2023 Midyear Clinical Hypnosis Workshops 

April 28-May 1, 2023 – Live online

Introductory, Intermediate/Skills & Advanced Workshops
Co-sponsored by the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and Amedco LLC. 
Registration is closed.

Reminder for Registered Attendees

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Update for Introductory and Intermediate Workshop Attendees

Note that we start at 8:00 AM PT on Sunday.

April 28 - May 1 (Friday-Monday) 

Three levels of training are offered:

Apr. 28 and 29     Start or continue your hypnosis training with an Introductory or Intermediate Workshop.

• 100M - Introductory Workshop - 12.5 CE/CME - Attendance for the full two-day workshop is required.                          
• 200M - Intermediate Workshop - 12.5 CE/CME - Attendance for the full two-day workshop is required.

Apr. 30 - May 1     Four Advanced Workshops (Women's Health Theme) - up to 12.5 CE/CME if attend all four sessions.

2023 Midyear Presenters (left to right): Barbara S. McCann, PhD; Donald P. Moss, PhD; Ciara C. Christensen, PhD; David B. Reid, PsyD; Julie B. Schnur, PhD; Guy H. Montgomery, PhD; Katalin Varga, PhD; Gary Elkins, PhD and David Spiegel, MD.

About the Workshops

SCEH Midyear Clinical Hypnosis Workshops are designed to empower attendees with evidence-based skills and training in the application of hypnosis for mental health, medicine, and general wellness, creating a positive effect on health worldwide. While research shows that hypnosis is effective in enhancing client/patient treatment outcomes, far too few health professionals can conduct hypnosis skillfully. Workshop attendees gain knowledge and competence, can put hypnosis to immediate use in their work, and are aided by a better understanding of the uses and limits of evidence-based hypnosis practice. Three levels of workshops are tailored to the needs of those who:

SCEH hypnosis training programs are of the highest teaching quality and feature experiential learning allowing attendees to put learned concepts into immediate practice. Workshops will be submitted for up to 12.5 CE/CME credits, depending on workshops selected. The SCEH Midyear Workshops meet accepted Standards of Training in Clinical Hypnosis and count toward SCEH Hypnosis Certification Programs. Workshops will be submitted for up to 12.5 CE/CME credits, depending on workshops selected. Discover what attendees have to say about SCEH events and training programs.

Who May Attend - Workshop Eligibility

SCEH workshops are designed for physicians, psychologists, members of health care teams and other groups eligible for membership who address the physical and mental health needs of patients through clinical practice and research.  While you do not need to be a member to attend, you do need to satisfy SCEH Member Eligibility Requirements.  

Introductory/Basic Workshop - two day

100 - Foundations of Clinical and Applied Hypnosis

Faculty Co-Leads:  Barbara S. McCann, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA and Donald P. Moss, PhD, Dean, Collage of Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences, at Saybrook University, Pasadena, CA

Introductory Schedule Overview

Friday, April 28, 2023 - Day one of two

Workshop 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT (includes 30 minute break)
Lunch Break 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM PT
Workshop 1:00 - 4:30 PM PT (includes 30 minute break)
Day One Workshop Hours: 6.5 hours. One hour meal break and  two 30-minute breaks

Saturday, April 29, 2023 - Day two of two  - Updated to reflect agenda below

Workshop 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
Lunch Break 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM PT
Workshop 1:00 - 4:00 PM PT
Day Two Workshop Hours: 6.0 hours. One hour meal break and two 30-minute breaks

Total Workshop Training Hours: 12.5

Workshop Description: 

For hundreds of years, hypnosis has been a powerful tool that has allowed medical and psychological providers a means to assist their patients or clients. This course follows established Standards of Training to provide students with a basic background and understanding to begin using hypnosis within the context of their own scope of practice. In addition to reviewing a brief history of hypnosis, this course will introduce students to the steps to facilitate a hypnotic state along with various types of suggestions for positive therapeutic change. Emphasis will be placed on how to integrate these skills into clinical practice or apply to research models.  This workshop will include live demonstrations, videos, PowerPoint lectures and supervised hands-on practice of hypnotic inductions, deepening techniques, suggestions and re-alerting. Each student will have the opportunity to practice skills and experience hypnosis.

About the Presenters:

Barbara S. McCann, PhD, is a Professor in the University of Washington's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as a clinical psychologist with expertise in hypnosis. She holds the Mental Health Counseling and Hypnosis Endowed Chair at the University of Washington. She supports the brief behavioral interventions curriculum for the Integrated Care Training Program (ICTP) and provides individual supervision to the fellows. Dr. McCann has worked with patients from primary care clinics at Harborview Medical Center for the past 20 years, drawing on brief behavioral interventions to address anxiety, depression, and related problems. 

