Craig McLaughlin is an award-winning journalist, editor and memoirist. A published poet and political activist, he has been a professional storyteller, public speaker and (on a couple occasions) actor.
Craig is also a certified hypnotherapist and a certified practitioner in Hakomi, a somatic, mindfulness-based psychotherapy technique. His particular area of interest is shame. He is also a trained and experience mediator. Before retiring from seeing clients, he was a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution, the National Guild of Hypnotists and the Hakomi Institute.
He has published more than one thousand articles in dozens of newspapers and magazines around the country. Click here for detail about his writing experience, including education, teaching experience, clips and awards. Click here for more information about his performances.
He is the author of two books. One is a memoir based on his storytelling performances, Passing on Curves: While Death Rides Shotgun, which includes many stories about his teen years living on a farm with tigers, lions, bears and many other exotic animals. The other is a graduate-level textbook, Health Policy Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach, he co-authored with his father.
His previous positions have included executive director of the Washington State Board of Health, director of communications for The Evergreen State College and managing editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian. He has also served as an organizational consultant for media organizations, as a communications consultant and editor for foundations and public agencies, and as a college-level instructor in journalism and creative nonfiction.
He studied biology and economics at Wesleyan University and health administration at the University of New Mexico Graduate School of Public Administration before earning a Master of Journalism degree at the University of California, Berkeley.