Who is Dr. Avenson?

Dr. Robert Avenson is a researcher, professor and clinical psychologist. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from The Wright Institue, Berkeley, California, in 1981. His resume includes the following:

• National Director of Psychological Services for the Dr. Dean Ornish Program For Reversing Heart Disease.

• Licensed psychologist with a private practice in Oakland and Marin County, California.

• Psychological Consultant to the Prostate Cancer Gene Expression Study currently being conducted by The Preventive Medicine Research Institute and The University of California San Francisco Medical School.

• Professor teaching the Advanced Clinical Seminar to doctoral psychology students at Aliant University, The California School of Professional Psychology.

• Former President of The Northern California Society of Clinical Hypnosis.

• Specialist in biofeedback, hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and mind-body medicine.

Dr. Avenson has developed proven methods for integrating mind and body to bring about quicker and more effective results in helping people heal from mental, emotional and physical problems.