Author biography:-

CHAPLAIN PAUL G. DURBIN, Ph.D.

Chaplain Paul G. Durbin is a United Methodist Minister serving as Director of Pastoral Care at Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been on Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital staff since 1976 and has been Director since 1982. 

He is a retired Military Chaplain who last served as Army National Guard Special Assistant to the Chief of Chaplain, Army with rank of Brigadier General. Chaplain Durbin has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Centenary College of Louisiana; a Master of Divinity from Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Ph.D. from the American Institute of Hypnotherapy, Irvine, California; and has completed four quarters of Clinical Pastoral Education at Walter Reed A.M.C., Washington, D.C.

He is a member of the College of Chaplains, the Louisiana Chaplain Association, and the International Association of Counselors and Therapists. He is a certified Clinical Hypnotherapist with the National Guild of Hypnotists, (National Association of Clergy Hypnotherapists: As of 1998, a Special Interest Clergy Group of the National Guild of Hypnotist), American Association of Professional Hypnotherapists, American Council of Hypnotist Examiners, National Board of Hypnotherapy and Hypnotic Anesthesiology, the National Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists and the International Medical and Dental Hypnosis Association. 
He is a Fellow with NBHA and AAPH. 

In 1986-87, he was "Member of the Year" with NACH. He received the NBHA "Professional Excellency" Award for 1991 and the "Pen and Quill" Award in 1992 and 1997. Upon receipt of the IHHF Sealah Award for Hypnotherapy, Chaplain Durbin was inducted into the International Hypnosis Hall of Fame in 1992. In 1996, He received the "Outstanding Performance Award" as a results of his book Kissing Frogs: Practical Uses of Hypnotherapy from IMDHA.

Chaplain Durbin has authored a number of articles and conducted numerous seminars throughout America on Pastoral Care, Stress Management, Ethical Consideration of Life Support Systems, Dying and Grief, False Memory Syndrome and Hypnotherapy. 
He has written two books. Human Trinity Hypnotherapy published by Access Information of Ann Arbor, MI in 1993 and is currently out of print. Kissing Frogs:

Practical Uses of Hypnotherapy published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company in 1996. $19.95 plus $4.00 shipping and handling in the United States. Kendall/Hunt 4050 Westmark Drive, P.O. Box 1840 Dubuque, Iowa 52004-1840. 800-228-0810. Chaplain Paul G. Durbin address is Chaplain Paul G. Durbin, Director of Pastoral Care, Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital, 5620 Read Blvd. New Orleans, La. 70127. 504-244-5430 email address pgdurbin@home.com

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF KISSING FROGS: PRACTICAL USES OF HYPNOTHERAPY: CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN TRINITY HYPNOTHERAPY: Alfred Adler, Viktor Frankl, Maxwill Maltz, John Powell, The Bible. REVIEW AND UPDATE OF HUMAN TRINITY HYPNOTHERAPY: Releasing Anxiety and Fear, Releasing Anger and Resentment, Forgiveness and Forgiving, Releasing the Past, A time to be Active: A Time to Be Still, Choose Whom You Will Serve, Introducing Hypnosis to Our Congregations and Communities, Hypnosis and Religious Faith, Prayer Therapy, Stress Management, Miscellaneous Information, Suggestibility, Imagery and Healing Stories; Guidelines, Rules of the Mind, Etc. CASE HISTORIES: Hypnosis with Children, Stop Smoking, Weight Control, Improving Memory, Concentration and Study Habits, Pain Management and Enhancing Healing, Age Regression, Insomnia, Hypnosis in Sports, Dying and Death, Overcoming Grief. CONCLUSION, BIBLIOGRAPHY/AUDIO VISUAL BIBLIOGRAPHY