Stephen R Lankton

Stephen R. Lankton, (born 29 May, 1947) MSW, DAHB, is editor, "American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis" (2005-2010) [American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, "American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis", Vol. 48, #1.] . He is recipient, “Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Psychotherapy” [Milton H. Erickson Foundation, 1994.] and the “Irving Sector Award for Advancement of the Field of Hypnosis” [American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, 2007.] . Lankton served as a Fellow and Approved Consultant of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis; a Fellow and Approved Supervison of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. He is a Diplomate and Past-President of the American Hypnosis Board for Clinical Social Work and a Diplomate of the American Psychotherapy Association.

A LCSW psychotherapist in private practice in Phoenix Arizona, Lankton conducts workshops internationally (24 courntries). Lankton speaks at major universtiies, national therapy organizations including the AAMFT, APA, ITAA, Erickson Foundatin, Networker, AGPA, etc., and state professional organizatinos for social worker, psychologists, hypnosis, and psychiatry. He was a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University (2004-2008) and an Appointee to the Arizona State Board of Behavior Health Examiners, Social Work Credentialing Committee (2008-2011). He was the Editor of the "Ericksonian Monographs" series of books from 1985-1995. His major publications include "Practical Magic" [Practical Magic: A Transaltion of Basic Neurolinguistic Programming into Clinical Psychotheray, (1980 & 2003), Crown Publishers, ISBN 1-904424-11-2] ; "The Answer Within" [The Answer Within: A Clinical Framework of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy, (1983 & 2008), Crown Publishers, ISBN 978-184590121-9] ; "Enchantment and Intervention In Family Therapy" [Enchantment and Intervention in Family, Crown Publishers,Therapy: Using Metaphors in Family Therapy, (1986 & 2007) ISBN 978-184590083-9.] ; and "Assembling Ericksonian Therapy" [Assembling Ericksonian Therapy: The Collected Papers of Stephen R. Lankton, (2004), Zeig, Tucker, Teisen Publishers, ISBN 1-932462-10-4] ; and others translated into 7 languages. Lankton’s efforts promoting and interpreting Milton H. Erickson’s approach to hypnosis and therapy at the highest acedemic levels resulted in the inclusion of chapters in several scholarly publications edited by other luminaries in the field. These include his chapters in the "Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis" [Lankton, S. (2008). An Ericksonian Approach to Clinical Hypnosis. In M. Nash & A. Barnier (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis. Oxford Press, pp.467-486, ISBN 978-0-19-857009-7.] ; The "Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis" [Matthews, W., Lankton, S., Lankton, C. (1993) "An Ericksonian Model of Hypno-therapy," In E. Kirsch, S. Lynn, J. Rhue (Eds.)., The handbook of clinical hypnosis. American Psychological Association, pp. 187-214 , ISBN 1-55798-199-X.] ; and "Handbook of Family Therapy Volume II" [Lankton, S., Lankton, C., & Matthews, W. (1991). Ericksonian family therapy. In A. Gurman & D. Kniskern (Eds.), The handbook of family therapy, volume 2, New York: Brunner Mazel, pp. 239-283, ISBN 0-87630-642-3] ; "Social Workers’ Desk Reference" [,Lankton, S. (2002). “The Use of Therapeutic Metaphor in Social Work.” In Roberts, A. and Greene, G. (Eds.) Social workers' desk reference. New York: Oxford University Press.pp. 385-391, ISBN 0-19-514211-X.] ; and "The Handbook of Innovative Therapy" [Lankton, S., (2001). "Ericksonian Therapy," In Corsini, R. (Ed.). Handbook of innovative psychotherapy, Second edition, New York: Wiley., pp. 194-205, ISBN 0-471-34819-8] ; and several others.

He served as a behavior science expert in corporate consulting projects that have included the IRS, Xerox, American Express, New York State Tax and Finance, NY Welfare Department, Nortel, and other fortune 500 companies. He co-authored the Xerox 1990's Document Engineering Methodology [Lankton, S., and Puterbaugh, K. (1998). "Document Engineering Knowledge White Paper", In Go Inside, http://goinside.com/98/1/kirk-1.html, Jan., 1998.] that promoted behaviorally-driven document-centered information engineering.

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