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December 2 - 5, 2021

(In-Person) Level 1, Level 2 & Advanced Workshops

Wyndham Orlando Resort and Conference Center (Celebration Area), Kissimmee, FL

Advanced Workshop Topic:

Hypnosis for Treatment of Trauma, Attachment, and Dissociation

The incidence of trauma and neglect is very high across a wide range of mental disorders presenting for counseling and psychotherapy. In addition to the trauma-specific conditions of PTSD and dissociation, childhood abuse, neglect, and parental dysfunction, as well as adult experiences of intimate partner violence and combat often underlie or contribute to depression, anxiety, substance abuse, eating disorders, interpersonal difficulties, and personality disorders.

This workshop will present a phase-oriented approach to the treatment of trauma, neglect, attachment, and dissociation, with an emphasis on instilling the necessary client capacities to process and resolve adverse childhood and other trauma-related experiences effectively.  In addition, it will provide sufficient information for participants new to the advanced workshops as well as more senior practitioners looking for specialized training in trauma, attachment, and dissociative disorder applications.

Learning Objectives:  At the end of this workshop, you will be able to describe:

• The three components of the phase-oriented treatment of trauma and dissociation.
• The Poly-Vagal Theory and state its relevance to establishing a neurophysiological substrate for trauma processing and attachment repair.
• The importance of prioritizing neglect repair and related implicit memory modification hypnotic strategies.
• Tour dissociative disorders and an introduction to a phase-oriented approach to treating them.
• And apply an empowering approach to trauma resolution integrating selected DBT techniques with clinical hypnosis.

CME/CE Eligibility: 21 Hours

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WORKSHOP SCHEDULE (L1, L2, ADV)

Program Notes: 

• Participant reception Friday, December 3 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm. 
• Registration does not include transportation, parking, hotel, or meals. 
• Detailed workshop schedules, Faculty (L1 & L2), and other materials will be available to participants, online, two weeks before the start date.  Workshop materials will be available in electronic form only.
• Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop or notepad to access workshop material - connection to WiFi and access tp power strips will be available in the classroom.
• The event hotel is located 15 miles from Orlando International Airport.

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Level 1 Workshop - Sold Out
Seats remain for Level 2 and
Advanced Workshops

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Speakers:

Louis Damis, Ph.D., ABPP, FASCH Dr. Damis is a Diplomate with the American Board of Professional Psychology, a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Health Psychology, the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance, and the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and holds ASCH Certification in Clinical Hypnosis with Consultant Status. Dr. Damis is a Past President of the Florida and Washington DC Societies of Clinical Hypnosis and has taught hypnosis for over 25 years for the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, the Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and the Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.   He works extensively with developmental trauma and attachment disorders and was a recent Guest Editor for a special issue of the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis on Hypnosis and Trauma. Dr. Damis is a Clinical Health Psychologist who established Integrative Health Psychology, PA, in 2003 and maintains a private practice along with his work as an instructor, author, and consultant.

Amy Taylor, Psy.D., HSP Taylor is a licensed psychologist who received her degree from Spalding University. She completed an internship at the Veteran's Affairs in Huntington, West Virginia and received intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy from the Linehan Institute.  She specializes in treating trauma and attachment-based disorders, specifically dissociative and conversion disorders. Taylor began learning hypnosis following the internship and uses it in her practice daily. She leads a co-ed DBT group in her private practice and provides individual therapy using DBT, hypnosis, and interpersonal techniques grounded in attachment theory. She is on the Education Committee for the ASCH and is the Early Career Representative for the Kentucky Psychological Association.

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Clinical Workshop Level 1
Why pursue training in Clinical Hypnosis? What are the benefits?

The Level 1 workshop, the first part of a series of workshops in the certification program for clinical hypnosis, is intended for licensed health professionals including physicians, nurses, psychologists, dentists, counselors, social workers, and those in related fields. A diverse faculty from a range of health disciplines will teach the principles and process of hypnotic inductions, suggestions, and treatment. The workshop is a mix of didactic presentations, demonstrations, experiential exercises, and faculty-led small group practice tailored to the specific needs and learning styles of each participant. At the conclusion of the workshop participants will have been taught the basic skills required to utilize clinical hypnosis and begin to apply it to their practice.

