Faculty Bio
Afik Faerman is a clinical researcher and educator with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology with an emphasis in neuropsychology. He completed his clinical training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. His research centers on identifying key neurocognitive mechanisms in hypnosis, pain, and sleep. Afik is currently a postdoctoral scholar working with Drs. David Spiegel and Nolan Williams at Stanford University, to investigate the neurocognitive mechanisms of hypnotic responsiveness and the ability to utilize them to improve the efficacy and effectiveness of hypnosis-based treatments.