Distinguished Contributions to Scientific Hypnosis

Awardees receive a plaque at the APA convention, and recipients are invited to address the audience on any topic of their choice.

2026: Deirdre Barrett, PhD
2025: Amir Raz
2024: Elvira Lang
2023: Olafur Palsson, PsyD
2022: Gary R. Elkins, PhD, ABPP
2021: Erik Z. Woody, PhD
2020: Leonard S. Milling, PhD
2019: No award given
2018: No award given
2017: David R. Patterson
2016: Auke Tellegen
2015: Arreed F. Barabasz, PhD, EdD
2014: Amanda Barnier, PhD
2013: Guy Montgomery
2012: Mark Jensen
2011: Richard Bryant
2010: Joseph P. Green
2009: Arreed Barabasz
2008: Graham Wagstaff and Helen Crawford
2007: Antonio Capafons and Etzel Cardeña
2006: John Chaves
2005: David Spiegel
2004: Kevin McConkey
2003: Irving Kirsch
2002: Steven Lynn
2001: Philip Zimbardo
1997: Martine Orne
1996: Kenneth Bower
1995: Nickolas Spanos