Bill O'Hanlon, MS, LMFT, is a world-famed psychotherapist
who was a developer of Brief Therapy, a pioneer of Solution-Oriented Therapy, and is the founder of
Possibility and Inclusive Therapies. He has authored or co-authored 28 books, the latest being Change
101: A Practical Guide to Creating Change, Pathways to Spirituality, and Thriving Through
Crisis (winner of the Books for a Better Life Award). His
books have been translated into 16 languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German,
Italian, Swedish, Finnish,
Bulgarian, Croatian, Turkish, Arabic, Indonesian, Korean, Chinese and Japanese. He
has published 54 articles or book chapters.
Since 1977, Bill has given over 2,000 talks
around the world, in such diverse places as Australia, Singapore,
Hong Kong, Paris, London, Stockholm, Buenos Aires and Boise, Idaho. He has been a top-rated
presenter at many national conferences and was awarded the "Outstanding Mental Health Educator
of the Year" in 2001 by the New England Educational Institute. He has appeared on Oprah (with
his book Do One Thing Different), The Today Show, and a variety of other television
and radio programs.
Bill is a Licensed Mental Health Professional,
Certified Professional Counselor, and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He is clinical
member of AAMFT (and winner of the 2003 New Mexico AMFT Distinguished Service Award), certified by the National
Board of Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists and a Fellow and a Board Member of the American Psychotherapy
Association.
He is known for his storytelling, irreverent humor, clear
and accessible style and his boundless enthusiasm for whatever he is doing. His
seminars are as entertaining as they are educational.
