I received my PhD in educational psychology from UCLA in 1970 and had a practice in clinical psychology in Lewisburg, PA for 25 years. I used hypnosis as a major tool in providing psychotherapy. In 2007 I discovered ecstatic trance from the writing of Felicitas Goodman and since then it has become a central interest and central to my writing. I have offered workshops on ecstatic trance around the country and have a regular monthly workshop here in Central Pennsylvania.