George Pratt, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist (PSY 4884) and has been in private practice in La Jolla since 1976. He specializes in treating anxiety, stress, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, and assists people in dealing with medical conditions. He provides psychotherapy, hypnotherapy and mind/body techniques that include Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).

Dr. Pratt has been at Scripps for 25 years, having served as chairman of the psychology section and serving on the psychology executive committee as well as the physician health and well being committee.

Dr. Pratt holds/has also held the following distinctions:

• Past president of the San Diego Society for Clinical Hypnosis
• Fellow and Approved Consultant, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
• Diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management and the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology
• Taught at the University of Minnesota and the University of California, San Diego Extension

Dr. Pratt has co-authored Code to Joy: The Four Steps Solution to Unlocking Your Natural State of Happiness, Instant Emotional Healing: Acupressure for the Emotions, Hyper-Performance: Release Your Business Potential and A Clinical Hypnosis Primer.