Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal
The Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal award is the Society's highest award, is given to the ISH member honored for the most distinguished life career in promoting hypnosis worldwide clinically and experimentally. This award is given every three years; however, it was not given from 1985 to 1997. While it is usually given to members of ISH, notable expections can be made (e.g. Milton H. Erickson).
1976 Milton H. Erickson, MD. – USA. Innovator, outstanding clinician, and distinguished investigator whose ideas have not only helped create the modern view of hypnosis but have profoundly influenced the practice of all psychotherapy throughout the world. Philadelphia, 1976"
1979 Ernest Hilgard, PhD. – USA. Distinguished scientist and scholar whose outstanding research and lucid synthesis has advanced our understanding of hypnosis and helped establish the field as an accepted area of scientific inquiry throughout the world. Melbourne, 1979"
1982 Martin T. Orne, MD and Emily Carota Orne. - USA. At the completion of two decades of IJCEH excellence. Your distinguished leadership and scholarly achievements have established Olympian standards in the search for an understanding of hypnosis. Glascow, 1982"
1985 Jack Hilgard, MD, PhD. – USA. Distinguished clinician and scientist whose insightful research serves as a model for the integration of clinical sensitivity and scientific rigor. Toronto, 1985"
1988 not awarded
1991 not awarded
1994 not awarded
1997 Per Olof Wikstrom, DDS. – Sweden. Distinguished leader, creative educator, and thoughtful editor. Your many years of distinguished service to the worldwide promotion of hypnosis has built lasting bridges of understanding throughout the world. San Diego, 1997"
2000 Graham D. Burrows, AO, MD. – Australia. Distinguished Leader, Prodigious Scholar, and Innovative Clinician. You have profoundly influenced the administration, teaching, and professional practice of clinical and experimental hypnosis throughout the world. Munich 2000"
2004 Peter B. Bloom MD – USA. Distinguished leader, creative clinician, and respected teacher. In honor of your leadership and unwavering support of international friendship and exchange of scientific thought and clinical experience. Singapore 2004"
2006 - Jack G. Watkins, PhD – USA. Distinguished scholar, prodigious author, creative author, creative clinician, and co-founder of ISCEH. Your exemplary teaching of Ego State therapy with your wife, Helen Watkins, has influenced therapists around the world. Acapulco 2006"
2009 - Karen N. Olness MD, - USA, Distinguished scholar,pioneering scientist, author, and advocate for the world's children. For your far-reaching, tireless leadership and your model ofresearch, teaching, and helping children help themselves, Rome 2009
2009 - Karen N. Olness MD, - USA, Distinguished scholar,pioneering scientist, author, and advocate for the world's children. For your far-reaching, tireless leadership and your model ofresearch, teaching, and helping children help themselves, Rome 2009