Description: In this warm and wide-ranging dialogue, the faculty explore happiness through positive psychology, neuroscience, spirituality, and everyday clinical practice. They discuss family influence, locus of control, mirror neurons, nature-based therapy, and the therapist’s emotional presence, weaving research with personal stories and encounters with figures such as the Dalai Lama. The conversation offers a thoughtful reflection on how curiosity, compassion, and perspective shape well-being for both clients and clinicians.
Kathryn Rossi, Ph.D, is a licensed psychologist and certified yoga instructor (RYT 500). She recently co-edited the 16-volume Collected Works of Milton H. Erickson. She and Ernest Rossi are in private practice in Los Osos, Calif.
George Burns, MA, PsS, is internationally recognized for his seven books, including the best-selling 101 Healing Stories and his recent, much acclaimed Happiness, Healing, Enhancement. An Australian clinical psychologist, therapist trainer, George is also an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Edith Cowan University and Director of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Western Australia.