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Psychosocial genomics is the newly emerging study of how our psychological and social environment interacts with gene expression in everyday life as well as the creative dynamics of human experience in the cultural arts, sciences, and healing. The theory, research, and clinical applications of psychosocial genomics to therapeutic hypnosis, psychotherapy, and the holistic healing arts are outlined. The key concept of psychosocial genomics is that many forms of psychobiological arousal during waking, sleeping, and dreaming can evoke immediate-early genes (IEGs), behavioral state-related gene expression (BSGE), and activity-dependent gene expression (ADGE) to optimize the synthesis of proteins to facilitate neurogenesis, problem solving, and healing in the 4-stage creative cycle. A summary of the 4-stage creative cycle replaying natural Darwinian variation and conscious selection for problem solving and symptom resolution is illustrated with a videotape of a demonstration of therapeutic hypnosis.