Hypnosis in Academia Contemporary Challenges in Research, Healthcare and Education

Maurício Neubern , PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Psychology, University of Brasilia (UnB), Brazil. He coordinates the group Complexity, Hypnosis and Subjectivity (CHYS) linked to CNPq, a research agency of the Ministry of Science and Technology. His doctorate (2003, UnB) was on "Complexity and Clinical Psychology" and his post-doctorate (2015-2016), at the Centre Edgar Morin, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, France, was on the project "Complexity, Hypnosis and Chronic Pain". He coordinates the Work Group of Psychology and Religion of the National Association of Research and Graduate Studies in Psychology (ANPEPP). His research interests, always linked to hypnosis, are hypnotherapy, complexity, semiotics, De-sign inquiry, epistemology and spirituality. His researches are commonly derived from his work as a hypnotherapist and trainer of therapists (Teaching Competence Certificate, Milton Erickson Foundation, USA and Milton Erickson Institute of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2007). He also founded the Milton Erickson Institute of Brasília, Brazil (2005).

Antoine Bioy , PhD, is a university full professor of clinical psychology and psychopathology (University of Paris 8); doctor of psychology and psychotherapist (CHU Bordeaux). He has been practicing hypnosis for more than 20 years (university hospital and private practice). He is a scientific expert for UNESCO and for the Agency for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (France), and is also an expert for several scientific societies. Antoine Bioy is one of the administrators of the University Committee of Integrative and Complementary Medicine (CUMIC), which gathers university professors who work in France for the development of complementary practices, as hypnosis. Finally, Antoine Bioy has directed the French Institute of Hypnosis, and now the Ipnosia center. Finally, he is the author or co-author of about twenty books on health care and also on hypnosis.