Bernhard Trenkle

Bernhard Trenkle holds degrees in psychology and industrial engineering and trained as a psychological psychotherapist and teaching therapist. From 1984 to 2003, he served on the board of the Milton Erickson Society for Clinical Hypnosis; from 1984 to 1998, he was the founding editor of M.E.G.a.Phon. In 1999, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Milton Erickson Foundation. In 2012, he received the Milton Erickson Award from the M.E.G. and the Pierre Janet Award for Clinical Excellence from the International Society of Hypnosis. His publications include The Ha Handbook of Psychotherapy, The Aha! Handbook of Aphorisms and Sayings for Therapy, Counseling and Hammocks, and The Lion Story.