8-8:30

Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis
(30 minutes)

Faculty: Eric Willmarth, PhD

Demo: None

Educational Objectives:

▪   Identify and articulate widely accepted definitions of clinical hypnosis.

▪   Define key terms related to hypnosis that are often used interchangeably and will be used throughout this workshop.

▪   Recognize and elucidate prevalent myths and misconceptions about hypnosis and provide fact-based corrections for them.

8:30-9:15

Anatomy of the Hypnotic Experience (45 minutes)

Faculty: Chandler Broadbent, PsyD

Demo: Brief induction and re-alerting (video)

Educational Objectives:

▪   Describe each step involved in conducting a formal hypnotic encounter.

▪   Identify and analyze characteristics commonly exhibited by subjects during a trance state, explaining how these characteristics manifest and their relevance to the hypnotic process.

▪   Define and evaluate specific actions or interventions implemented by the facilitator during the re-alerting phase of trance, discussing their impact on the subject’s transition out of the hypnotic state.

9:15-10:00

Hypnotic Phenomena (45 minutes)

Faculty: Eric Willmarth, PhD

Demo: Video that shows trance logic; demo with one participant showing eye closure

Educational Objectives:

▪   Describe different types of hypnotic phenomena, detailing their unique characteristics.

▪   Discuss and describe how hypnotic phenomena can be used therapeutically.

▪   Describe several principles of eliciting hypnotic phenomena, emphasizing the techniques and conditions conducive to their effective implementation.

▪   Define abreaction within the context of hypnosis and describe how it can be addressed therapeutically, including managing potential challenges and improving therapeutic outcomes.

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Induction and Deepening of Hypnosis
(60 minutes)

Faculty: Chandler Broadbent, PsyD

Breakout rooms: Brief induction, deepening, re-alerting
(30 minutes)

Small group leaders: Moss, Willmarth, Broadbent, Jackson

Give talking points (PowerPoint) after the experiential component

Educational Objectives:

▪   Describe three distinct methods of hypnotic induction or trance elicitation, focusing on each method's techniques, rationale, and applicability in various scenarios.

▪   Articulate three specific methods for deepening trance in hypnotic practice, outlining each technique's steps, effectiveness, and situational appropriateness.

▪   Demonstrate their capability to effectively deepen the hypnotic experience, employing techniques that are best suited to the unique needs and responses of their individual patient or client.

▪   Identify and understand how fractionation can be used to deepen trance states.

11:30-12:00

Group Hypnosis Experience
(30 minutes)

Faculty: Eric Willmarth, PhD

Educational Objectives:

▪   Engage actively in a clinical hypnosis session and subsequently identify and reflect upon three distinct aspects of their own personal experience during trance, focusing on the subjective perceptions, reactions, and sensations encountered.

12:00-1:00

Lunch Break

1:00-2:15

Principles and Process of Rapport, Attunement, Trance Elicitation, and Reorientation
(75 minutes)

Faculty: Eric Willmarth, PhD

Demo: Another brief session, emphasis on signs of trance (participants may use an observation checklist to note rapport building, observable signs of trance, and how re-alerting was conducted)

Breakout Rooms: Practice a brief hypnosis session: elicitation, intensification, re-alerting (if possible, groups of 3; one person always observing)

Materials: Observer Checklist

Educational Objectives:

▪   Articulate three effective strategies for building and reinforcing rapport in a therapeutic context, detailing the techniques, their practical implementation, and the impact on client relationships.

▪   Describe at least four observable physiological and four psychological or behavioral signs indicative of trance, emphasizing the significance of each sign in recognizing and assessing the depth of trance.

▪   Discuss the importance of removing hypnotic suggestions, exploring the ethical, practical, and psychological reasons why this step is crucial in hypnosis.

▪   Demonstrate at least three methods of reorienting subjects from trance.

2:15-2:45

Break

2:45-3:30

Fundamentals of Hypnotic Communication and Formulation of Suggestions
(45 minutes)

Faculty: Chandler Broadbent, PsyD

Educational Objectives:

▪   Elucidate at least two specific ways in which hypnotic communication techniques contribute to creating a positive expectancy, detailing the psychological mechanisms and practical implications involved.

▪   Discuss Milton H. Erickson's Principle of Individualization and Utilization, particularly focusing on how it applies to the use of language and suggestion in hypnotic contexts, including practical examples.

▪   Name at least four words or phrases that are commonly employed in hypnotherapy to reinforce and augment the patient's hypnotic experience, explaining the rationale behind their effectiveness.

