Holistic Medicine and Research, which he directed until 2007, and in 2003 he founded the Aloha Ayurveda Academy, the first certification course of Ayurveda in the state of Hawaii. He currently serves as the Medical Director of Center for Wellness & Integrative Medicine in Aptos, California, and the National Director of Kerala Ayurveda Wellness Centers & Clinics in USA. He is also the co-formulator of Zrii, an Ayurveda-based liquid nutritional in the Network Marketing Industry and serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of same.

For more information visit: drtomyarema.com.

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. is internationally known for his work as a scientist, writer, and meditation teacher engaged in bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of medicine and society. He is Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he was founding executive director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, and founder (in 1979) and former director of its world-renowned Stress Reduction Clinic. He is the author of two best-selling books: Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness (Dell, 1990), and Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (Hyperion, 1994). He is also co-author, with his wife Myla, of Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting (Hyperion, 1997). Everyday Blessings was rated by Amazon.com as one of the top ten books of 1998 in the inspirational category. He is also the author of Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness (Hyperion, 2005), The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (with Williams, Teasdale, and Segal - Guildford, 2007), Arriving at Your Own Door (Hyperion, 2007), a book of excerpts from Coming to Our Senses, and Letting Everything Become Your Teacher (Bantam Dell, 2009), a book of excerpts from Full Catastrophe Living.

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Bob Stahl has founded 7 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programs in medical centers throughout the San Francisco bay Area and currently directs programs at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, and O'Connor Hospital in San Jose. Bob also serves as an Adjunct Senior Oasis Teacher for Oasis - the institute for mindfulness-based professional education and innovation of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Bob has conducted many mindfulness programs for physicians and health care professionals, as well as for those seeking relief from chronic stress and illness. He is a long time practitioner of mindfulness meditation, having practiced for over eight years in a Buddhist monastery. Bob is a certified mindfulness-based stress reduction teacher from UMass Medical Center.

Over the past twenty years, Paul McKenna, Ph.D. has helped millions of people successfully lose weight, quit smoking, overcome insomnia, eliminate stress, and increase self-confidence. He is Britain's bestselling non-fiction author, having sold 3 million books in 3 years, and his TV shows and live appearances have been watched and attended by hundreds of millions of people in 42 countries around the world.

Paul has famously worked his unique brand of personal transformation with Hollywood movie stars, Olympic gold medalists, rock stars, top business achievers, and royalty. He has consistently astounded his audiences and clients by proving how small changes in people's lives can yield huge results, whether it's curing someone of a lifelong phobia, an addiction or clearing up deep-seated issues in a matter of days.

Trevor H. Scott, C.Ht. is the founder and Executive Director of Beverly Hills Hypnosis. He is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, a Subconscious Motivational Therapist and a member of The American Counseling Association. In addition to studying Psychology and Neuro-Linguistic Programming, he attended the first nationally accredited college of hypnotherapy. An expert in his field, Trevor specializes in providing private consultations and audio programs for smoking cessation, self-confidence, sleeping disorders and anxiety/stress management. He is a member of the American Counseling Association and the American Hypnosis Association.

Forbes Robbins Blair has studied Huna (Polynesian metaphysics) and with the organization called Builders of the Adytum (www.BOTA.org). Its emphasis is on the Hermetic Kabbalah. While studying Huna, he became interested and studied hypnosis and self-hypnosis.

During the first few years in his professional career, he stumbled onto a way to hypnotize yourself with your eyes open while reading out loud. HeI developed it into a reliable method which became his first published book. Instant Self-Hypnosis: How to Hypnotize Yourself with Your Eyes Open.

A couple of years later he made a second hypnosis-related discovery about turning everyday activities into powerful self-empowerment rituals. That discovery led to a second book: Self-Hypnosis Revolution: The Amazingly Simple Way to Use Self-Hypnosis to Change Your Life.

Since the publication of the books, he's appeared on local and national radio and television programs for my expertise in both hypnosis and dreams.

Richard K. Nongard is among the most qualified professionals in the Southwest, and has authored many books, videos and professional educational materials, including hypnosis textbooks. He holds advanced degrees in both religion and counseling, and has been trained in the USA, Canada and Europe. In addition to his MA in Counseling and PhD in Comparative Religion, he is currently completing a Doctor of Arts program at Harrison Middleton University.

Richard is an innovative leader in the field of psychotherapy and hypnosis, and over the last 20+ years he has trained thousands of professionals including ministers, medical doctors, psychologists, social workers, family therapists, hypnotherapists and professional counselors in ways to do a better job serving their clients.

His is the author of several bestselling textbooks on counseling and hypnosis subjects, including 11 Solutions to Highly Difficult Clients, Nose-Rings and Bellybutton Rings: A User's Guide to the Next Generation, Inductions and Deepeners, Styles and Approaches for Effective Hypnosis, and The Little Black Book of Stage Hypnosis Secrets.

He is the creator of the QuitSuccess® Tobacco Cessation Treatment Program, used by hospitals and healthcare groups across the country.

