Donald P. Moss

Dr. Donald Moss is Dean-Emeritus, College of Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences, at Saybrook University, Pasadena, CA. He is a clinical health psychologist, certified in hypnosis and biofeedback. He is the education chair and president for the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH). He previously served as the president of SCEH, president of Division 30 (hypnosis) of the American Psychological Association, and president of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.

Dr. Moss earned his MA (1974) and PhD (1984) in existential and humanistic psychology at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. Moss is the Senior Editor for the Encyclopedia of Hypnosis and Suggestion, a virtual publication of the International Society of Hypnosis. He is also a guest editor for a new Special Hypnosis Collection for the journal Scientific Reports and lead editor for a special issue on Nature Immersion, Health, and the Community for the journal International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Moss is co-author with Angele McGrady of Pathways through Long-Term Health Conditions: Lifestyle Medicine for your Wellbeing (Pavilion, 2025), Integrative Pathways: Navigating Chronic Illness with a Mind-Body-Spirit Approach (Springer, 2018), and Pathways to Illness, Pathways to Health (Springer, 2013). He is co-editor of several scholarly books, including The Integration of Psychotherapy and Psychophysiology (Oxford University Press, 2024), and the author or co-author of over 80 book chapters and scholarly journal articles on topics in hypnosis, lifestyle medicine, health psychology, psychophysiology, and research best practices. His most recent journal article appeared in March 2026, “The relevance of heart rate variability for hypnotherapy and psychotherapy,” in the journal Brain Sciences.

Moss is also on the Editorial Boards for Scientific Reports, the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Frontiers, the Annals of Palliative Medicine, and Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.