[Audio] IC11 Topical Panel 06 – Anecdotes & Metaphors – Sonja Benson, George Burns, George Gafner, and Dan Short

David Burns, MD Related seminars and products: 20

David D. Burns is an adjunct professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the author of the best-selling books Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy and The Feeling Good Handbook. Burns popularized Aaron T. Beck’s cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) when his book became a best seller during the 1980s.

• David Burns at Feeling Good

Dan Short, PhD Related seminars and products: 28

Dan Short, Ph.D, is internationally recognized for his work in Ericksonian hypnosis and short-term therapy. He devotes most of his time to a private practice in Scottsdale, AZ, while also writing and teaching to professional audiences around the globe. His training is diverse, having graduated with a Masters in Counseling from the University of North Texas in 1993, a doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; followed by an internship at an APA accredited program in Houston Texas.

• Site at I Am Dr Short.com

Sonja Benson, PhD Related seminars and products: 4

Sonja Benson, PhD, is a psychologist in private practice. She earned her PhD in Counseling Psychology from the U of MN. She has worked as a medical psychologist at the VAMC, in EAP programs for two Fortune 500 companies and in private practice. Sonja is a member of the APA and ASCH. She has published two books on hypnosis with George Gafner.

• Dr. Sonja Benson Site

George Gafner, LCSW Related seminars and products: 4

George Gafner, MSW, LCSW, recently retired as director of family therapy and hypnosis training at the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Tucson, Arizona, and continues to work there in a hypnosis study in the gastroenterology department. He is the author of four previous books on clinical hypnosis as well as 35 journal articles.