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A Component Section is a local, state/provincial or regional society of clinical hypnosis which has at least 8 ASCH members. Some components are small study groups, others are large organizations with hundreds of people. There are 37 Component Sections, all of which hold meetings and host programs.  

Please note:  Contact information is current as of July 31, 2006. If you encounter problems with email addresses or telephone numbers, please contact the Component Section directly.

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CALENDAR OF 
COMPONENT SECTION MEETINGS

The Central Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis is in the process of being resurrected by the steering efforts of George Glaser, LCSW, DAHB; Priscilla Morton, LCSW; and Anita Jung, LPC. We plan to hold a meeting in late September, and maintain a quarterly meeting schedule with occasional half or full-day events.  

There is considerable interest about hypnosis among area mental health and health professionals in the extended Austin community. Priscilla Morton, LCSW, following her move to Austin from New Orleans , has taken the opportunity to speak recently on the topic of clinical hypnosis to the Austin Medical Social Workers Association, Texas Society for Clinical Social Work, Brackenridge Hospital case managers and St. David’s Hospital medical social workers and case managers.  

The Chicago Society of Clinical Hypnosis (CSCH) has been sponsoring monthly seminars and meetings that have covered an array of useful and informative topics. The past year has been very exciting and many more presentations are scheduled. The society extends their gratitude to all the speakers that been so generous with their time and expertise:

1) Edward Frischholz, Ph.D., presented a program entitled, “A Single Session Treatment for Smoking with Self-Hypnosis.”

2) Judith Davis, M.D. presented a two-part program entitled, “A Self-hypnotic Technique for Assisting One’s Work with Clients/Patients, Part I (of II). To learn more, visit www.judithdavis.com and www.davis-foundation.org. The technique and the theory that explains it are presented in her book Emotional Comfort: The Gift of Your Inner Guide.

3) Edward Frischholz, Ph.D., gave a presentation on “Hypnosis and Pain: The 3-D Approach.”

4) Ian Wickramasekera, Psy.D., gave a presentation entitled, “Empathy and Hypnosis: The Empathic Involvement Hypothesis.”

5) Molly DeLaney, Psy.D., ASCH President, gave a presentation on “Learning to Speak the Language of the Unconscious.”  Participants will have an increased knowledge of how to better utilize “in and out of hypnosis” empathic and counter transference responses in their work with patients.

6) David R. Patterson, Ph.D., presented on the “Science of Hypnosis for Pain” as well as “Practical Clinical Interventions for Acute and Chronic Pain”. He has published several articles on these topics.  A brief biography is available at http://depts.washington.edu/rehab/contacts/patterson.html.

7) Marc I. Oster, Psy.D., ABPH, APA Fellow, spoke on the topic of “Understanding Psychosomatic Disorders.”   He gave specific examples related to irritable bowel syndrome.  Additional information can be found at www.marcoster.homestead.com.

8) Stephen Kahn, Ph.D.,President of SCEH gave a presentation on “Using Hypnosis with Couples.”   Among his published works are the books, Changes in the Therapist, and Self-Hypnosis: The Chicago Paradigm.  He has authored numerous articles and has been consulted by the media on topics related to hypnosis. 

Professor Alan Scheflin was the meeting speaker on October 20 at The Adler School of Professional Psychology. Professor Scheflin teaches Law at Santa Clara University and is the author of several books on brain washing, mind control, forensic hypnosis, and “recovered” memories.  Future speakers will include Drs. Dan Brown and David Spiegel.

New Members and guests are always welcome, please contact Dr. Nina Gritzalis, ASCH Liaison for CSCH for current information at nina.gritzalis@illinois.gov or Dolores Bjorkman, LCSW, CSCH Secretary at djbcounseling@sbcglobal.net.

For more information, visit www.chisoclinhyp.org.  

The Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis (FSCH) is pleased to invite you to its Spring Basic and/or Advanced Workshops, to be held from May 15-18 in Naples, Florida. 

Our Basic Workshop will be led by three of our Board members: Nancy Robbin, MD, David Swindall, M.Div., LMFT, and Fred Williams, LCSW, and will give 14 hours of continuing education credit. 

