Donald Robertson, MA, PGDip, UKCP
Donald is a writer and trainer, with over twenty years’ experience. He’s a specialist in teaching evidence-based psychological skills, and known as an expert on the relationship between modern cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and and classical Greek and Roman philosophy.
Donald is the original founder of The UK College of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy, establishing it in 2003 under the name HypnoSynthesis. He developed an early evidence-based cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy curriculum and in 2008 wrote a foundational article that first defined the Hypno-CBT® approach in print. His 2013 book The Practice of Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy remains a valuable reference text in the field of cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy (CBH).
Donald subsequently moved on to focus on Stoic philosophy and CBT, returning to the term ‘cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy’ in all his own work and withdrawing the Hypno-CBT® name from his own platforms before the College transfer. He passed the College and the Hypno-CBT® trademark to Mark R. Davis in 2013, under whose direction Hypno-CBT® has been substantially developed into its current form as a distinct integrative psychotherapy model
Previously Donald was a registered hypnotherapist (GHR) and a UKCP and EAP registered hypno-psychotherapist. He specialises in cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), cognitive-behavioural and evidence-based approaches to hypnotherapy, philosophical approaches to therapy, and the treatment of anxiety. He has over 15 years’ experience of teaching and clinical practice both as a hypnotherapist and as a schools counsellor in London. Donald has designed self-help materials as part of a clinical research project commissioned by Defra on the use of stress management techniques and hypnotherapy for noise-related stress.
Donald continues to develop his work in bringing Greek Stoic philosophy into daily application in the 21st century.
Donald’s website is here: https://donaldrobertson.name
Donald now lives in Canada.
Donald Robertson's Publications:
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius (2019)
Stoicism and the Art of Happiness (2013), part of Hodder’s Teach Yourself series
Build your Resilience (2012), part of Hodder’s Teach Yourself series
The Practice of Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Hypnosis (2012)
The Philosophy of CBT: Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy (2010)
The Discovery of Hypnosis: The Complete Writings of James Braid (2008)
Donald's Website: https://donaldrobertson.name
Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=D9kUdfAAAAAJ&hl=en