title: Clinical Hypnosis for Pain Control
author:  David R Patterson 
description: David R. Patterson, PhD, ABPP, is a professor in the departments of rehabilitation medicine, surgery, and psychology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Currently, he is head of the Division of Psychology for his home department and chair of the ethics committee at Harborview Medical Center. Dr.Patterson has been working as a clinical psychologist at Harborview Medical Center since 1983, particularly in the burn unit and the psychology consultation and liaison service he created. He holds diplomate degrees in the areas of psychological hypnosis and rehabilitation psychology. Dr. Patterson has been instrumental in running psychology intern and postdoctoral training programs for more than 20 years and has mentored hundreds of clinical and research students. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1989, and he has published more than 150 articles and chapters in the areas of hypnosis, pain control, and adjustment to burn injuries and other types of trauma. His articles can be found in such journals as Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Abnornal Psychology, Pain, and the New England Journal of Medicine. As a long-time soccer player, he enjoys coaching his sons in this sport and playing drums for the Shrinking Heads rock-and-roll band.
zlib_text: CLINICAL HYPNOSIS IN PAIN
   THERAPY AND PALLIATIVE CARE
  
  ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  Dr. Paola Brugnoli, M.D., with Specialization in Anesthesia and
  Critical Care and master’s in Pain Therapy and Palliative Care,
  Pediatric Anesthesiology and Psychogerontology and Psychogeriatric.
  She is a Palliativist and Pain Therapist in Medical Staff of Pain
  Therapy, at University Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care
  and Pain Therapy, University of Verona, Italy.
  She is internationally recognized for her work in clinical hypnosis,
  pain therapy and palliative care, routinely teaching to professional
  audiences in Europe, United States, and all over the world and in
  schools of specialization in psychotherapy.
  She is the author of seven books, in Italian and English. She is AIST
  President, the Italian Association for the study of Pain Therapy and
  Clinical Hypnosis (www.aist-pain.it).
  E-mail: paola.brugnoli@libero.it
  
  CLINICAL HYPNOSIS IN PAIN THERAPY
  AND PALLIATIVE CARE
  A Handbook of Techniques for Improving