Our Advanced Workshop will be presented by Norma Barretta, Ph.D. and Philip Barretta, MFT, and will present a model for brief therapy with lasting solutions, or Competency-Based Hypnotic Brief Therapy.  It will yield 12 CEU's.

We are excited to have programs of such value, presented by such experienced and gifted clinicians.   We welcome attendees from all states, who would enjoy learning in such a comfortable setting.  For more information about the program and about the hotel in which we will be holding it, please go to http://www.fsch.org/Workshop_Announcement.html or http://www.fsch.org/Workshop_Program.html .  You can also register online, or call Diane at 305-598-9992 to learn more.

 

The Georgia Hypnosis Society (GHS) continues to enjoy an active web site that averages 450 visitors per month. Two ASCH members (from Georgia and Alabama) recently completed their individualized consultation training with the GHS President, Paul W. Schenk, PsyD. One of them, Virginia Erhardt, PhD, has a new book due out this Winter from Haworth Press, Head Over Heels: Wives Who Stay With Cross-dressers and Transsexuals. Dr. Schenk also has a new book due out in November from Crown House Publishing, The Hypnotic Use of Waking Dreams: Exploring Near-Death Experiences Without the Flatlines. 

The Manhattan Society of Clinical Hypnosis (MANSCH) held its first meeting on May 17, 2005 and has been thriving with regular monthly meetings (except August) ever since. Our agendas have concentrated on presentations or case discussions. 

The Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis (MSCH) has developed an innovative year of training opportunities for the 2007-08 year.  The theme for the workshops is,  “Hypnosis as a Mind-Body Intervention”, and will emphasize the potential of hypnosis to facilitate change in medical conditions and emotions that impact physical states.  Upcoming offerings include:

MSCH President Al Clavel and Shep Meyer will offer the Section’s first ever workshop on “Hypnosis and Anger” on November 10, 2007.

The Section will hold a Symposium on Integrative Health in Pediatrics on February 9, 2008.

The MSCH 2nd Annual Spring Seminar will be April 12, 2008.   The program will focus on “Hypnosis: The Art of Communicating”.  

In June 2008, MSCH will hold its 37th Annual MSCH/University of Minnesota Workshops.  Leora Kuttner, PhD has confirmed as guest faculty at the two-day workshop that will focus on pain and palliative care.  

The Section also recently held its Annual Stanley Rosenthal Fall Retreat on October 14.  The program highlighted hypnosis’ past and future, and featured four of “Minnesota Masters”: David Wark, PhD, Elaine Wynne, MA, Karen Olness, MD and Dan Kohen, MD.

For more information, visit www.msch.us.

The New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis (NESCH) enters its 54th year excited about its upcoming, new programming.  The Advanced Workshop will feature Dabney Ewin, MD on April 12, 2008.  Bi-monthly half-day meetings, with nationally known speakers, are open to all ASCH Members who may be visiting the New England area. Please contact Section President Linda Thomson to attend as a guest.

The Society offers monthly Seminars on Hypnosis in Psychotherapy (Intermediate and Advanced sections) and Hypnosis in Medical/Dental Practice.

NESCH Executive Board Members for 2007-08 include: Linda Thomson, MSN,APRN, President; Elvira Lang, MD, Past-President; Ed Geschelin, DMD, Vice President; Mark Geer, EdD,  Secretary; Russell Chin, DDS, Treasurer; Stephen Pauker, MD, Harvey Zarren, MD, Sam Migdole, EdD, Members-at-Large; Max Shapiro, PhD, Director of Educucation & Research.

For more information, visit www.nesch.org.

The New Orleans Society of Clinical Hypnosis (NOSCH) is pleased to announce that Dr. Richard Kluft will be making a presentation at the regularly scheduled dinner meeting of the society on Thursday, March 20, 2008.  

Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. the Touro Infirmary with the presentation to follow.  Attendance is free, but the society needs to know who is coming. Whoever is interested should send a brief note to nosch@glazers.net, and the society will provide the details.

The title of the presentation is The Importance of Dehypnosis in Protecting Hypnotic Subjects Against Adverse Outcomes: A New Look at an Old Subject.

