Dr Hiro Koo Member Interview featured in the APA Division 30 Spring/Summer 2024 newsletter

加入了美国心理协会APA的Division 30，Society of Psychological Hypnosis心理催眠学会10年了，一直都在跟进催眠领域在全世界的学术与实践研究中的发展，没有想到有一天我也可以被采访并在里头发表马来西亚催眠领域的现况与进展。对我来说是个很大的认可啊！也算是10多年催眠实务研究与工作上一个重要的时刻，我感到相当鼓舞。

我的采访发表在APA Division 30在2024年春/夏季Newsletter中的第18页起。我相信并期许马来西亚的催眠工作将在全球各个领域越来越受到认可。

I would like to share with you my recent interview with the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 30, Society of Psychological Hypnosis. My interview is featured in the APA Division 30 Spring/Summer 2024 newsletter on page 18. I believe our hypnosis related efforts in Malaysia will become more visible and recognized worldwide. Enjoy reading!

Division 30 of the American Psychological Association - The Society of Psychological Hypnosis

About Division 30 of the 

American Psychological Association

Division 30 brings together psychologists and other professionals interested in scientific and applied hypnosis. Our mission is to educate the profession and the public, to develop new and innovative clinical interventions and research methods, and to evaluate current treatment approaches. These activities advance our knowledge about basic psychological processes and foster practices designed to improve human well being. Division 30 encourages research into the area of hypnosis and develops regional and national continuing education workshops on clinical applications of hypnosis. The Division publishes Psychological Hypnosis: A Bulletin of Division 30 three times a year. The Division sponsors awards for outstanding contributions to scientific and clinical hypnosis.

The Official Division 30 Definition and Description of Hypnosis

In 2014, the Division 30 Executive Committee prepared the following official definitions related to hypnosis:

Hypnosis: A state of consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness characterized by an enhanced capacity for response to suggestion.

Hypnotic induction: A procedure designed to induce hypnosis.

Hypnotizability: An individual’s ability to experience suggested alterations in physiology, sensations, emotions, thoughts, or behavior during hypnosis.

Hypnotherapy: The use of hypnosis in the treatment of a medical or psychological disorder or concern.

While there are substantial variations in theoretical understanding of these phenomena, the above definitions were created with an interest in simplifying communication regarding hypnotic phenomena and procedures within and between fields of research and practice, and so are intentionally largely atheoretical. This page will be updated to include additional discussion of the theoretical perspectives which allow greater insight into the nature and functioning of hypnosis.

Hiro Koo Kian Yong is one of the associate members of American Psychological Association (APA) Division 30 - The Society of Psychological Hypnosis (Membership #: 59610305). 

Membership renewal for 2015

Source: http://psychologicalhypnosis.com/