​Dr. Harry Stefanakis has a PhD in psychology and 25 years of clinical experience.  He is the past president of the Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis (BC Division) and has been on the teaching faculty of the Society for over 10 years. As a psychologist in private practice he works with individuals and organizations with varied presenting concerns and provides supervision on the use of clinical hypnosis and compassion-informed interventions. He has been privileged to teach in many different cultures and countries over the past 25 years, while also developing the CORE psychology framework. Dr. Stefanakis lives in Vancouver, BC, with his wife and their young son.

His previous books include CORE Living: 8 Choices for Living Well (2017), Through Silence and Ash (2018), and Your Psychological CORE: Primer and Reference Guide (2018).