At Saybrook University, Dr. Donald Moss has built training programs in biofeedback, clinical hypnosis, wellness coaching, integrative/functional nutrition, and integrative social work. He is the Education Committee Chair of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH) and manages their professional hypnosis webinar series. He is also Ethics Chair and International Certification Chair for the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance. He has served as president of SCEH, president of Division 30 (hypnosis) of the American Psychological Association, and president of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB). Moss’ most recent books are two co-authored books on integrative care and chronic illness, Pathways to Illness, Pathways to Health (Springer 2013) and Integrative Pathways (Springer, 2018), one co-authored textbook, A Primer of Biofeedback (AAPB, 2022), and two co-edited books, Physiological Technology and Applicants in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback (AAPB, 2019) and Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Compassion in Biofeedback Practice (AAPB, 2020).

Faculty Assistants: 
- Casey Applegate-Aguilar, MA, MS, LMHC, LSAA, CCHt, CMHIMP
- Liam Clark, MD
- Vivek Datta, MD, MPH
- Cassondra Jackson, MA
- Catherine McCall, MD
- Liz Slonena, PsyD

Introductory Agenda

8:00-8:30 AM         Ethical Principles and Professional Conduct (30 minutes; Moss)

8:30-9:15 AM         Patient/Client Assessment, Introducing Hypnosis to the Patient/Client (45 minutes; McCann)

9:15-10:00 AM       Self-Hypnosis: How and What to Teach Patients (45 minutes; McCall)

10:00-10:30 AM     Break (30 minutes)

10:30-11:15 AM     Ego Strengthening (45 minutes; Slonena)

11:15-12:00 PM    Strategies for Managing Resistance (45 minutes; Datta)

12:00-1:00 PM      Lunch Break (60 minutes)

1:00-1:45 PM        Hypnosis with Children (45 minutes; Applegate-Aguilar)

1:45-2:30 PM        Integrating Hypnosis into Clinical Practice (45 minutes; McCann)

2:30-2:45 PM        Break (15 minutes)

2:45-4:00 PM        Treatment Planning, Strategy and Technique Selection in Clinical Hypnosis (75 minutes; McCann)

4:00 PM                Workshop ends

Learning Objectives

1. Provide definitions of hypnosis and of terms commonly used in describing hypnosis.
2. Describe the effects of hypnosis on the autonomic nervous system.
3. Describe the steps in a formal hypnotic encounter.
4. Describe at least 4 observable physiological and 4 psychological/behavioral signs of trance.
5. Discuss the importance of removing suggestions.
6. Explain 5 different hypnotic phenomena.
7. Define abreaction and how it can be addressed therapeutically.
8. Describe three methods of trance intensification.
9. Name at least four commonly used words/phrases to reinforce the patient’s hypnotic experience.
10. Define what is meant by ego strengthening and how it might be used in clinical practice.
11. Explain how to teach self-hypnosis to a patient or client.
12. Describe the ways in which memory may be fallible.
13. Describe the therapeutic application of hypnosis to children.

References

• Elkins, Gary R. (Ed.) (2017). Handbook of Medical and Psychological Hypnosis: Foundations, Applications, and Professional Issues. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
• Jensen, Mark O. (Ed.) (2017). The Art and Practice of Hypnotic Induction: Favorite Methods of Master Clinicians. Kirkland, WA: Denny Creek Press.
• Yapko, Michael D. (2019). Trancework: An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis. 5th Edition. New York: Routledge.

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Intermediate Workshop - two day

200M - Intermediate Training in Clinical and Applied Hypnosis 

Faculty Co-Leads: David B. Reid, PsyD, Department of Applied Psychophysiology, Saybrook University, Pasadena, CA and Ciara C. Christensen, PhD, Private Practice, Wisconsin

Intermediate Schedule Overview 

Friday, April 28, 2023 – Day one of two
Workshop 8:00 AM– 12:00 PM PT (includes 30 minute break)
Lunch Break 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM PT
Workshop 1:00 - 4:30 PM PT (includes 30 minute break)
Day One Workshop Hours: 6.5 hours. One hour meal break and  two 30-minute breaks

Saturday, April 29, 2023 – Day two of two - Updated to reflect agenda below
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
Lunch Break 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM 
1:00 - 4:00 PM PT
Day Two Workshop Hours: 6.0 hours. One hour meal break and two 30-minute breaks

Total Workshop Training Hours: 12.5

Intermediate Workshop Agenda

April 28 - Day One

8:00 - 9:00 AM         Introduction to workshop: Why Hypnosis? – 60 minutes (Ciara)

9:00 - 10:00 AM       Hypnotic Phenomena and Advanced Inductions (David)

10:00 - 10:30 AM     Break (30 minutes)

10:30- 12:00 PM      Small Group Work #1 – 90 minutes (David & Ciara)

12:00 - 1:00 PM       Lunch Break (60 minutes)

1:00 - 2:00 PM        The Use of Metaphors, Stories and Indirect Suggestions (Ciara)

2:00 - 3:00 PM         Hypnosis and Memory (David)

3:00 - 3:30 PM         Break (30 minutes)

3:30 - 4:30 PM         Ego Strengthening (Ciara)

