Stephen Gilligan, Ph.D.
is a licensed Psychologist practicing in Encinitas, CA. Stephen was among the group of students that gathered around the founders of NLP during its formation at U.C. Santa Cruz from 1974-1977. Milton Erickson and Gregory Bateson became his teachers and mentors.

After receiving his doctorate in Psychology from Stanford University, Stephen became one of the premier teachers and practitioners of Ericksonian hypnotherapy. Motivated by his experiences as a therapist, a teacher, and by his own quest, he developed a new practice of radical awakening incorporating Ericksonian psychotherapy, Aikido, Buddhism, meditation, and the performance arts.

His work, known as Self-relations Psychotherapy, reconnects mindbody processes and encourages and supports radical change. The cornerstone of Self-Relations Psychotherapy is the understandings and processes of Sponsorship.

The enthusiastic acceptance of Sponsorship and Self-Sponsorship as approaches to therapy and personal change, along with Stephen's transformative presentation style, has led to speaking tours, workshops, and numerous Sponsorship groups throughout North America and Europe to which Stephen provides inspiration and supervision.

Dr. Gilligan is the author of many professional articles. His books include:
* Therapeutic Trances - The Cooperation Principle in Ericksonian Psychotherapy
* Brief Therapy (Ed. with J. Zeig)
* Therapeutic Conversations (Ed. with R. Price)
* The Legacy of Milton Erickson
* The Courage to Love: Principles and Practices of Self-relations Psychotherapy

Douglas O'Brien
Doug O'Brien is a Master Practitioner and Trainer of NLP, and a Certified Hypnotherapist. In 1988, while assisting at NLP and NAC training seminars with Anthony Robbins, Doug achieved the designation of Master Trainer. He now conducts numerous seminars of his own around the globe (specializing in the "Sleight of Mouth" patterns of Robert Dilts, NLP Certification Courses, and Ericksonian Hypnotherapy) and helped found Columbia-Presbyterian's Department of Complementary Medicine.

For training and resources in Ericksonian Hypnosis, NLP, and other, related topics, visit the website of Doug O'Brien & Associates

Andrew T. Austin
It is via his frequent writings, workshops and lectures that Andrew T. Austin is rapidly becoming known as a leading therapist emphasising the neurological side of personal change and therapy. His seminars and workshops are sought out by NLP practitioners, hypnotherapists, trainers and psychotherapists seeking to deepen their knowledge and skills base of the neurological underpinnings of their work.

As controversial as he is popular, Andrew T. Austin regularly teaches overseas including Trivandrum in South India, Warsaw in Poland, The Netherlands and New York City, USA.

His therapeutic model of Integral Eye Movement Therapy has proven to be a treatment of choice amongst many therapeutic professionals and is taught internationally to therapists and trainers wishing develop their clinical practice and skill set.

Austin's popular book, "The Rainbow Machine - Tales From a Neurolinguist's Journal" edited by Steve Andreas and published by Real People Press is available via Amazon and other outlets.

"Andy Austin's Rainbow Machine will have you laughing, gasping in horror and awe, and wishing like hell that you lived close enough to him to get an appointment. He is the British Milton Erickson."
      -Bill O'Hanlon, author of Change 101 and many other books about brief therapy.

Steve Andreas
has been learning, training, researching and developing NLP patterns for the last 30 years. He is the author of the recent two-volume book Six Blind Elephants, as well as Transforming Your Self: Becoming who you want to be, Virginia Satir: The Patterns of Her Magic, and an anthology, Is There Life Before Death. Steve is co-author, with his wife Connirae, of Heart of the Mind, and Change Your Mind - and Keep the Change, and they edited four classic books of NLP by Richard Bandler and John Grinder: Frogs into Princes, Trance-formations, Reframing, and Using Your Brain - for a CHANGE. Steve has a BS in Chemistry from Caltech, and an MA in Psychology from Brandeis University. He lives with his wife in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near Boulder, Colorado. 1221 Left Hand Canyon Dr. Boulder CO 80302 andreas@qwest.net

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. Dr. Short is a member of the Graduate Faculty at Ottawa University and is affiliated with a clinic for the indigent where he volunteers as a supervisor for graduate interns. 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.

Betty Alice Erickson is a licensed professional counsellor, marriage and family therapist in private practice for over 15 years in Dallas, TX and International teacher of Ericksonian psychotherapy and hypnosis.

Roxanna Erickson Klein, RN, Ph.D.

Roxanna Erickson Klein is a practicing nurse with a special interest in hospice care. She has a MS in community health nursing, and a doctorate in public administration. A member of the Board of Directors of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation for a decade, she recently devoted herself to advancing the Erickson Archives. She is the seventh of the eight children raised by Milton and Elizabeth Erickson.

David Gordon
As one of the original developers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, David Gordon has helped create and shape the field for over 25 years. Though he has touched virtually every aspect of NLP, his primary areas of contribution have been in using metaphors to effect change and, in particular, modeling. Modeling is his passion and has consumed most of his professional attention for the past ten years. In that time he has developed several formats for usefully eliciting the fascinating structures that provide the foundations to the amazing variety of human experience. During the last quarter of a century he has trained many thousands of people in NLP, hypnosis, therapeutic metaphor, and modeling, as well as special applications within each of these areas. In addition, David has written many articles on NLP and five books, including "Therapeutic Metaphors," "Phoenix: The Therapeutic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson," and "Know How." And, for the past five years, he has also been coaching corporate executives in companies such as The Gap and Pepsi. With his colleague, Graham Dawes, David is currently finishing a book on the processes, intricacies and joys of modeling.

A library of models of experiences and abilities is available from David Gordon, Graham Dawes and other contributors who have trained extensively with them.

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