Mel Kimura Bucholtz, M.A. has more than 30 years of experience and is internationally recognized as a trainer of medical and mental health care practitioners, artistic performers, inventors and athletes. He was personally trained by Milton Erickson, the foremost practitioner of clinical hypnosis in the 20th century. Mel was introduced to Japanese Zen practice in Hokkaido, Japan. He has lectured at Harvard, Tufts and Boston Universities.