Tony Wigram was Professor and Head of PhD Studies in Music Therapy at the University of Aalborg, Denmark, Honorary Research Fellow in the Faculty of Music at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Reader in Music Therapy at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. He was Associate Editor of the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, and a former President of both the European Music Therapy Confederation and the World Federation of Music Therapy. He was also Head Music Therapist at the Harper Children's Service in Hertfordshire, UK, and Research Advisor to Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust.

Graham Howes has been an Actor Writer and Theatre Director for 35 years. He trained as an Actor and Teacher of Speech Drama and English. While part of the cast of FAME he had a damascene conversion as he realisedthat there were not many Hypnotherapists who were also performers and who could really understand the needs and difficulties experienced by them. Having trained in Hypnotherapy and NLP initially and joining the GHR register he worked his way up to a Harley Street practice. He broadened his practice and decided to flee to the English countryside and became a specialist in weight loss but also anxiety trauma PTSD panic attacks and serious sexual and physical abuse. He practices in Hadleigh near Ipswich Suffolk and Manningtree near Colchester Essex in the UK.

For more information visit Edgehypno.com.

Diana Moore (Lighteacher) is a Reiki Master, Psychic Counselor, Channeler, Certified Hypnotherapist, Co-Founder of the Foundation for Metaphysical Studies (Dallas, Texas); Founder of Consiousness Relationship Counseling (Counseling without Blame), Founder of Past Life Energy Relationship Tracing Technique, Life Coach, Channeler and Facilitator of the Lightwork Class. She is in the process of publishing a book in which she has channeled recipes or techniques for use by everyone in life in order to assist one to heal their lives and create more time, energy and empowerment in one's life. She began channeling St. Peter at four years of age and now channels Archangel Michael, Jesus, Mother Mary as well as other ascended masters and angelic beings.

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William Mitchell is the founder of the Mitchell Institute for Professional Hypnosis and Personal Motivation Hypnosis Clinics and Pastor First Baptist Church, Stonington, IL.

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Michele Ritterman, Ph.D., pioneered the integration of hypnosis and family therapy, and has trained thousands of psychotherapists in her approach to working with couples and families. A student of Milton Erickson, she originated the concept of the symptom as a trance state -- shared and separate-track trances -- in family and couple interactions, and also the development of therapeutic counterinductions. Dr. Ritterman is a prolific author whose work has been translated into several languages. Also a dedicated activist, she has served as a spokeperson for Amnesty International and other human rights organizations, and her book, Hope Under Siege, with a foreword by Isabel Allende, considers the applications of psychotherapeutic principles in the larger context of political and social reality. In Dr. Ritterman's words, “Reciprocity is the highest form of love. And love has everything to do with healing.”

For more information, please visit her website: http://www.micheleritterman.com/

George J. Pratt, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical and consulting psychologist with a private practice in La Jolla, California, where he has specialized in psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, behavioral medicine, and performance enhancement for the past 30 years. He has a depth of training and an abundance of experience to help people relieve their difficulties and work toward enhancement of their lives.

He is the chairman of Psychology at Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla.Fellow and Certified/Approved Consultant of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.

He is the co-author of several books including: A Clinical Hypnosis Primer, A Clinical Hypnosis Primer: Expanded & Updated, Hyper-Performance: The A.I.M. Strategy for Releasing Your Business Potential, and Instant Emotional Healing: Acupressure for the Emotions.

For more information, you can visit his website at: http://www.drgeorgepratt.com/

Ron Klein, M.C.S., NBCCH, CAAC, is a Certified Trainer in NLP and an approved Continuing Education Provider. He is a nationally recognized teacher of clinical hypnosis and brief solution-focused psychotherapy. Ron has Twenty-eight years experience as a counselor and teacher. He has presented hundreds of workshops for AHTA providing training to more than 4800 mental health and health care professionals.

Ron has also taught courses in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy in a variety of public and private settings, including Georgetown University Medical School, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, The Maryland State Mental Health Department, the University of Maryland, The American Academy of Psychotherapists, and Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work. Ron was for five years the staff hypnotherapist at the Medical Illness Counseling Center, a psychiatric center in Bethesda, Maryland.

Ron is also a Professional Coach specializing in helping mental health practitioners in marketing and practice building.

For more information visit: American Hypnosis Training Academy.

Maggie Phillips, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in full-time private practice in Oakland, California. She is director of the California Institute of Clinical Hypnosis and past-president of the Northern California Society of Clinical Hypnosis. She has served on the faculties of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH), American and European Congresses of Ericksonian Hypnosis and Psychotherapy, the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association (EMDRIA), the Esalen Institute, the European Society of Hypnosis in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, the International Society of Hypnosis (ISH), The Professional School of Psychology, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH), the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD), the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA), and the University of California at Santa Cruz, Extension.

Dr. Phillips has led workshops on hypnosis, psychotherapy, the effects of childhood trauma in the U.K., Germany, Scandinavia, France, Japan, China, and Malaysia, and uses of energy therapies in mindbody healing. She has authored numerous papers and articles in the areas of ego-state therapy, redecision therapy, and the treatment of post-traumatic conditions, and is the co-recipient of the 1994 ASCH Crasilneck award for excellence in writing and of the Cornelia B. Wilbur award from the ISSD. Dr. Phillips is co-author of HEALING THE DIVIDED SELF and author of FINDING THE ENERGY TO HEAL. She is also a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD), and a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.