4:30 PM                  Adjourn for the day

Saturday, April 30, 2022

8:00 - 9: 00 AM             Hypnotic Treatment of Habit Disorders (David)

9:00 - 9:45 AM              Pain Management (Ciara)

9:45 - 10:15 AM            Break (30 minutes)

10:15 - 11:45 AM          Small Group Work #2 – 90 Minutes (David & Ciara)

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM    Lunch Break (60 minutes)

12:45 - 1:45 PM            Hypnosis and Anxiety (David)

1:45 - 2:30 PM              Integrating Hypnosis into Clinical Practice: Attending to the Pragmatics (Ciara & David)

2:30- 3:00 PM               Break (30 minutes)

3:00 - 4: 00 PM             Ethics (David & Ciara)

4:00 PM                        Workshop ends

Workshop description:

This workshop will focus on teaching and practicing intermediate level hypnotic techniques including hypnotic inductions, methods of assessment, treatment methods, case conceptualization, and knowledge of current research/theory.  The participants will learn how to utilize hypnotic assessment to choose methods of hypnotic induction, treatment methods, and case conceptualizations that are well suited for their clients unique hypnotic talents, psychophysiological style, and individual psychology.  In particular, participants will learn to integrate mindfulness meditation into their hypnotic repertoire of skills for induction and treatment related goals.    

Emphasis will be on learning and discussing current associated research findings and theoretical perspectives that underlie clinical and experimental phenomena commonly encountered in hypnosis.  Participants will practice hypnotic treatment methods that are used to help clients learn to cope with and/or transcend difficulties with PTSD, acute and chronic medical problems, and common psychological disorders such as depression and anxiety using post hypnotic suggestions and other hypnotic methods.

This workshop is designed to empower clinicians with evidenced-based skills and training in the application of hypnosis for mental health, medicine, and general wellness, creating a positive effect on health worldwide.

About the Presenters:

David B. Reid, PsyD, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Fellow and Approved Consultant of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). Dr. Reid is an award-winning author of Hypnosis for Behavioral Health: Professional’s Guide to Expanding Your Practice (Springer Publishing Company), and co-author of Permanent Habit Control: Practitioners’ Guide to Using Hypnosis and Other Alternative Health Strategies (Springer Publishing Company). Dr. Reid also serves as a Science Editor for the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, and Chair of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH) Certification Committee. Dr. Reid has received numerous awards from ASCH and SCEH for his contributions to both societies, as well as his peer-reviewed published papers on clinical hypnosis.  He maintains a private practice at Augusta Psychological Associates in Virginia and is an Adjunct Instructor in the College of Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences at Saybrook University.

Ciara Christensen, PhD, completed her doctoral degree in 2012 from Washington State University located in Pullman, Washington. She is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in Idaho and Wisconsin. Previously, she was a hospital psychologist at St. Luke’s Clinic, Behavioral Health Services, in Twin Falls, Idaho. She is the President Elect for the Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH). She is past President of the Society of Psychological Hypnosis (D30) of the American Psychological Association and a past Editor of FOCUS, a publication of the SCEH. Prior to completing her PhD, she was Managing Editor of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. Dr. Christensen has published over 17 refereed journal articles, as well as presented research papers and clinical hypnosis workshops with Arreed Barabasz world-wide. Dr. Christensen has over a dozen awards for her research including the Ernest R. Hilgard Best Graduate Thesis Award from the American Psychological Association (APA) and Early Career Achievement Awards from the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis and from APA.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify at least two benefits of including hypnosis into clinical practice.
2. Identify three advanced induction techniques to specific clinical concerns.
3. Introduce ideas about how to integrate metaphors as a type of hypnotic suggestion.
4. Describe current literature on hypnosis and memory, and its implications for clinical work.
5. Identify three hypnotic phenomena associated with memory.
6. Identify at least two ego strengthening interventions that can be used during hypnosis.
7. Explain how hypnosis can be used to help clients manage habit disorders.
8. Explain how hypnosis can be used to help clients manage pain.
9. Generate a treatment plan for treating anxiety disorders with hypnosis.
10. Identify at least five potential challenges with hypnosis and interventions to minimize these challenges.
11. Describe potential contraindications for using hypnosis in clinical settings.
12. Describe clinical hypnosis standards of training, and levels of certification.
13. Describe professional clinical hypnosis societies Ethical Principles.