This presentation will explore dangers associated with the use of hypnosis in clinical and workshop settings. It will emphasize Josephine Hilgard's wise observation that the acute negative after effects of hypnosis may be "a continuation of hypnosis rather than a sequel to it" and that long-term negative effects "were essentially continuations of . . . short term after effects" (1974). While operator error, ignorance, or malfeasance make significant contributions to some hypnosis casualties, as do subjects' idiosyncratic issues and dynamics and withholding of full participation in the therapeutic alliance, the majority appear to be related to failures of adequate attention to what has been termed dehypnosis, alerting, or realerting.  In workshop settings, repeated experiences of hypnosis without adequate realerting may inadvertently replicate aspects of Vigotski's fractionated induction, and promote deepening rather than a smooth exit from trance. Starting with the study of three casualties of ostensibly high-quality hypnosis training workshops organized by respected hypnosis societies, this presentation will illustrate the applicability of the issues illustrated by these cases to problems encountered in clinical practice as well. Several approaches to dehypnosis will be described, illustrated, and practiced.

Objectives:

1. Describe at least three factors contributing to hypnosis complications in workshop settings. 
2. List at least 5 approaches to dehypnotizing patients "stuck in trance." 
3. Discuss the importance of Vigotski's Fractionation Technique in explaining complications.

 

The New York Society of Clinical Hypnosis (NYSCH) announces an evening gathering of Clinical Presentations in Hypnosis, on Sunday, March 30th from 7 - 9 PM at Holliswood Hospital in Queens.  This is a repeat of last year's highly successful meeting where Board members discuss their interesting/difficult cases.  We also invite participants to describe their own work and to receive feedback from the Board and from each other.  Attendees will receive credit from the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) towards a Certificate in Clinical Hypnosis.   Holliswood Hospital is located at 87-37 Palermo Street, Holliswood, NY.  Phone the hospital at 718-776-8181 for directions, or contact Susan Lee Bady at susanbady@aol.com, 718-638-8113.  Cost is free to NYSCH members and $10 for  nonmembers.

The Southern California Society of Clinical Hypnosis (SCSCH) began its 2008 training program with ASCH Accredited Basic and Intermediate Workshops in February, 2008.

On Saturday and Sunday, September 20-21, 2008 our ASCH Accredited Advanced Workshop will feature Ernest Rossi, PhD presenting his latest insights, both theoretical and clinical, on Creativity, Brain Plasticity and Therapeutic Hypnosis.

Ernest Rossi, Ph.D. received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Psychotherapy from the Milton H. Erickson Foundation.   He is the Science Editor of Psychological Perspectives and the author, co-author and editor of twenty professional books in the areas of psychotherapy, dreams, psychobiology and therapeutic hypnosis that have been translated into a dozen languages.  His most recent books are The Psychobiology of Gene Expression: Neuroscience and Neurogenesis in Hypnosis and the Healing Arts (W.W. Norton Professional Books, 2002) and The Breakout Heuristic: Mirror Neurons: The New Neuroscience of Mirror Neurons and Creativity in Relationships (MHE Press, Phoenix) Internationally recognized as a gifted psychotherapist and teacher of innovative approaches to the creative process, he has pioneered new approaches to mind/body communication theory, healing and human consciousness. For further information and to register, go to our website www.scsch.camp7.org

Throughout the year, we have monthly dinner meetings offering an opportunity for networking and earning 1.5 CE credits:

On Wednesday, April 30, 2008 , Lobsang Rapgay, Ph.D. will speak on Hypnosis and Mindfulness Using Visual Images.

On Wednesday, May 28, 2008 , Stefan Bughi, MD. will speak on Introduction to Psychoneuroendocrinology and Hypnosis.

On Wednesday, June 18, 2008 , John O. Schairer, MD. will speak on Breaking Emotional Feedback Loops with Hypnosis: Taking Feeling-toned Complexes to the Next Level.

On Wednesday, October 22, 2008 , Randi Riffkind, PhD. will speak on Case Specific Hypnosis: Treating Unusual Cases.

For more information, visit www.scsch.camp7.org or call us at 1-888-32-SCSCH. Please join us!

Component Sections: If you would like to have either your website linked to the ASCH web page, or have meetings listed, please email the information to John E. Kasper.

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