Irving Kirsch, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Kirsch is the North American Editor of Contemporary Hypnosis and a member of the editorial boards of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, and Hypnosis International Monographs. A former president of the American Psychological Association's Division of Psychological Hypnosis, Dr. Kirsch is an author or editor of 5 books, 28 book chapters, and more than 100 journal articles on placebo effects, hypnosis, psychotherapy, the history of psychology, and the philosophy of science. His work has appeared in the American Psychologist, Psychological Bulletin, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Psychological Science, and other leading journals.
Antonio Capafons, PhD, is a professor of psychology in the Department of Personality, Assessment, and Psychological Treatments at the University of Valencia, Spain. Dr. Capafons has created rapid self-hypnosis and awake–active hypnotic induction methods that allow the use of suggestions in an alert–awake state. He has also helped to develop the emotional self-regulation therapy created by Salvador Amigó. Dr. Capafons's work is based on empirical research, and the goals of this research are to improve the effectiveness and efficacy of hypnosis as adjunct to cognitive–behavioral approaches, focusing mainly on suggestions given while the client is in an active and alert state.
Etzel Cardeña-Buelna, PhD, was born and raised in Mexico. Dr. Cardeña-Buelna is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, of its Division 30 (Psychological Hypnosis), and of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. His theoretical and empirical work has garnered various awards, including the Early Career Achievement Award from Division 30. Besides phenomenological and cross-cultural aspects of hypnosis, Dr. Cardeña-Buelna has worked extensively on dissociation and trauma and the dissociative disorders
Salvador Amigó, PhD, is a professor at the University of Valencia, Spain, and director of the Clinic for the Investigation and Treatment of Psychological Stress. Dr. Amigó is the creator of self-regulation therapy, a treatment approach based on the cognitive–behavioral view of hypnosis. He is actively engaged in clinical practice and in research on the use of this approach to treatment.
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