John G. Watkins

John G. Watkins, PhD, (1913 – 2012) was Professor Emeritus of the University of Montana, and world renowned as a pioneering psychologist in the areas of hypnosis, dissociation, and multiple personality. He was a founder and past president of ISCEH, as well as president of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH), the American Board of Psychological Hypnosis, and the Hypnosis Division of the American Psychological Association. Dr Watkins has also served as clinical editor of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. One of his best-known successes was to get the notorious Hillside Strangler to confess to murder and to reveal his multiple personalities.

John G. Watkins

John G. Watkins, PhD, (1913 – 2012) was Professor Emeritus of the University of Montana, and world renowned as a pioneering psychologist in the areas of hypnosis, dissociation, and multiple personality. He was a founder and past president of ISCEH, as well as president of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH), the American Board of Psychological Hypnosis, and the Hypnosis Division of the American Psychological Association. Dr Watkins has also served as clinical editor of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. One of his best-known successes was to get the notorious Hillside Strangler to confess to murder and to reveal his multiple personalities.

Books by John G. Watkins

  • Ego States: Theory and Therapy

    Helen H. Watkins, John G. Watkins

    Paperback, 1997

    Ego states are the parts of our personality that cause us to act different ways in different situations.