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DR. BENSON'S BIO
Dr. Sonja Benson graduated
Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the honors program in Psychology
at the University of Minnesota. She went on to earn her doctorate from
the Counseling Psychology program, also at the University of Minnesota.
The Counseling Psychology program was ranked 3rd nationally
throughout Dr. Benson’s undergraduate and graduate tenure, and is
accredited with the American Psychological Association.
Dr. Benson wrote her
dissertation on the effects of parents’ marital satisfaction and level
of conflict on their adult children’s relationships. Her dissertation
earned a University of Minnesota Psychology Department Dissertation
Fellowship Award and a Science Directorate Dissertation Research
Fellowship Award from the American Psychological Association.
Dr. Benson is a
licensed psychologist in Arizona. She is also certified in Clinical
Hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). She has
completed significant training through the College of Executive
Coaching. She has completed both levels of training in EMDR (Eye
Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) and routinely trains other
professionals in hypnosis through the Milton H. Erickson Institute in
Phoenix. She has also taught hypnosis training through ASCH and
Southwest Health Professions Center, Inc. She is a respected hypnosis
authority; author of two books-Handbook of Hypnotic Inductions
and Hypnotic Techniques—both published by WW Norton, and author
of journal articles.
In addition to her
hypnosis teaching, she has also been an instructor of psychology classes
at the University of Minnesota as well as within the Phoenix Community
College system. Within her tenure as an in-house employee assistance
psychologist, she taught many career development workshops to business
professionals. Together with her Human Resources partner at Progressive
Insurance, she wrote the winning application for the Arizona
Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award (large business level). She has
nearly 7 years experience working in Fortune 500 company settings.
Dr. Benson maintains
several organizational memberships including the American Psychological
Association, Arizona Psychological Association, and the American Society
of Clinical Hypnosis. She is in a leadership role in the Scottsdale
Psychological Society (current Treasurer), and the Phoenix Society of
Clinical Hypnosis (current Secretary/Treasurer).
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