Editors 2013 As a college student in late 1960s, I was very interested in how our minds can impact our bodies. As I continued my studies in graduate school, I began exploring alternate forms of treatments that used the mind to control various physiological functions assumed to influence pain. It was assumed that there was a direct link between some physiological process and pain, and if one could just directly alter the physiological process via some type of self-control procedure, (e.g., biofeedback, meditation, relaxation response) pain reief would likely be achieved. At the San Francisco Veteran’s Administration Hospital, where I was an intern in clinical psychology, I learned that patients could be taught how to manage chronic pain by the use of hypnotic self-regulation strategies.