- 12th Holland Distinguished Leadership Award, The American Psychosocial Oncology Society (February 2014)
- Arthur M Sutherland Award for Lifetime Achievement, International Psycho-Oncology Society (2011)
- Best Paper on the Application of Hypnosis., American Psychological Association. (2002)
- Burroughs Wellcome Visiting Professor., Royal Society of Medicine. UK. (1997)
- Distinguished Achievement Award,the founding editor of the Progress in Psychiatry Series 1986-2002., American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (2002)
- Distinguished Life Fellow,in recognition of significant contributions to Psychiatry., American Psychiatric Association. (2006)
- Docteur Honoris Causa., de l'Universite de la Mediterranee (1999)
- Ernest R. Hilgard Award for Scientific Excellence for 2002., The International Society of Hypnosis. (2003)
- Henry Guze Award for Best Research Paper., Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. (2001)
- In recognition of outstanding and invaluable service to the community., Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition (June 2013)
- Lifetime Achievement Award Lifetime Achievement Award., The International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (August 20, 2013)
- Marmor Award for Advancement of the Biopsychosocial Model in Psychiatry., American Psychiatric Association. The American Psychological Association. (2004)
- Mc Govern Award Lecturer on the Art and Science of Medicine,, Baylor. (1999)
- Member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (2012)
- Meritorious Service Award., Northern California Psychiatric Society. (1997)
- One for the Heart Award., Mid-Peninsula Hospice. (1995)
- Pierre Janet Writing Award., International Society for the Study of Dissociation. (1994)
- Rockefeller Foundation Visiting Scholar., Bellagio Study and Conference Center. Italy. (1997)
- Special Keynote Address Award., American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. (1997)
- The Division 30 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Hypnosis., The American Psychological Association. (2003)
- The Edward A. Strecker, M. D. Award., The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital and Jefferson Medical College. (1995)
- The Joan and Stanford Alexander Award in Psychiatry honoring Stuart C. Yudofsky,M.D., Baylor College of Medicine (2014)