 References

• Elkins, G. (2016). Handbook of medical and psychological hypnosis: Foundations, applications, and professional issues. Springer Publishing.
• Meyerson, J. (2016). Presenting hypnosis to patients. In G. Elkins (Ed.), Handbook of medical and psychological hypnosis: Foundations, applications, and professional issues (pp. 29-34). Springer Publishing.
• Yapko, M. D. (2018). Trancework: An introduction to the practice of clinical hypnosis (5th ed.). Routledge.
• Casula, C. (2016) Laws and principles of hypnotic inductions. In G. Elkins (Ed.), Handbook of medical and psychological hypnosis: Foundations, applications, and professional issues (pp. 43-56). Springer Publishing.
• Reid, D. B. (2016). Hypnotic induction: Enhancing trance or mostly myth?, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 59(2), 128-137.
• Yapko, M. D. (2018). Trancework: An introduction to the practice of clinical hypnosis (5th ed.). Routledge.
• Godot, D. Formulating hypnotic suggestions. In G. Elkins (Ed.), Handbook of medical and psychological hypnosis: Foundations, applications, and professional issues (pp. 43-56). Springer Publishing.
• Sugarman, I. R., Linden, J. H., & Brooks, L. W. (2020). Changing minds with clinical hypnosis: Narratives and discourse for a new health care paradigm. Routledge.
• Nichols, R. M., & Loftus, E. F. (2019). Who is susceptible in three false memory tasks? Memory, 27(7), 962-984.
• Zahedi, A., Sturmer, B., & Sommer. A. (2020). Can posthypnotic suggestions boost updating in working memory: Behavioral and ERP evidence. Neuropsychologia, 148.
• Moss, D., & Willmarth, E. (2016). Ego-strengthening. In G. Elkins (Ed.), Handbook of medical and psychological hypnosis: Foundations, applications, and professional issues (pp. 535-546). Springer Publishing.
• Alladin, A. (2016). Cognitive hypnotherapy. In G. Elkins (Ed.), Handbook of medical and psychological hypnosis: Foundations, applications, and professional issues (pp. 99-118). Springer Publishing.
• Green, J. P., & Lynn, S. J. (2016). Smoking cessation. In G. Elkins (Ed.), Handbook of medical and psychological hypnosis: Foundations, applications, and professional issues (pp. 621-628). Springer Publishing.
• Sapp, M. (2016). Obesity and weight loss. In G. Elkins (Ed.), Handbook of medical and psychological hypnosis: Foundations, applications, and professional issues (pp. 589-598). Springer Publishing.
• Jensen, M. (2016). Pain management: Chronic pain. In G. Elkins (Ed.), Handbook of medical and psychological hypnosis: Foundations, applications, and professional issues (pp. 589-598). Springer Publishing.
• Lang, E. (2016). Pain control: Acute and procedural. In G. Elkins (Ed.), Handbook of medical and psychological hypnosis: Foundations, applications, and professional issues (pp. 333-340). Springer Publishing.
• Peter, B. (2016). Anxiety in adults. In G. Elkins (Ed.), Handbook of medical and psychological hypnosis: Foundations, applications, and professional issues (pp. 469-476). Springer Publishing.
• Reid, D. B. (2017). Treating panic disorder hypnotically. American Journal of
• Clinical Hypnosis, 60, 2, 137-148.
• Reid, D. B. (2020, December 11). A GPS guide for clinical hypnosis treatment planning (Webinar). Society for Clinical Hypnosis, United State
• Sugarman, I. R., Linden, J. H., & Brooks, L. W. (2020). Changing minds with clinical hypnosis: Narratives and discourse for a new health care paradigm. Routledge.
• Kluft, R. P. (2016). Precautions to the use of hypnosis in patient care. In G. Elkins (Ed.), Handbook of medical and psychological hypnosis: Foundations, applications, and professional issues (pp. 687-698). Springer Publishing.
• Nagy, T. (2016). Ethics. In G. Elkins (Ed.), Handbook of medical and psychological hypnosis: Foundations, applications, and professional issues (pp. 651-672). Springer Publishing.

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Advanced Workshops

Advanced Workshops –select from 4 individual topics.  Attend one or all four; priced individually.  

• 301 - Hypnosis and Hypnosis-Related Techniques for Labor, Delivery, and other Obstetrics Applications
• 302 - Hypnosis for Hot Flashes and other Common Issues for Healthy Women
• 303 - Using Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy and Hypnosis to Help Individuals Manage Cancer-Related Fatigue: 
            An Evidence-Based Approach to Breast Cancer Symptom Management
• 304 - Mind Matters: Psychosocial Oncology, Women’s Health and Hypnosis

Sunday, April 30, 2023

301 – Hypnosis and Hypnosis-Related Techniques for Labor, Delivery, and other Obstetrics Applications 

Katalin Varga, PhD, Department of Affective Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary 

April 30, 2023
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT – includes two 15-minute breaks.
Workshop Instructional Hours: 3.5 hours  

Workshop Description: In this workshop, I will introduce the concept of quality of labour/birth. I will explore how and why it is that even in cases where both mother and baby are 'well' (i.e., alive), the labor/birth can still be of poor quality.I will start from the premise that, in addition to their known physical effects, the hormones associated with childbirth also have a number of emotional, motivational and mind-altering effects on the woman giving birth. In natural cases, psycho-affective effects allow the experience of childbirth to be euphoric and ecstatic, despite/alongside the strong physical-physical sensations in natural childbirth. My hypothesis is that synthetic substances used to induce and accelerate labor, as well as pharmacological painkillers used to medicate, do not bring these emotional-motivational changes, but at the same time they have a violent effect on the physical processes. Thus, the alteration of the state of consciousness will most often be an increasingly sharpened negative trance. It follows from all this that the main thing to do is to support the natural alteration of consciousness and psycho-affective changes. This can be done by counteracting the negative suggestion that inhibits this, and hypnotic suggestion can be used effectively to convey positive content. We will analyze several case vignettes, identifying the suggestive effects. Case-descriptions will also be used to follow the application of these techniques during a process.

