Jeffrey K. Zeig is a writer on psychotherapy

Psychotherapy

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 and show man. He has edited, co-edited, authored or coauthored more than 20 books on psychotherapy

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy is a general term referring to any form of therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client or patient; family, couple or group...

 that appear in eleven foreign languages. He organises several conferences on psychotherapy, and is the founder and director of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation.

Background

Zeig is the architect of The Evolution of Psychotherapy Conferences, which attract leading psychotherapists. He organizes the Brief Therapy

Brief therapy

Brief psychotherapy or Brief therapy is an umbrella term for a variety of approaches to psychotherapy. It differs from other schools of therapy in that it emphasises a focus on a specific problem and direct intervention...

 Conferences, the Couples Conferences, and the International Congresses on Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy. Zeig is on the Editorial Board

Editorial board

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 of numerous journals; is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association

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 (Division 29, Psychotherapy); and Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis is a professional organization dedicated to the use of hypnosis in clinical settings. Founded by Milton H. Erickson, MD in 1957,...

. He is a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academy of Practice in Psychology of the National Academies of Practice.

Zeig has served as a Clinical Member of the International Transactional Analysis

Transactional analysis

Transactional analysis, commonly known as TA to its adherents, is an integrative approach to the theory of psychology and psychotherapy. It is described as integrative because it has elements of psychoanalytic, humanist and cognitive approaches...

 Association (1974–1985), and an Adjunct Assistant Professor

Professor

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 of Clinical Psychology

Clinical psychology

Clinical psychology is an integration of science, theory and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development...

 at Arizona State University

Arizona State University

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 (1988–1992).

A psychologist

Psychologist

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 and marriage and family therapist in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

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, Zeig conducts workshops internationally (40 countries). Zeig speaks at major universities and teaching hospital

Teaching hospital

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s including The Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic

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, Menningers and MD Anderson

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

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. He is president of Zeig, Tucker & Theisen, Inc., publishers in the behavioral sciences

Behavioural sciences

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