For more information, go to: http://users.lmi.net/mphillips/

Michael Nash currently serves as a faculty member at the University of Tennessee where he teaches Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Research Design. He has researched and written a variety of publications to do with the effectiveness of hypnosis in medical applications. He also directs the ongoing case-based psychotherapy outcome research carried-out at the UT Psychological Clinic. This research tracks change in individual patients throughout the course of therapy, enabling the clinic to discern whether the therapy is working, when it is working, and sometimes why.

Nancy J. Napier is a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist in private practice in New York City. Author of Sacred Practices for Conscious Living; Recreating Your Self: Increasing Self-Esteem Through Imaging and Self-Hypnosis; and, Getting Through the Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt as Children, Nancy also conducts workshops around the country for both professional and public audiences. Titles of her workshops include: "Living with Intention," "Accessing the Future Self for Growth and Change," "Shadowboxing: Reclaiming the Disowned Self," "Mindfulness Practices for Self-Care," and more.

Shirley McNeal, Ph.D., recipient of the 2003 Milton H. Erickson Award for Scientific Excellence by the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, is the author or co-author of over 20 scientific papers.

Although she works with a breadth of issues, Dr. McNeal's work deals mostly in helping people work with self-esteem and inner strength issues. Her work on increasing ego strength through hypnosis has wide applications in helping people with performance anxieties like public speaking and test taking.

Some of Dr. McNeal's published work include "Inner Strength and Ego Strengthening".

Mary Lee LaBay, M.S. is the author of five books on hypnotherapy, past life regression, self-hypnosis, and relationships. Her books Past Life Regression: A Guide for Practitioners and Hypnotherapy: A Client-Centered Approach are widely used as textbooks on those subjects, while her Through the Open Door: Secrets of Self-Hypnosis is a self-help guide for the general public (co-authored with Kevin Hogan, Ph.D.). Also co-authored with Dr. Hogan, were The Hypnotherapy Handbook and Irresistible Attraction: Secrets of Personal Magnetism which went to #2 on the Amazon bestseller list in 2002. Past Life Explorations: A Soul's Quest for Consciousness is in production and due for release November 2006.

Mary Lee received her master's degree in Integrative Health Sciences, and is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Certified Instructor of Hypnotherapy with a private practice in Bellevue, Washington. In addition to her work with individuals, she leads certification courses in hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, and transpersonal counseling.

An inspired presenter with a holistic approach to healing, Mary Lee has been a student, practitioner and instructor of spiritual growth for over 20 years. She leads workshops across the US, as well as in India, Europe and Great Britain. Mary Lee is frequently interviewed by the media and has published extensively in trade journals nationwide

She is the co-creator of Spirit Fest™. Owner of the Universe and Other Toys. Past and/or present member of: Mensa International, National Guild of Hypnotists (US), International Registry of Professional Hypnotherapists (UK), International Hypnosis Federation (US), Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (UK), The National Council of Hypnotherapy (UK) and American Board of Hypnotherapy (US).

For more information, go to Mary Lee LaBay's website at: http://www.maryleelabay.com/

Robin Shapiro, MSW, LICSW, the editor of two EMDR Solutions books and The Trauma Treatment Handbook, is in private practice in Seattle. She is known for her informative, user-friendly workshops, insightful clinical consultation, and her popular blog Trauma & Attachment Therapy. She is proud to serve on the board of the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program.

For more information visit www.EMDRSolutions.com.

Dr. Lambrou is an accomplished speaker, presenter, and workshop leader. He has been an invited speaker and presenter at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine 13th Annual Symposium, the International Congress of Aesthetic Medicine in Ixtapa, Mexico; 2nd Annual International Energy Psychology Conference; International Forum for New Science; The Ken Blanchard Companies, The Anthony Robbins Companies, Apple Computers, American Airlines, and many other organizations.

As a clinical instructor for the San Diego University for Integrative Studies, the University of California at San Diego, and other learning institutions, Dr. Lambrou blends experiential learning, case studies, and dynamic lectures and presentations to make the learning experience robust and fun.

He's Certified in Medical Hypnotherapy by the American Psychotherapy and Medical Hypnosis Association and a Clinical Member and Past President of the American Psychotherapy and Medical Hypnosis Association.

For more information about Dr. Lambrou, please visit his website at: http://www.peterlambrou.com/

Brian Green is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, a Chemical Dependency and Lifestyle Disorders Specialist, plus a Domestic Violence Counselor. He was trained at Gil Boyne's Hypnosis Institute. Where he was the Senior Staff Therapist and also in private practice for fifteen years. He is the author of the hypnosis manual, Mind-bending For Mind-mending, Wizard Ways With Words, the first installment of His Alchemy of Consciousness trilogy. His background in commerce, as a creative artist, and as a musician. This has given him a blend of intuition, inspiration and horse sense. He has presented workshops for the ACHE international Conference on "Hypno-linguistics" and Addictionology, taught at colleges and high schools. His practice is called – Holistic Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy, which is in Los Angeles, California.