Register Now for ASCH 2025 Pre-Conference Sessions and ASMW Conference

Explore cutting-edge topics and expert insights at the ASCH 2025 Pre-Conference Sessions. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your skills and knowledge while connecting with leading professionals in the field. 

Learn more about the sessions and speakers here: ASCH 2025 Pre-Conference Sessions and Speakers 

2025 Virtual Conference Program

This year’s theme, The Art and Science of Clinical Hypnosis in Health Care. Topics of focus include, but are not limited to:
      • Dental, Medical, and Nursing Applications
      • Integration of Hypnosis with Other Modalities
      • Metaphysical & Spirituality
      • Pain Management
      • Palliative Care
      • Trauma
      • Veteran-Related Care
      • Pediatrics
Registration is Open!

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Thursday, March 13, 2025

10:00 AM ET – 12:00 PM ET 

 

12:15 PM ET – 3:15 PM ET

 

3:30 PM ET – 6:30 PM ET

Utilizing Hypnosis in the Treatment of Narcissistic Wounds in Psychotherapy: A Relational Approach

Palliative Care and Palliative Hypnosis with a Focus on Treating ALS Symptoms

The Discriminating Therapist: Using Hypnosis to Enhance Decision Making

Eric Spiegel, PhD

John Franklin, MD

 

Michael D. Yapko, PhD

Opening Plenary Session:         11:00 AM ET – 12:00 PM ET

Concurrent Sessions: 

12:15 PM ET – 3:15 PM ET

 

Concurrent Sessions: 

3:45 PM ET – 5:15 PM ET

 

 

 

 

5:30 PM ET – 6:30 PM ET

“I Know I Should…But I Don’t Feel Like it”: Countering Client Inertia with Clinical Hypnosis 

Hypnosis for the Treatment of Trauma

Health Effects on Skin of Spiritual and Religious Factors

Clinical Hypnosis Skills for Procedural Applications 

With MUPS Let Your Fingers Do the Talking

The Use of Quantitative First-Person Self-Reports to Better Understand the Mysteries of Hypnosis

Clinical Hypnosis Treatments & Applications: Addressing New Health Discoveries and Research of the Biological Differences of ADHD in Female and Male Adolescents and Adults

The Neurobiology of Trauma and Recovery in Hypnotic Ego State Therapy

Special Event – Virtual Cocktail Reception – Networking with new and old friends!

  Michael D. Yapko, PhD

Louis Damis, PhD, ABPP, FASCH

Philip Shenefelt, MD, ABMH

David Gaffney, LMSW

Linda Thomson, PhD, MSN, APRN, ABMH, ABHN, FSCH

Ron Pekala, PhD

Maureen Turner, LCMHC

 

Christian Skoorsmith, MA, PsyD©

Plenary Session:                         11:00 AM ET – 12:00 PM ET

Concurrent Sessions:

12:15 PM ET – 3:30 PM ET

 

 

Concurrent Sessions:

3:45 PM ET – 5:15 PM ET

 

 

 

 

Special Event:

5:30 PM ET – 6:30 PM ET

“Lessons from 25 Years of Conversations with the Subconscious”

Tailoring Hypnotic Interventions to Your Client’s Mind: How Noetic Analysis Can Help

Embarrassing Habits

Hypnotic Treatment of Chronic Pain from a Whole Person Perspective: Hypnosis and the Whole Health Model

The Rhythm of Resilience: Integrating Musicality into Trauma-Informed Hypnosis

Increased Effectiveness in the EMDR Therapy Protocol Using Hypnosis Distillates

Complex PTSD, Attachment Repair, & Memory Reconsolidation Update

Improving Outcomes and Satisfaction with Measurement-Informed Hypnosis

ASCH Awards and Passing of the Gavel

Ran Anbar, MD

Ron Pekala, MD

Linda Thomson, PhD, MSN, APRN, ABMH, ABHN, FSCH

John Hall, PhD, ABPP

Anita Jung, LPC-S, LPA

Sheila Bender, PhD

 

Louis Damis, PhD, ABPP, FASCH

David Gaffney, LMSW

Concurrent Sessions:

11:00 AM ET – 2:15 pm ET

 

 

Concurrent Sessions:

2:30 PM ET – 4:00 PM ET

 

 

 

Closing Plenary:

4:15 PM ET – 5:15 PM ET

Hypnosis in Comprehensive Cancer Care

Hypnotic Psychotherapy and the Art of Balancing Mindful Resources

Queer Casebook: Issues of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Clinical Hypnosis

 

Humor, Hilarity and Hypnosis

Hypnotic Pain Modulation

Rapid Ego Strengthening for Affect Regulation and Resilience

Integrating Hypnosis, EMDR, and “Twalking” in Trauma Treatment or Performance Enhancement

 

Capturing the Future to Enhance Treatment Outcomes

Holly Forester-Miller, PhD

George Glaser, MSW, LCSW

John Hall, PhD, ABPP, and Christian Skoorsmith, MA, PsyD©

 

Linda Thomson, PhD, MSN, APRN, ABMH, ABHN, FSCH

Louis Damis, PhD, ABPP, FASCH

David Gaffney, LMSW

Dana Lebo, PhD

 

Moshe Torem, MD, ABPN