Integrating Clinical Hypnosis into Nursing Enhancing the Care in Health Care and the Heart in Healing

Linda Thomson is a Nurse Practitioner and an Approved Consultant in Clinical Hypnosis. She is a Fellow and past president of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and a Diplomate of both the American Board of Hypnosis in Nursing and the American Board of Medical Hypnosis. She has published 2 pediatric hypnosis books, authored peer-reviewed journal articles and contributed book chapters for both nursing and hypnosis texts. Dr. Thomson has taught healthcare professionals across the country and around the world how to integrate hypnosis into their clinical practice.

Debra Rose Wilson is an internationally recognized nurse scholar, clinical hypnotherapist, and holistic health leader. A professor and the Lenora C. Reuther Chair of Excellence at Austin Peay State University, she is known for advancing evidence¿based mind¿body therapies and integrative nursing. With more than 250 publications and decades of clinical, academic, and global service, Dr. Wilson is a respected expert in psychoneuroimmunology, hypnosis, and holistic care. Her contributions have earned honors including AHNA Holistic Nurse of the Year and recognition as a Distinguished Scholar in the Global Academy of Holistic Nursing.