About the Presenter:

Dr. Katalin Varga is a professor at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), the head of the Department of Affective Psychology, past president of the Hungarian Association of Hypnosis, and board member of the International Society of Hypnosis.As a member of the “Budapest hypnosis research laboratory,” she is investigating hypnosis in an interactional framework, and in this multilevel approach she is focusing on the phenomenological data. For the past 30 years, she has been working with patients in a hospital setting – mostly critically ill patients – applying suggestive and hypnosis techniques. She is the founder and professor of the postgraduate training of suggestive communication in somatic medicine, co-organized by the Hungarian Association of Hypnosis and Semmelweis University School of Medicine, Budapest.  She has published numerous articles and books which present her research findings on hypnosis, and clinical experiences on the application of suggestive techniques with the critically ill. 

Learning Objectives

1. review the sensitivity (sometimes vulnerability) of pregnant women to suggestive effects.
2. be able to analyze several verbal nonverbal and environmental suggestions during perinatal time.
3. describe why several suggestive techniques are effective without formal hypnosis in obstetric practice; how “suggestive presence” can support the natural processes of childbirth.
4. be able to analyze case vignettes how the difficult situations could be resolved by appropriate suggestions.

References

• Andrek, A., Kekecs, Z., Hadhazi, E., Boukydis, Z., & Varga, K. (2016). Re-Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Maternal-Fetal Attachment Scale in a Hungarian sample. Journal of Obstetric Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing,45(5), 15-25.
• MoghaddamHosseini, V., Makai, A., Varga, K., Ács, P., Prémusz, V., & Várnagy, Á. (2019). Assessing fear of childbirth and its predictors among Hungarian pregnant women using Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire subscales. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 24(7), 879–889. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2019.1572904
• Varga K. (2017) Suggestive techniques without inductions for medical interventions. In M. Jensen (Ed.), The art and practice of hypnotic induction: Favorite methods of master clinicians (pp 114-135). Denny Creek Press.

302 – Hypnosis for Hot Flashes and other Common Issues for Healthy Women

Gary Elkins, PhD, ABPP, ABPH, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory, Baylor University, Waco, TX and Editor, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.

April 30, 2023
2:00 - 5:30 PM PT – includes two 15-minute breaks.
Workshop Instructional Hours: 3 hours  

Workshop Description: Hot flashes are a prevalent symptom after menopause (natural and surgical), but also after treatment for breast cancer. It is estimated that over 25 million women in the United States have hot flashes (HFs),] with up to 80% of women in the general population reporting hot flashes during the menopause transition. Hot flashes negatively impact health related quality of life. Over half of the women with a history of breast cancer report their hot flashes as severe. Hot flashes can cause sweating, discomfort, anxiety, fatigue, and can interfere with sleep leading to adverse health outcomes. Hypnosis is an effective option for hot flashes. Dr. Elkins and colleagues have developed a hypnosis intervention involving standardized audio recordings of hypnosis for home practice and individualized hypnosis inductions delivered by a clinical researcher. This treatment reduced the frequency and severity of Hot Flash Scores (HFS) by approximately 80% on average in postmenopausal women with and without a history of breast cancer, which is comparable in efficacy to that of hormone replacement therapy. In this webinar, participants will learn about the research on hypnosis for hot flashes and improving sleep in post-menopause women and breast cancer survivors. The methods of assessment of hynotizability, session-by-session hypnotherapy, scales to measure progress, and the use of available apps to encourage home practice of self-hypnosis to reduce hot flashes. A combination of lecture, PowerPoints, case examples, and demonstration will be utilized.

About the Presenter:Dr. Gary Elkins is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Baylor University and the Director of the Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory where he conducts research into mind-body interventions including hypnosis, mindfulness, and music for sleep, pain, and hot flashes. Dr. Elkins is the leading researcher and expert on hypnosis for hot flashes and sleep disturbances as well as other clinical applications. He is an Adjunct Professor, Texas A&M University College of Medicine and a Medical Associate with Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest Medical Center. Dr. Elkins is the co-developer of the Evia app that provides hypnosis intervention for hot flashes and sleep provided by Mindset Health. Dr. Elkins serves as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.

