Dr Mark Kitching is a consultant physician in palliative medicine working in Regional Victoria in Australia. He has undertaken training in hypnotherapy with the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis, and the South Australia Society for Hypnosis where he was awarded the Graham Wicks Prize for outstanding achievement in 2021. He is currently undertaking a PhD with the University of Technology Sydney looking at the role of hypnotherapy in the management of breathlessness.