Dr Allan Cyna is a Senior Consultant Anaesthetist at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide and Course Director for the South Australian Society of Hypnosis (SASH) training course. Following his PhD on the effects of clinical hypnosis in pain management, he has developed a special interest in using hypnotic communication to alleviate anxiety and pain – particularly with children suffering burns and, the obstetric population. Allan has published widely including as Editor in Chief of the Handbook of Communication in Anaesthesia, Pain Management & Critical Care, 2nd Edition due to be published by Oxford University Press in November 2024.
