Michael Yapko es psiclogo clnico, cuyo trabajo se centra en las reas del tratamiento de la depresin, la psicoterapia breve y el avance de las aplicaciones clnicas de la hipnosis. Ejerce la prctica privada en Estados Unidos y dentro de su obra publicada destacan los ttulos: ""Suggestions of Abuse"" (1994), ""Lo esencial de la hipnosis"" (1999), ""Hand-Me-Down Blues"" (2000), Treating Depression with Hypnosis (2001), Tratado de la hipnosis clnica (2008), La depresin es contagiosa (2010), When Living Hurts (2014) y Para romper los patrones de la depresin (2023), este ltimo bajo el sello Pax. Michael Yapko is a clinical psychologist whose work focuses on depression, psychotherapy, and advancing the clinical applications of hypnosis. He works in a private practice and is the author of many works including Suggestions of Abuse, The Essentials of Hypnosis, Hand-Me-Down Blues, Treating Depression with Hypnosis, and To Break the Patterns of Depression, among many others.