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Stephen Lankton, MSW, DAHB, FASCH practices in Phoenix, Arizona, and teaches and trains clinicians worldwide. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Arizona. For over forty-five years, his clinical training programs have been sponsored by university departments of psychology and social work, state associations across clinical disciplines, and private training institutes in more than twenty countries.
He is Editor Emeritus of the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis (2005–2025). Stephen has received two Lifetime Achievement Awards—one from the Milton H. Erickson Foundation for outstanding contributions to psychotherapy, and another from the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) for advancing clinical hypnosis. He is also the recipient of the Irving Secter Award from ASCH, a Life Fellow of the American Association of Clinical Hypnosis, a Diplomate and Past President of the American Hypnosis Board for Clinical Social Work, and an Emeritus Clinical Member of the International Transactional Analysis Association.
Over the years, Stephen has also been named a Fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, a Fellow, Diplomate, and Board Member of the American Psychotherapy Association, and a Diplomate in Clinical Social Work. He earned his MSW from the University of Michigan’s Graduate School of Social Work in 1974.
Widely recognized for his teaching in hypnosis and psychotherapy, Stephen is the author or coauthor of nine books, including Tools of Intention, Assembling Ericksonian Therapy, Tales of Enchantment, The Answer Within, Enchantment and Intervention, and Practical Magic. He has also edited or co-edited twelve additional volumes, including serving as founding editor of The Ericksonian Monographs. He has contributed dozens of chapters to professional publications covering topics such as family therapy, clinical hypnosis, brief therapy, clinical social work, constructive therapy, innovative therapy, bioenergetics, transactional analysis, and strategic therapy.
Stephen was honored to have trained extensively with Milton H. Erickson, MD, over a five-year period. Prior to this, he was recognized for his work in Gestalt Therapy and Transactional Analysis. His integrated approach to therapy is holistic, accountable, goal-directed, and strength-based. He is the author of scholarly chapters in leading Handbooks on hypnosis, psychology, innovative therapy, and social work, and has promoted Ericksonian methods in his workshops for nearly five decades.
As an author, clinician, trainer, editor, teacher, and corporate consultant, Stephen has led a range of initiatives supporting personal development and the dissemination of knowledge. His contributions span psychotherapy, professional training and supervision, corporate consulting, and the application of behavioral science to interface design and human factors.
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