Dan Short is a practicing clinical psychologist who also serves as director for the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Phoenix, Arizona, adjunct faculty for the Milton H. Erickson Foundation's hypnosis training program, and the originator of ECA. Short served for five years as Editor-in-Chief for the Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter and two years as Assistant Director at the Foundation. During that time, he oversaw the preservation of nearly 1,500 hours of audio recording from Milton Erickson. Short has taught medical hypnosis at Sonoran University of Health Sciences for more than a decade. Short has published five books, served as guest editor for the American Journal of Hypnosis (AJCH), and authored dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters. Short's research interests have focused on Ericksonian hypnosis, resulting in a research-based treatment manual for Ericksonian therapy (ET), which is used by training institutes around the world.