▪   Differentiate between direct and indirect suggestion methods, discussing their unique characteristics, applications, and the contexts in which each is most effective.

3:30-4:15

When Hypnosis Doesn’t Work
(45 minutes)

Faculty: Don Moss, PhD

Educational Objectives:

▪   Describe various scenarios and signs that may indicate hypnosis is not working, emphasizing the distinction between actual failure and common misconceptions about the hypnotic process.

▪   Identify and formulate several effective strategies for addressing situations where hypnosis appears to be ineffective, including alternative approaches and techniques to enhance the hypnotic experience.

4:15-4:30

Best Practices and Professionalism in Clinical Hypnosis
(15 minutes)

Faculty: Donald Moss, PhD

Educational Objectives:

▪   Discuss pathways to professionalism, including best practices for clinical work.

▪   Discuss evidence-based, research-informed clinical practice, and resources to provide access to current research on clinical protocols.

▪   Discuss available sources of quality training in clinical hypnosis for continuing education, clinical certification, and re-certification.

8:00-8:30

Ethical Principles and Professional Conduct (30 minutes)

Faculty: Donald Moss, PhD

Educational Objectives:

▪   Describe at least two ethical-legal issues.

▪   Discuss standards for professional conduct in using hypnosis clinically.

8:30-9:15

Patient/Client Assessment, Introducing Hypnosis to the Patient/Client (45 minutes)

Faculty: Cassondra Jackson, PhD

Breakout Rooms: Practice introducing hypnosis to someone unfamiliar with it

Educational Objectives:

▪   Summarize at least three key points about hypnosis to discuss in a non-technical manner with a client or patient/client.

▪   Review important elements and recommended procedures in obtaining informed consent regarding the use of hypnosis clinically.

▪   Discuss the fallibility of memory.

9:15-10:00

Self-Hypnosis: How and What to Teach Patients
(45 minutes)

Faculty: Nicholas Olendzki, PsyD

Educational Objectives:

▪   Define self-hypnosis and explain the difference between self-hypnosis and hetero-hypnosis.

▪   Describe at least three therapeutic applications of self-hypnosis in clinical practice.

▪   Explain how to teach self-hypnosis to a patient.

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:15

Hypnosis, Ego Strengthening, and Empowerment
(45 minutes)

Faculty: Don Moss, PhD

Breakout Session: Practice induction and Hartland’s script

Small group leaders: Wilmarth, Jackson, Moss, Olendzki

Educational Objectives:

▪   Define what is meant by ego strengthening.

▪   Discuss related concepts to ego strengthening, including self-efficacy and empowerment.

▪   Describe how hypnosis can be used to empower patients and enhance self-efficacy.

11:15-12:00

Hypnosis with Children (45)

Faculty: Casey Applegate-Aguilar, PhD, LPCC

Educational Objectives:

• Identify three developmental characteristics that make children particularly Hypnotizable,

• Describe how hypnotic approaches vary according to the developmental age of the child, and

• Describe the therapeutic benefits and applications of using hypnosis with children.

12:00-1:00

Lunch Break

1:00-1:45

Neurophysiology of Hypnosis
(45 minutes)

Faculty: Louis Damis, PhD, ABPH, FASCH

Demo: None

• Describe how hypnosis affects the autonomic nervous system and the stress response.

• Detail three implications of neurophysiological research on the practice of clinical hypnosis.

1:45-2:30

Integrating Hypnosis into Clinical Practice (45 minutes)

Faculty: Core Faculty

Breakout rooms, by closely aligned disciplines

Educational Objectives:

▪   Describe situations of uncertainty that might occur as clinical hypnosis is included in practice and identify strategies for managing/resolving such,

▪   List at least three uses of hypnosis to your discipline that you have been taught and are ready to apply and three applications of hypnosis that require more training.

▪   Describe three ways that he or she will begin to incorporate hypnotic communication, hypnosis and hypnotic techniques into his/her practice.

2:30-3:00

Break

3:00-4:00

Treatment Planning, Strategy and Technique Selection in Clinical Hypnosis
(60 minutes)

Faculty: All Faculty

Educational Objectives:

▪   Execute a thorough case assessment to elucidate the information necessary to develop a quality treatment plan.

▪   Design a treatment plan for a patient/client who presents with anxiety.

▪   List at least 4 hypnotic techniques/application that may be best suited to achieve the specific therapeutic goal in the case presented.