Dr. Elkins has over 100 publications which include five books: Handbook of Medical and Psychological Hypnosis: Foundations, Applications, and Professional Issues; Hypnotic Relaxation Therapy: Principles and Applications; and Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Psychologists: An Essential Resource; Relief from Hot Flashes. In recognition of his research, he has received major awards: the Society of Behavioral Medicine (2012, Complementary and Integrative Medicine Investigator Research Award), and the Distinguished Contribution to Science Award from Division 30 of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Gary Elkins and his wife, Guillerma Elkins, live in Waco, Texas and have a large family in the Austin, Texas area. He enjoys fly fishing, horseback riding, hiking, exercise, and research and teaching. He is enthusiastic about teaching and mentoring students, and improving health care through mind-body medicine. 

Learning Objectives

1. discuss research supporting the efficacy of a hypnosis intervention for hot flashes in postmenopausal women and breast cancer survivors.
2. identify valid measurement of the frequency and severity of hot flashes in clinical practice.
3. identify clinical resources for providing hypnotherapy for hot flashes.

References

• Elkins, G. R. (2022) Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis: The Basics and Beyond. Mountain Pine Publishing.
• Elkins, G., Fisher, W., Johnson, A., Carpenter, J., & Keith, T. (2013) Clinical hypnosis in the treatment of postmenopausal hot flashes: A randomized controlled trial. Menopause, 20 (3), 291-298.
• Fisher, W., Johnson, A., Elkins, G., Otte, J., Burns, D., Yu, M., & Carpenter, J. (2013) Risk factors, pathophysiology, and treatment of hot flashes in cancer. CA: Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 63 (3), 167-192.
• Elkins, G., Roberts, L., Na, H., Hwei Yek, M. (2017). Hypnosis for hot flashes and associated symptoms in women with breast cancer. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 60(4). 123-136.

Monday, May 1, 2023 

303 - Using Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy and Hypnosis to Help Individuals Manage Cancer-Related Fatigue:
An Evidence-Based Approach to Breast Cancer Symptom Management 

Julie B. Schnur, PhD and Guy H. Montgomery, PhD, Center for Behavioral Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York 

May 1, 2023
Workshop 9 AM - 12:00 PM PT - includes 15 minute break
Lunch Break 12:00-1:00 PM PT 
Workshop 1:00-3:00 PM PT- includes 15 minute break
Workshop Instructional Hours: 4.5 hours  

Workshop Description: Fatigue is one of the most common and challenging side effects associated with cancer and its treatment. In 2014, our group published the results of an RCT (n=200) showing that women undergoing breast cancer radiotherapy, who received an intervention combining cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT, specifically Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy) and hypnosis, had significantly less fatigue for up to six months after radiotherapy than women who received an empathic listening condition. In the workshop, we will be reviewing the guidelines and evidence supporting the intervention and the combination of CBT and hypnosis more broadly, and we will be teaching you how to conduct this CBTH intervention according to the treatment manual. We will role-play how to conduct each component of the intervention (e.g., how to conduct an REBT thought record worksheet, how to encourage the use of behavioral techniques to manage fatigue, and how to conduct our fatigue-focused hypnosis intervention), and how to move beyond the manual and beyond the radiotherapy setting to apply it to your patient populations. Our goal is for this to be a relaxed, informative, and fun workshop for anyone interested in oncology settings. 

About the Presenters: 

Dr. Julie Schnur is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health Science and Policy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, co-Director of the Dubin Breast Cancer Psychology Clinic, a member of the Center for Behavioral Oncology, and a licensed clinical psychologist. Her overall program of research is focused on understanding patients’ experiences of cancer and its treatment, developing psychological interventions to help patients manage symptoms and side-effects associated with cancer and its treatment, and to training cancer care providers in sensitive practice and evidence-based psychological interventions. Her clinical work is focused on supporting women with breast cancer throughout the cancer continuum, from diagnosis, through treatment, through survivorship and during end of life. Her clinical work integrates psychotherapeutic approaches including cognitive-behavioral therapy and mind-body techniques (e.g., hypnosis). 

Dr. Guy Montgomery is a Professor in the Department of Population Health Science and Policy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director of the Center for Behavioral Oncology, and a licensed clinical psychologist. His research, training, and clinical efforts are focused on improving patients’ quality of life associated with cancer and its treatment. In particular he is focused on developing and testing mind-body interventions to reduce the symptoms and side-effects associated with cancer and its treatment, including pain, nausea, and fatigue. His work recognizes that how we think (e.g., how we evaluate situations, our expectations about how we’ll react to medical treatment), and how we feel emotionally (e.g., anxiety, distress) can have profound effects on how we feel physically. His goal is to provide all cancer patients with the tools and skills they need to enhance their quality of life during the rigors of cancer treatment. He is a past president of the American Psychological Association’s Society for Psychological Hypnosis (Division 30), and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed empirical articles, and has received funding from the National Cancer Institute, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, and the American Cancer Society for his research and training efforts. Most importantly, he loves teaching about hypnosis.  

