Workshop Faculty
Daniel Brown, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Integrative Psychotherapy, Newton MA; Associate Clinical Prochology, Harvard Medical School; taught hypnotherapy for 39 years. His 14 books include 3 books on hypnosis: a standard textbook on clinical hypnosis--Hypnotherapy and Hypnoanalysis (with E. Fromm); a text on treatment protocols in behavioral medicine--Hypnosis and Behavioral Medicine; and Creative Mastery in Hypnosis and Hypnoanalysis on the permissive hypnotherapy style. Memory, Trauma Treatment and the Law, on memory & trauma (with A.W. Scheflin and D.C. Hammond), won the 1999 Manfred S. Guttmacher Award from the American Psychiatric Association as the “outstanding contribution to forensic psychiatry.” He has served as an expert witness in many court cases, including appellate decisions, involving memory for trauma, how interviewing affects memory for trauma/abuse, and reliability of memory in children and adults. Other books are on developmental psychopathology– a book on affect development (Human Feelings) and on self development from a cross-cultural perspective. He has a degree in the history and psychology of religions. He spent 40 years studying Buddhist meditation, including 10 years translating Tibetan & Sanskrit meditation texts and also conducting outcomes research on meditators. He co-authored Transformations of Consciousness (K. Wilbur & J. Engler), on psychotherapy & meditation, contributed to 2 books of East-West dialogues in psychology with H.H. The Dalai Lama. His new book is on Tibetan meditation– Pointing Out the Great Way: The Mahamudra Tradition of Tibetan Buddhist Meditation. His current research is on the contribution of early attachment to complex trauma.
Eligibility to hypnotherapy training is limited to clinicians licensed for independent practice and students in graduate programs leading to such licensure.
Continuing Education Credit Information: Daniel Brown, Ph.D. & Associates is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education credit for psychologists. Daniel Brown, Ph.D. & Associates maintains responsibility for the program: 7 CECs/day for psychologists, 6.5 for social workers and licensed counselors. Courses marked * count toward certification by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
Daniel Brown, Ph.D. & Associates is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Daniel Brown, Ph.D. & Associates maintains responsibility for this program and its content.