Brian Sharpless, PhD, a clinical psychologist who practices via telemedicine in multiple states across the U.S. He is a visiting research fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, the co-author of Sleep Paralysis: Historical Psychological, and Medical Perspectives, and the author of Monsters on the Couch: The Real Psychological Disorders Behind your Favorite Horror Movies. www.briansharpless.com.
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