Learning Objectives

1. become familiar with the literature supporting hypnosis for cancer symptom management.
2. become familiar with the evidence supporting CBTH for cancer-related fatigue.
3. become familiar with the CBTH thought record worksheet, and how to replace unhelpful beliefs with more helpful alternatives.
4. be able to conduct the CBTH hypnosis intervention, including debunking.
5. understand the flow and progress of CBTH from the first to last session.

References

• Mendoza, M. E., Capafons, A., Gralow, J. R., Syrjala, K. L., Suárez-Rodríguez, J. M., Fann, J. R., & Jensen, M. P. (2017). Randomized controlled trial of the Valencia model of waking hypnosis plus CBT for pain, fatigue, and sleep management in patients with cancer and cancer survivors. Psycho-oncology, 26(11), 1832–1838. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4232
• Montgomery, G. H., David, D., Kangas, M., Green, S., Sucala, M., Bovbjerg, D. H., Hallquist, M. N., & Schnur, J. B. (2014). Randomized controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioral therapy plus hypnosis intervention to control fatigue in patients undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 32(6), 557–563. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2013.49.3437
• Montgomery, G. H., Force, J., Dillon, M. J., David, D., & Schnur, J. B. (2019). The effect of an online lecture on psychosocial cancer care providers' attitudes about hypnosis. Psychology of Consciousness (Washington, D.C.), 6(3), 320–328. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000191
• Montgomery, G. H., Sucala, M., Dillon, M. J., & Schnur, J. B. (2017). Cognitive-behavioral therapy plus hypnosis for distress during breast radiotherapy: A randomized trial. The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 60(2), 109–122. https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2017.1335635 
• Montgomery, G. H., Sucala, M., Baum, T., & Schnur, J. B. (2017). Hypnosis for symptom control in cancer patients at the end-of-life: A systematic review. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 65(3), 296–307. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2017.1314728

304: Mind Matters: Psychosocial Oncology, Women’s Health and Hypnosis  

David Spiegel, MD, Professor, Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry/Major Laboratories and Clinical & Translational Neurosciences Incubator, Palo Alto, CA 

May 1, 2023
4:00 - 5:30 PM PT (no breaks)
Workshop Instructional Hours: 1.5 hours  

Workshop Description: We are thoughtful, emotional, and social as well as physical beings. Even serious problems such as cancer that clearly damage the body can be best handled by attending to cognition, emotion, and social support as well as the use of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and newer immunomodulatory and other treatments. Marital status affects survival time with cancer – in large scale studies being married is associated with an overall 4-month longer survival time – equivalent to the overall effect of chemotherapy. Depression, abnormal diurnal cortisol levels, and lower heart rate variability predict shorter cancer survival. This means that addressing psychosocial problems has the potential to add to both quality and quantity of life. Interventions involving enhancing social support, hypnosis for assistance with pain, insomnia, and stress will be presented and evaluated. With cancer, it is not simply mind over matter, but mind matters. 

About the Presenter: 

Dr. David Spiegel is the Willson Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Center on Stress and Health, and Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he has been a member of the academic faculty since 1975 and was Chair of the Stanford University Faculty Senate from 2010-2011. Dr. Spiegel has more than 40 years of clinical and research experience studying psycho-oncology, stress and health, pain control, psychoneuroendocrinology, sleep, hypnosis, and conducting randomized clinical trials involving psychotherapy for cancer patients. He has published thirteen books, 404 scientific journal articles, and 170 book chapters on hypnosis, psychosocial oncology, stress physiology, trauma, and psychotherapy. His research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Aging, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Fetzer Institute, the Dana Foundation for Brain Sciences, and the Nathan S. Cummings Foundation. He was a member of the work groups on stressor and trauma-related disorders for the DSM-IV and DSM-5 editions of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. He is Past President of the American College of Psychiatrists and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and is a Member of the National Academy of Medicine. He was invited to speak on hypnosis at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2018. 

Learning Objectives 

1. how to utilize hypnosis to help cancer survivors cope with pain, fear and other stressors.
2. learn the effects of psychosocial variables on cancer survival.

References

• Mirosevic, S., Jo, B., Kraemer, H. C., Ershadi, M., Neri, E., & Spiegel, D. (2019). "Not just another meta-analysis": Sources of heterogeneity in psychosocial treatment effect on cancer survival. Cancer Medicine, 8(1), 363-373. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1895
• Spiegel, D. (2012). Mind matters in cancer survival. Psychooncology, 21(6), 588-593. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.3067
• Wortzel, J., & Spiegel, D. (2017). Hypnosis in cancer care. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 60(1), 4-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2017.1290577

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CONTINUING EDUCATION

Accreditation Statement

Society for Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis
2023 Midyear Clinical Hypnosis Workshop
April 28 – May 1, 2023
Live Online

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Society for Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis.  Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Amedco Joint Accreditation #4008163.

Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation

Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 25.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

• Introductory Workshop – Foundations of Clinical and Applied Hypnosis: maximum of 12.50
• Intermediate Workshop – Intermediate Training in Clinical and Applied Hypnosis: maximum of 12.50
• Advanced Workshops: maximum of 12.50

Psychologists (APA) Credit Designation

This course is co-sponsored by Amedco and Society for Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis.  Amedco is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  Amedco maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  25.00 hours.

