Goldberg, Bruce (1948-)

Bruce Edward Goldberg, a dentist who developed a practice in hypnotherapy, was born on November 18, 1948, in New York City. He attended Southern Connecticut State College, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1970 with a B.A. in chemistry and biology. He completed his dentistry degree in 1974 at the University of Maryland. Before opening a practice he did a year of work in hypnotherapy with the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. In 1976 he opened both a dentistry and hypnotherapy practice in Baltimore which he continued through the 1980s. As he concentrated more and more on his hypnosis work, he attended Loyola College and earned his master's degree in counseling and psychology. After moving to Los Angeles, California, in 1989, he abandoned his dentistry career and has since been a full-time hypnotherapist.

His work with hypnotherapy had two aspects, the assisting of his patients with their personal problems, and the exploration of some of the phenomena of hypnosis that emerge in the reports of previous incarnations. Such reports have been quite common in the past generation. However, from his training in psychology, he made a systematic study of the material he evoked from his clients. Along with regressing patients into the past, he also progressed them into the future. Though the subject of progressive hypnosis had been broached in previous publications, his 1982 book, Past Lives, Future Lives, was the first book-length study of the phenomena. The book was a popular success, was translated into a number of languages, and established Goldberg as one of the leading psychologists studying reincarnation.

In 1990 Goldberg became the president of the Los Angeles Academy of Clinical Hypnosis. He is also a life member of the Association for Past Life Research and Therapy. Through the 1990s, he has authored a string of books exploring a variety of issues in hypnosis therapy and reincarnation, including a set of small books issued by Llewellyn Publications in 1998 and 1999.

Sources:

Goldberg, Bruce. Astral Voyages. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1998.

——. New Age Hypnosis. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1998.

—— Past Lives, Future Lives: Accounts of Regression and Progression through Hypnosis. North Hollywood, Calif.: Newcastle, 1982. Reprint, New York: Ballantine, 1988.

——. Peaceful Transition. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1997.

——. The Search for Grace: A Documented Case of Murder and Reincarnation. Sedona, Ariz.: The Author, 1994. Reprint, St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1997.