SCEH 2016 Introductory Workshop in Hypnosis

Workshops are scientifically-based and of the highest teaching quality. Most workshops include demonstrations and/or practica
or other experiential components and are led by leaders in the field.

This workshop is taken as a cohort - 20 CE/CME.


Co-Chairs: David Godot, PsyD & Eric Willmarth, PhD

Faculty: Eric Willmarth, PhD, Saybrook University; David Godot, PsyD; Center for Discovery; Rick Kluft, MD, Temple University School of Medicine; Judith Thomas, DDS; Carol Ginandes, PhD, ABPP, Mclean Hospital /Harvard Medical School; Stephen Kahn, PhD ; David Patterson, PhD, University of Washington School of Medicine; Dabney Ewin, MD, Tulane School of Medicine and Thomas Nagy, PhD. 

Final details on the faculty list and full workshop and session descriptions can be found in the conference brochure.

 

Thursday, October 6 through Sunday, October 9, 2016

 

* Introductory workshop participants attend 8:30 AM Keynotes Friday and Saturday.

 
Thursday, October 6th 

Session

Time

Topic

Description

Faculty

A1

6:00 pm

Introduction

Welcome, introductions, overall workshop structure, workshop schedule

Willmarth

A2

6:05 pm

Definitions, Theories, and History of Hypnosis

 

Willmarth

A3

6:50 pm

Preparing the Client for Hypnosis

Presenting hypnosis to the patient, myths and misperceptions about hypnosis, hypnosis and memory, self-report ratings of hypnotizability, informed consent, workshop safety, realerting

Kluft

 

7:30 pm

 

15 minute Break

 

A4

7:45 pm

Hypnotic susceptibility & hypnotic susceptibility scales

 

Willmarth

A5

8:30 pm

Hypnotic Phenomena & Their Therapeutic Applications

 

Thomas

A6

9:20 pm

Demonstration of hypnotic phenomenon

 

Thomas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, October 7th 

8:30 AM Keynote - Recent Advances in the Psychological Treatment of PTSD - Terence M. Keane, PhD

Session

Time

Topic

Description

Faculty

B1

9:30 am

Principles of Hypnotic Induction and Realerting I: The Process of Hypnosis

Positive expectations, fix attention, manage resistance, pace, deepen, lead, suggest, realert

Reid

 

10:15 am

 

15 minute Break

 

B2

10:30 am

Principles of Hypnotic Induction and Realerting II: Induction Techniques

Explanations & demonstrations of relaxation inductions, ideomotor inductions, eye fixation, visualization, etc.

Ginandes

B3

11:15 am

Supervised Small-Group Practice I

Participants will practice hypnotic induction and realerting

Workshop Faculty

 

12:00 pm

 

1 hour Lunch Break

 

B4

1:00 pm

Principles in Formulating Hypnotic Suggestions I

Principles of direct & indirect suggestion

Reid

B5

1:45 pm

Principles in Formulating Hypnotic Suggestions II - Supervised Small Group Practice

Participants will practice crafting and delivering suggestions for eliciting each hypnotic phenomenon

Workshop Faculty

B6

2:30 pm

Hypnotic Deepening and Trance Ratification

Depth & Stages of Hypnosis, Methods of Deepening Hypnotic Involvement, Trance Ratification

Ginandes

 

3:15 pm

 

15 minute Break

 

B7

3:30 pm

Supervised Small-Group Practice II

Participants will practice hypnotic induction, deepening, suggestion, and realerting

Workshop Faculty

B8

4:30 pm

Treatment planning, strategy, & technique selection

 

 Reid

B9

5:15 pm

Strategies for managing resistance to hypnosis

 

 Willmarth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, October 8th

 8:30 AM Keynote - Hypnosis in Cancer Care: Past, Present and Future - Guy H. Montgomery, PhD

Session

Time

Topic

Description

Faculty

C1

9:30 am

Q&A and demos

 

Workshop faculty

 

10:15 am

 

15 minute Break

 

C2

10:30 am

Self-Hypnosis: What it is and how to teach it to clients

 

Kahn

C3

11:15 am

Hypnotic Relaxation Therapy

The use of hypnosis for stress management and anxiety

Elkins

 

12:00 pm

 

1 hour Lunch Break

 

C4

1:00 pm

Cognitive Behavioral applications of hypnosis

Integration of hypnosis into CBT. Discussion of examples such as habit disorders, phobia, & depression

Kahn

C5

1:45 pm

Hypnotic strategies & techniques for pain control

 

Patterson

C6

2:30 pm

Supervised Small-Group Practice III

Participants will practice inducing hypnotic analgesia & ansthesia

Workshop Faculty

 

3:15 pm

 

15 minute Break

 

C7

3:30 pm

Ideomotor signaling for unconscious exploration

Psychodynamic applications of hypnosis. Discussion of examples such as somatic disruption, treatment-resistant psychological symptoms.

Ewin

C8

4:30 pm

Supervised Small-Group Practice IV

Participants will practice the use of ideomotor signaling

Workshop Faculty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, October 9th 

Session

Time

Topic

Description

Faculty

D1

8:30 am

Medical applications of hypnosis

 

Lang

D2

9:30 am

Ethics, Professional Conduct, & Certification

 

Nagy

 

10:15 am

 

Break

 

D3

10:30 am

Workshop wrap-up

Q&A, group realerting & processing

Workshop Faculty

 

11:15 AM Workshops conclude
11:30 AM Scientific Session begins