Hannes Björnsson is the president of the Icelandic Hypnosis Society. He is an active member of ISH and ESH and more recently a member of SCEH, ASCH, NCSCH and division 30 of APA. Hannes studied hypnosis with Michael Yapko in 2024 and 2025.
Born in Iceland 1959, Hannes grew up in Denmark and Sweden. He finished his theological studies with an affinity for existential theology, Jung and the psychodynamic movements of that time. He was a pastor in Iceland and Norway from 1992 to 2004 and after that time he studied psychology. Hannes taught various programs at the psychological faculty of the University of Iceland for six years concurrent with his psychological studies and afterwards. He has published peer reviewed articles about the history of psychology in Iceland and Scandinavia.
Hannes has been working full time as a clinical psychologist since 2011. He became very interested in adult ADHD at that time and has since made over 1700 adult ADHD diagnoses. In later years his interest has turned more towards combining the diagnostic phase with some degree of treatment using metaphors, symbols, and stories in a hypnotic way to build much needed resources.
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The history of Clinical Hypnosis in Iceland