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Presenter: Amanda Barnier, PhD

The field of hypnosis is distinctive for its strong sense of family, history and generations of workers over time. The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis has a long and proud history and at this 59th Annual Conference I reflect on my own history in hypnosis. I reflect on the ?affordances? or opportunities of the mentoring I have received and environments I have worked in within hypnosis. I begin by describing the family tree of clinical and experimental hypnosis in Australia and argue that this family history has lead to certain characteristics in our work. In particular, I focus on phenomena, ideas and puzzles that are products of my upbringing in hypnosis. They help to illustrate that we move through generations of clinical or research questions informed and finessed by our individual and collective pasts. I urge us to celebrate and treasure all we have inherited and developed over our field?s long history, including nearly 60 years of ASCH history. And I recommend that we continue to broaden our partnerships, luring to clinical practice and experimental hypnosis research (whether intrinsic, instrumental, or applied) colleagues from as many fields as possible. This ?domestication of hypnosis? as Hilgard called it, will help to secure the field of hypnosis in the United States and around the world for future generations of the ?seriously curious?.

Learning Objectives:
? Learn about the history of hypnosis in Australia and how it connects with the history of hypnosis in the US;
? Reflect on ?family trees? of clinical and experimental hypnosis work and workers;
? Learn about important hypnotic phenomena;
? Consider and discuss important conceptual ideas in the field of hypnosis;
? Become aware of puzzles about hypnosis that remain to be understood; and
? Consider and discuss ways in which each of us can domesticate and champion hypnosis.

Amanda J. Barnier is a Professor of Cognitive Science and Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow in the Department of Cognitive Science at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. She also is Chief Investigator of the ARC?s $21 million Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (CCD). Amanda received her PhD in Psychology from the University of New South Wales in 1996, completing a program of research on the classic hypnotic phenomenon of posthypnotic suggestion. Supported by over 20 years of continuous grant funding from the ARC, Amanda has conducted research on posthypnotic amnesia, hypnotic delusions, and hypnotisability among many other topics. In recent years, as part of the Belief Formation Program of the CCD, Amanda has led an interdisciplinary team of researchers and clinicians who use hypnosis to model, explore and understand a range of clinical phenomena. Amanda has published over 100 books, book chapters, journal articles and other writings as well as presented over 150 presentations around the world. She has received many awards for her research, leadership and service: she is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and a Fellow of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH). In 2013 she won the Bernard B. Raginski Award for Leadership and Achievement in Hypnosis from SCEH and in 2014 she won the American Psychological Association Division of Psychological Hypnosis Award for Distinguished Contributions to Hypnosis. Together with Professor Michael R Nash, she edited the (2008) Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis: Theory, Research, and Practice, which won the 2009 Arthur Shapiro Award for the Best Book in Hypnosis from SCEH and was described as ?a landmark contribution? and ?a tremendous resource for scholars and clinicians alike?.