Board Members and Teaching Faculty of NYSCH All NYSCH Members (listed below) who currently serve on the Board of Directors, have Advanced Certification granted by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) as Approved Consultants.      • What this means is that, in addition to other stringent ASCH requirements, each has completed at least the required minimum of 100 or more hours of approved workshop training and has had at least the minimum of five years of independent practice utilizing clinical hypnosis.      • All of our Board Members have actually completed many more workshop hours and many more years in practice using clinical hypnosis than the required minimum. If you wish to become certified in hypnosis by ASCH, you can seek out any one or more of these Board Members for, among other basic certification requirements:      • The "minimum of 20 hours of individualized training/consultations with an ASCH Approved Consultant." www.asch.net      • To quote again from the ASCH website "Approved Consultants are qualified to provide individualized training and consultation for those seeking Certification." Susan Lee Bady, LCSW, BCD Brooklyn, NY Susan Lee Bady, LCSW, BCD is President of NYSCH, Faculty Member with the Center for Spirituality and Psychotherapy, former Director of the Hypnosis Institute of the Park Slope Center for Mental Health and past Board Member of the New York Society of Ericksonian Psychotherapy and Hypnosis. She is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, a Level II Practitioner of EMDR and has practiced meditation for over 10 years. In addition she teaches and supervises therapists, publishes papers and lectures nationally and internationally in psychotherapy and hypnosis. Approved Hypnosis Consultant, ASCH. Private Practice with individuals and couples, adults, adolescents and seniors.Park Slope, Brooklyn; 718-638-8113. www.susanleebady.com Herbert Feldman, MD ABFP Great Neck, NY and Forest Hills, NY Fellow, American Academy of Family Practice; Professional Member, New York Academy of Family Practice; Charter Fellow, American College of Acupuncture; Board Certified: Approved Consultant, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis; Member, American Academy of Acupuncture; Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management; Past President and Board of Directors, NYSCH; Attending: North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY; Private Practice: Great Neck and Forest Hills, NY. Phyllis Gildston, Ph.D. Great Neck, NY and New York, NY Past President and current Member, Board of Directors, NYSCH; Component Section Representative to Board of Governors, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH); Professor Emeritus, Brooklyn College of CUNY; Past Adjunct Professor, Hunter College, CUNY, C.W.P. Post College, LIU. Ph.D. Psychology, CUNY; Ph.D., Communication/Communication Disorders, Columbia University. Past Convention Faculty: American Psychiatric Association, ASCH, NYSCH, American Academy of Pain Management, Society of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, Council for Exceptional Children, Cornell Alumni Association, NYS Teachers Association. Board Certified: Approved Consultant, ASCH, Professional Counselor, APA; EMDR Level III, EMDRIA; Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, Albert Ellis Institute; Pain Management, AAPM, Marriage and Family Therapy, AAMFT. Biofeedback, BINY, Reiki Master, IHT, Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, ASHA, AAA. Neurolinguistic Programming, NYINLP & SNLP; Professional Memberships: ASCH, Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Academy for Eating Disorders, National Association of Alcohol Abuse and Drug Addiction Counselors, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, American Art Therapy Association; American Psychological Association Divisions: Hypnosis, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Neuropsychology, Psychoanalytic Psychology; Presentations: Over 100 papers at professional conferences world-wide. Lectured/Published: Internationally in Hypnosis, Psychology, Communication. Specialties: Adjunctive Hypnotherapy for: Relationship & communication breakdowns, eating disorders, weight, smoking, addictions, bad habits, sport, speech, substance abuse, phobias, chronic pain, sex, anxiety, performance, PTSD, ADHD. Director: North Shore Center. Private Practice: Children, adolescents, adults, couples, families. 275 Middle Neck Road, Suite B-6, Great Neck, NY 11023; Broadway and 70th Street, New York, NY10023 (516) 482-4444; (718) 895-7664; (212) 933-0493 www.northshorecaringdocs.net Diane L. Haber, MS, RN, CS Douglaston, NY Clinical Nurse Specialist/Psychiatry (Board Certified ANA). Private Practice: Psychotherapy/hypnotherapy practice in Douglaston, NY; Secretary and Member, Board of Directors NYSCH; Past Board of Directors, NYSEPH and Network of Clinical Specialists; Professional Member: APNA; Board Certified: Approved Consultant, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, EMDR Level II, Certificates: Behavioral-Cognitive Psychotherapy; Advanced Gerontological practice. Published in the International Journal of Mental Health. Presented many workshops and papers in professional, corporate and community settings. www.dianehaber.com Marlene Levy, Ph.D., DAAPM Port Washington, NY Dr. Levy is an APPROVED CONSULTANT WITH THE "AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS". She is on the BOARD OF DIRECTORS/ FACULTY OF THE "NEW YORK SOCIETY OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS". FACULTY/ DIPLOMATE AND BOARD CERTIFIED BY THE "AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PAIN MANAGEMENT". CERTIFIED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPIST. Past President of " Port Counseling Center", Port Washington, NY. Director of "The Co-dependent Center of New York". Dr. Levy is presently a CONSULTANT WITH "INTEGRATIVE HEALTH SOLUTIONS" [HOLISTIC MEDICAL CENTER] Manhasset, New York.Her specialties include: PAIN MANAGEMENT [Chronic and Acute Pain], STRESS MANAGEMENT [Anxiety and Panic Disorders], Trichotillomania, Weight Issues,IBS, Smoking Cessation, Relationship and Family Issues. LICENSED CERTIFIED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER, PhD IN PSYCHOLOGY/HUMAN BEHAVIOR. In PRIVATE PRACTICE for over 25 years. DrMarleneLevy@optonline.net; 516-944.3885 Richard M. Tuck, Psy.D. Melville and Rockville Centre, NY Member, Board of Directors: NYSCH; Nationally Certified School Psychologist, Uniondale New York School District; Post-Graduate Certifications: EMDR (Level I), EMDR Institute; Rational Emotive Therapy, Albert Ellis Institute; Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, LIIPP; Board Certified: Approved Consultant, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH); American Psychological Association Board Approval: Substance Abuse Counseling; Renowned Teachers: Studied with Drs. Daniel Brown and Daniel Araoz, among others. Professional Member: American Psychological Association, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York State Psychological Association, Nassau County Psychological Association, National Association of School Psychologists, New York Association of School Psychologists; American Psychological Division 18: Hypnosis; Private Practice: 5 Holly Court, Melville, NY (Suffolk County); 80 Lincoln Ave., Rockville Centre, NY (Nassau County); 631-692-4545.