Lankton's Professional Summary

	Stephen Lankton Stephen on co-creating experience.

Brief Professional Summary

Stephen practices in Phoenix, Arizona and teaches and trains clinicians worldwide. He is a LCSW in Arizona.. His clinical training has been sponsored by university psychology and social work departments, state associations in clinical disciplines, and private training institutes in over twenty countries for over twenty five years.  He is Editor-in-Chief of the the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis.

Stephen is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to the field of psychotherapy and the Irving Secter Award for the advancement of clinical hypnosis. He is the past president and Diplomate of the American Hypnosis Board for Clinical Social Work, a Fellow in Family Therapy, a Fellow and Approved Consultant in Clinical Hypnosis, a Fellow, Diplomate, and Board Member of the American Psychotherapy Association and a Diplomate in Clinical Social Work.  He graduated from the University of Michigan, School of Social Work in 1974 and is a LCSW (10443) in Phoenix, Arizona.

Well known for his teaching of hypnosis and psychotherapy, he authored and coauthored 7 books  including: Tools of Intention, Assembling Ericksonian Therapy, Tales of Enchantment, The Answer Within, Enchantment and Intervention, and Practical Magic, and edited and co-edited 11 others. He was founding editor of The Ericksonian Monographs.  In addition, he has published dozens of chapters in professional works addressing family therapy, clinical hypnosis, brief therapy, clinical social work, constructive therapy, innovative therapy, bioenergetics, transactional analysis, and strategic therapy.

He has an extensive training background including studying with the late Dr. Milton H. Erickson, MD for five years. Before studying with Dr. Erickson he had been recognized for his work in Gestalt Therapy, and Transactional Analysis. However, his intensive study with Dr. Erickson resulted in his synthesis of a highly accountable, goal-directed, holistic, and positive approach to therapy. Although he no longer teaches the work of Milton Erickson he was the author of scholarly chapters in handbooks of hypnosis, psychology, and social work promoting Erickson's work for 28 years.  He currently teach interventions of positive psychology and tools of intention.

As an author, trainer, clinician, editor, teacher, and corporate consultant Stephen has a number of diverse activities all related to information exchange. These include elaborating the emerging epistemology and behavioral science expertise as it applies to psychotherapy, training for mental health professionals, clinical supervision, corporate consultation, and the human factors in interface design. 

This site should be useful for examining some aspects of his approach to positive psychotherapy, couples therapy, performance enhancement, corporate consulting, and his credentials, publications, awards, and training. 

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