Camillo Loriedo

Camillo Loriedo, MD

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Director, Istituto Italiano di Psicoterapia Relazionale, Rome
Director, Scuola Italiana di Ipnosi e Psicoterapia Ericksoniana, Rome
President, Società Italiana Milton Erickson (SIME-Italian Milton Erickson Society)
Founder and President, Italian Society of Psychotherapy (SIPSIC)
President, Italian Society of Hypnosis (SII)
Since 1998, Member of the Milton Erickson Foundation Board of Directors
Professor of Psychiatry, “Sapienza” University of Rome
Past-President, International Society of Hypnosis (ISH)
Past-President, European Society of Hypnosis (ESH)
Since 2020, Founder and Director of the Silent Emotions Center in Rome for Eating Disorders Diagnosis and Treatment

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITIONS
The Milton H. Erickson Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to the field of Psychotherapy, Milton H. Erickson Foundation (2001)
ESH Fellowship, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the European Society of Hypnosis (2011)
Benjamin Franklin Award (Gold Medal), the highest ISH honor, with the following motivation: Prolific author, creative therapist, distinguished leader. International Society of Hypnosis (2012)
Shirley R. Schneck Award for Significant Contributions to the Development of Medical Hypnosis, Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH) (2012)
ESH Honorary Membership by the European Society of Hypnosis, for outstanding contributions to the field of Hypnosis (2014)

PUBLICATIONS
Authored over 440 scientific papers and 34 books, including:
Loriedo, C., Vella, G., Paradox and the Family System, Brunner/Mazel, New York, 1992
Loriedo, C., Peter, B. (Eds.), The New Hypnosis: The Utilization of Personal Resources in Ericksonian Practice and Training, Hypnosis International Monographs, Munich, 2002
Loriedo, C., Zeig, J.K., Nardone, G., Tranceforming: Ericksonian Methods, Milton Erickson Foundation Press, Phoenix, 2010

Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist residing near San Diego, California. He is internationally recognized for his innovative work in applying clinical hypnosis in outcome-focused strategic psychotherapy, especially in the active, non-pharmacological treatment of depression. He has been invited to present his innovative ideas and methods to colleagues in more than 30 countries across six continents, as well as throughout the United States. He is a critic of the medical model of depression and instead advocates for a social perspective, suggesting the problem is less about neurochemistry and more about circumstances and perspectives in how you manage them. His highly practical YouTube lecture on How to Recover from Depression has been viewed more than 5.2 million times.

Dr. Yapko is the author of 16 books, including the new 6th edition of his classic hypnosis text Trancework, his award-winning book for professionals, Process-Oriented Hypnosis, and his popular books for a general audience, Depression is Contagious and Breaking the Patterns of Depression. His works have been translated into 10 languages. He is also the developer of the popular digital hypnotherapy mental health app called Claria in association with Mindset Health (www.mindsethealth.com). More information about Dr. Yapko is available on his website: www.yapko.com.

On the personal side, Dr. Yapko is happily married to his wife, Diane, a pediatric speech-language pathologist. Together, they enjoy hiking in the great outdoors in their spare time.