Cognitive Hypnotherapy

Dr Asssen Alladin is a Clinical Psychologist and Adjunct AssistantProfessor at Foothills Medical Centre and Department of Psychiatryand Psychology at the University of Calgary Medical School. he hasbeen practicing and teaching hypnosis and clinical psychology forover 25 years. He served as Secretary of the British Society ofExperimental and Clinical Hypnosis for many years and currently heis the President of the Canadian Federation of ClinicalHypnosis-Alberta Society. He was Fellow of the Royal Society ofMedicine and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Dr Alladin has published many chapters and papers on clinicalhypnosis and is the author of Handbook of Cognitive-Hypnotherapyfor Depression: An Evidence-Based Approach (Lippincott, Williams& Wilkins, 2007) and Hypnotherapy Explained (RadcliffePublishing, 2008). He served as guest Editor for Special Issues inHypnotherapy for the Journal of Preventive Neurology and Psychiatry(1992), the Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An InternationalQuarterly (1994), and the International Journal of Clinical andExperimental Hypnosis (April 2007 & July 2007). He is interested in the empirical validation of clinicalhypnosis and the integration of hypnosis with other forms ofpsychotherapy. He is the 2005 recipient of the Best Research Paperfrom Division 30 of the American Psychological Association. Dr Alladin comes from the island of Mauritius and he completedall his studies in England. He was initially trained as aregistered Nurse and a Social Worker before taking Psychology andClinical Psychology. Dr. Alladin has two adult children and livesin Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He loves teaching, and traveling withhis wife of 27 years. He has presented addresses and workshops onclinical hypnosis at national and international conferences.