• Introductory Workshop – Foundations of Clinical and Applied Hypnosis: maximum of 12.50
• Intermediate Workshop – Intermediate Training in Clinical and Applied Hypnosis: maximum of 12.50
• Advanced Workshops: maximum of 12.50

The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Counselors: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, ME, MO, NC, ND, NH, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK*, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY

MI: No CE requirements.
*OK: Accepts APA credit for live, in-person activities but not for ethics and/or online courses.
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for MFTs: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NE, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, OK*, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY
AL MFTs: Credits authorized by NBCC or any other state licensing agency will be accepted.

MA MFTs: Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT board for review.

The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Addictions Professionals: AK, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MD, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY (held outside NY ONLY), OK*, OR, SC, UT, WA, WI, WY
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Social Workers: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KY, ME, MN, MO, NE, NH, NM, OR, PA, VT, WI, WY

Social Workers (ASWB) Credit Designation

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Amedco is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Amedco maintains responsibility for this course. Social Workers completing this course receive 25.00 GENERAL continuing education credits.

• Introductory Workshop – Foundations of Clinical and Applied Hypnosis: maximum of 12.50
• Intermediate Workshop – Intermediate Training in Clinical and Applied Hypnosis: maximum of 12.50
• Advanced Workshops: maximum of 12.50

The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Social Workers: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE,  NH, NM, NV, OH, OK*, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI, WV*, WY

*OK: Accepts ASWB ACE for live, in-person activities but not for ethics and/or online courses.
*WV: Accepts ASWB ACE unless activity is held live in West Virginia.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Counselors: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MO, ND, NE, NM, NH, NV, OK*, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY

AL: Activities without NBCC approval may be approved upon receipt of documentation prior to the activity BEFORE the event.  No approvals afterward by the board.

MI: No CE requirement

The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for MFTs: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NC, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK*, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY

AL MFTs: Credits authorized by NBCC or any other state licensing agency will be accepted.
MA MFTs: Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT board for review.

MI: No CE requirement.

The following state boards accept ASWB ACE credit for Addictions Professionals: AK, CA, CO, CT, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MO, MT, ND, NM, NV, OK, OR, SC, WA, WI, WV, WY

New York Board for Social Workers (NY SW)

Amedco SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0115. 25.00 hours.

• Introductory Workshop – Foundations of Clinical and Applied Hypnosis: maximum of 12.50
• Intermediate Workshop – Intermediate Training in Clinical and Applied Hypnosis: maximum of 12.50
• Advanced Workshops: maximum of 12.50

New York Board for Mental Health Counselors (NY MHC)

Amedco is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0061. 25.00 hours.

• Introductory Workshop – Foundations of Clinical and Applied Hypnosis: maximum of 12.50
• Intermediate Workshop – Intermediate Training in Clinical and Applied Hypnosis: maximum of 12.50
• Advanced Workshops: maximum of 12.50

New York Board for Marriage & Family Therapists (NY MFT)

Amedco is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0032. 25.00 hours.

• Introductory Workshop – Foundations of Clinical and Applied Hypnosis: maximum of 12.50
• Intermediate Workshop – Intermediate Training in Clinical and Applied Hypnosis: maximum of 12.50
• Advanced Workshops: maximum of 12.50

New York Board for Psychology (NY PSY)

Amedco is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0031. 25.00 hours.

• Introductory Workshop – Foundations of Clinical and Applied Hypnosis: maximum of 12.50
• Intermediate Workshop – Intermediate Training in Clinical and Applied Hypnosis: maximum of 12.50
• Advanced Workshops: maximum of 12.50

Continuing Education Documentation:  Please complete the Continuing Education forms provided to you during the event if you wish to receive CE/CME credits or documentation of your attendance.

ADA

If you require special accommodations to attend, please contact the SCEH office at [email protected].

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     Registration deadline: April 24, 2023
     Early bird registration ends: March 27, 2023

Registration is confirmed after payment is received. 

Cancellations received on or before March 28 will be issued a refund, minus a $75 processing fee. Sorry, no refunds will be made after March 28. Exceptions will only be granted due to death of participant or immediate family member, severe illness/injury of participant or immediate family member, or the inability of participant to travel due to legal or governmental restrictions/obligations, and will require written notification and appropriate documentation. Registration fees are not transferable to another workshop. 

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As its mission, SCEH exists to promote excellence and progress in scientifically based hypnosis research, education, and clinical practice.  The Society’s goal is to grow understanding and clinical applications of hypnosis now and in the future.  SCEH boasts a rich history in hypnosis training and research, and each year presents its Annual Workshops and Scientific Session. As the voice of professional hypnosis, SCEH provides benefits that include: education, the International Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, a mentor program and the ability to network with leaders in the hypnosis community.

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