Judith W. Rhue is a professor of family medicine at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine and has a private practice. She is a member of APA's Division of Psychological Hypnosis, of which she is a fellow.
She has received awards for excellence in research from both organizations, as well as an award for the best hypnosis book published during 1991 (Theories of Hypnosis: Current Models and Perspectives), bestowed by the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.
Dr. Rhue serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and Contemporary Hypnosis. She is coeditor of two hypnosis books and a forthcoming book on dissociation (with Steven Jay Lynn), and she has written numerous articles and book chapters on hypnosis, fantasy, and child abuse.
Steven Jay Lynn is a professor of psychology at Ohio University and has a private practice. He is a former president of APA's Division of Psychological Hypnosis; a fellow in the APA, American Psychological Society, and Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis; and a diplomate of the American Board of Psychological Hypnosis.
He has received two awards from the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis for research excellence and for the best hypnosis book published during 1991 (Theories of Hypnosis: Current Models and Perspectives).
An advisory editor of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and Psychological Hypnosis, and a North American editor of Contemporary Hypnosis, Dr. Lynn has written or edited textbooks on abnormal psychology, psychotherapy, and dissociation and has published more than 100 articles on hypnosis, child abuse, fantasy, psychotherapy, and behavioral medicine.
Irving Kirsch is a professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut. He is the North American editor of Contemporary Hypnosis and a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.
Dr. Kirsch is a fellow of APA and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. In 1993, he served as president of APA's Division of Psychological Hypnosis.
His book Changing Expectations: A Key to Effective Psychotherapy was published in 1990. He has published more than 75 journal articles and book chapters on hypnosis, behavior therapy, anxiety disorders, depression, and expectancy effects, and has presented papers on these topics internationally.
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