Teresa Garcia-Sanchez, MA

Teresa Garcia-Sanchez, MA

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Teresa Garcia-Sanchez, MA, is the Instituto Erickson Madrid Director, she created, in 2000, a four-year “Ericksonian Hypnosis and Psychotherapy Master”, since then 1200 students have participated in it. Since 2004, Teresa is an Invited Faculty at the Ericksonian Congress. She is member or past-member of ISH, ESH, ASCH, CFHTB, AEHE and presents at their congresses. Teresa conducts teachings (in Español, Français and English) in hospitals and universities in Spain, France, Russia, Mexico, and has also taught at Esalen (Palo Alto, California). Teresa is internationally known for her original approach to the utilization of metaphors in therapy, her very clear, amusing, and didactic way of teaching, and “her good understanding of the work of Dr. Erickson” as some of the direct students of Milton Erickson say. She wrote with Betty Erickson, Roxanna K. Ercikson and Dan Sort “La Hipnosis de Milton Erickson” an adaptation to the Spanish culture of the book “Hope and Reciliency”.

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Steve Frankel, PhD, JD

Steve Frankel, PhD, JD

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A practicing licensing board defense attorney and clinical/forensic psychologist, Steven Frankel is a PhD of Indiana University, interned at Columbia University, and served as a full-time clinical psychology faculty member at USC for 11 years, 5 years as Director of Clinical Training. A Clinical Professor at USC and a past Adjunct faculty member at Loyola (L.A.) and Golden Gate law schools, Steve has received awards for teaching excellence in law/psychology interfaces and in trauma assessment and treatment, which has been his specialty since 1980. He has authored the chapter on Risk Management for trauma clinicians in APA’S forthcoming Handbook of Trauma. His Practice-Legacy Programs work was created to protect clinicians, their families and patients/clients from failures to prepare for unanticipated death or disability.

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Douglas Flemons, PhD

Douglas Flemons, PhD

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Douglas Flemons, Ph.D., is Professor of Family Therapy at Nova Southeastern University. A licensed MFT and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, he is the co-editor of Quickies: The Handbook of Brief Sex Therapy (3rd ed.); author of two books on hypnosis (the forthcoming The Heart of Hypnotherapy and Of One Mind); and co-author of Relational Suicide Assessment. He presents nationally and internationally on hypnosis, brief therapy, sex therapy, and suicide.

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Neil Fiore, PhD

Neil Fiore, PhD

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Dr. Neil Fiore is the bestselling author of Awaken Your Strongest Self, The Now Habit, and Coping with the Emotional Impact of Cancer. Neil was a paratrooper with 101st Airborne, a manager for Johnson & Johnson, and was a psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Fiore has published in The New England Journal of Medicine and has been cited in The New York Times, The Times of London, The Washington Post, and The Wall St. Journal. Neil conducts seminars and lectures at major schools and businesses, including the Smithsonian Institute, Bechtel Power, AT&T, Levi Strauss, and Philadelphia’s Jefferson Medical College. Neil is the recipient of the University of California’s Award for Distinguished Achievement as well the “Checker of the Year” award from the supermarket he worked at while attending college in Jersey City, NJ.

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Jeffrey Feldman, PhD

Jeffrey Feldman, PhD

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Jeff earned a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Case Western Reserve University and interned at NYU Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital. In 1980 he helped found the NY Milton H. Erickson Society for Psychotherapy and Hypnosis. Jeff is an Associate Professor in the Section of Neuropsychology, Department of Neurology, and Associate Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Jeff has served as Co-Chair of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health’s Clinical Working Group and Co-Chaired the 2018 International Congress for Integrative Medicine and Health.

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Roxanna Erickson-Klein, PhD

Roxanna Erickson-Klein, PhD

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Roxanna Erickson-Klein is the 7th of the eight children raised by Milton and Elizabeth Erickson. She, like her siblings was taught about hypnosis from a very early age, and like her sisters embarked on a career in which that knowledge could be applied in clinical settings. Roxanna received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Arizona State University, and a Masters in Nursing from Texas Women’s University. She later became interested in health care administration and earned a Doctorate of Public Administration from University of Texas. After that, her interests focused on Counseling, and she received a Masters in Counseling from Argosy University. She has earned certification in Substance Abuse counseling as well as in EMDR. She has invested considerably in volunteerism and currently serves as The President of the North Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
A member of the Board of Directors for the Milton H. Erickson Foundation, she has a passion for writing, and has made a respectable contribution to the literature— primarily clinical in nature, and memoirs about learning from her father.
Currently in part time private practice in Dallas, Texas. She does both on-line and face-to-face counseling and consultations.

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Helen Erickson, PhD, MSN, AHN-BC, FAAN

Helen Erickson, PhD, MSN, AHN-BC, FAAN

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Helen Erickson, PhD, MSN, AHN-BC, FAAN, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas. Practice and research focused on persons with epigenetic psychophysiological disorders using naturalistic communication skills in conjunction with traditional nursing and medicine. She holds multiple awards including The University of Michigan Distinguished Alumni and University of Texas San Antonio Health Science Center Living Legend.

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John Dye, ND

John Dye, ND

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John Dye, ND is a naturopathic physician, professor emeritus at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, (SCNM) where he was Dept Chair of MInd-Body Medicine for 20 years. He has developed an extensive program of study that included medical hypnosis, biofeedback, neurofeedback, stress management, and Naturopathic Treatments for Mental Illness. He is currently adjunct faculty at SCNM where he teaches Practicum in Mind-Body Healing. He is currently developing and online course and training manual for mental health practitioners.

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Joe Dowling, MS, LPC

Joe Dowling, MS, LPC

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Joe Dowling, M.S., LPC is a specialist in Ericksonian approaches to psychotherapy who has worked in private practice for 20 years and is currently the peak performance consultant for the University of Pennsylvania basketball program. He published his first book, Zonefulness: The Ultimate Guide for Student Athletes in 2018. He was previously the Director of Training for the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Philadelphia and regularly presents at the Brief Therapy Conference and the Erickson Congress.

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Tamer Dovucu, MA

Tamer Dovucu, MA

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Tamer Dovucu, MA is a graduate of Ankara University and has a M.A. degree in sociology. He is the founder and director of Optimum Balance Model (OBM) Foundation in Turkey. OBM is created by himself as a life model describing human nature within life and it’s used for education, psychotherapy, business and for social issues. Maternity school and youth problems projects are prior for the foundation. He is also director of Erickson Institute of Istanbul since 2005 and organizing trainings for psychotherapists to introduce Erickson and his works in Turkey. He also does public and business OBM trainings nationally and internationally. He was director of Behavioral Sciences and NLP Center between 2004-2008 which was a partnership with Yeditepe University. He has two books on the field.

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