Advantages:

• Rapidly establish rapport and the hypnotic relationship across developmental ages.
• Facilitate change, ego-strengthen, and reduce impediments to change.
• Cost-effective, collaborative, person-centered treatment.
• Empower clients and patients to build skills for better health.
• Learn a highly creative, broad-ranging technique for use in integrative medicine.

 Level 1 Sample Workshop Curriculum

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Clinical Workshop Level 2
What are the advantages of more training in Clinical Hypnosis?  

The second step in certification training is to strengthen skills, strategies, and applications of clinical hypnosis. Part one taught “how to” do clinical hypnosis, and part two builds on this skill set and refines and furthers development to add the when, why, and where to the “how-to”.

Advantages:

• Introduction to a wider range of topics on the utility of clinical hypnosis (e.g., Pain Management; Anxiety and Sleep Disorders; Habit Disorders).
• Learn more techniques for the creative use of the language of suggestion to facilitate change.
• Learn specific tools (complex inductions and intensification techniques) for specific populations (children).
• More practice with the feedback of expert faculty.

The Level 2 workshop increases skills and builds confidence in the use of hypnosis. It prepares the workshop participant to move on to the Advanced Workshop level and Individual Consultation with a strong basis of skills and understanding of the principles and practice of clinical hypnosis.

 Level 2 Sample Workshop Curriculum

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Advanced Level Workshops

Advanced Level Workshops are offered throughout the year.  Recent professional training workshops have focused on behavioral medicine, health psychology, hypnosis and pediatrics, and mind-body medicine.

Advanced level workshop participants are encouraged to complete Level 1 and Level 2 training. Skills mastered in these workshops ensure comprehension and applicability of the material.

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Registration Details & Fees

Workshop Registration Fees:  

Workshop Capacities:

Level 1 capacity is set at 30 and Level 2 capacity at 25 to ensure participants are given the opportunity for active participation and provided the required attention and oversight by faculty especially in small group activities.  Advanced level workshop capacity is varied depending on the topic.

Typical Workshop Schedule: 

Virtual: Workshops are offered Thursday-Sunday with a typical start time of 12:00 pm ET and an end time of 7:30 pm ET and 6:00 pm ET on Sunday.

In-Person:  Workshops typically begin Thursday at 6:30 pm (local time) and end on Sunday at 12:00 pm (local time).  Expect a full day of sessions on Friday and Saturday beginning around 8:30-9:00 am local time and ending before 7:00 pm.

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Registration Instructions:

On-line registration will take you to the new ASCH site and require a new account set-up (non-members) or Member login.  If you are an ASCH member enter the email address associated with your ASCH Membership as our UserID; click Forgot Password to set a new password. 

Payments can now be made in a secure online environment.  The system DOES NOT save credit card information once the transaction has been completed and registration submitted.    

General Information:

Workshop Material.  Approximately one week before the workshop, registered participants will receive a link to a private webpage that will include links to handouts and resource materials.  This access will be good for seven days after the workshop has been completed.  Note: workshop handouts can be approximately 200+ pages for Level 1; 150+ pages for Level 2; and 100+ pages for Advanced. Participants are responsible for downloading and printing workshop materials. 

Continuing Education Hours.  On-time attendance, full engagement, and completion of the daily program evaluations are required for a Certificate of Completion. The workshop is approved for 20.0 -  21.5 hrs.   

Changing Dates.  ASCH will honor one registration transfer.  Transfer requests must be made in writing, by emailing education@asch.net, a minimum of fourteen (14) working days in advance of the workshop start date.  Changes made after the fourteen windows will be treated as a cancellation.

Check & Credit Card Payments.  Check payments must be received a minimum of six weeks before the start date.  Credit Card payments must be completed a minimum of three weeks before the start date.  The ASCH Registrar will send reminders of the due date will in advance.  The Registrants seat will be relinquished if payment is not received by the stated due date.

Cancellations.  Cancellations must be made in writing, by emailing education@asch.net, a minimum of seven (7) working days in advance of the workshop start date.  No cancellations will be taken by phone. The registration fee, minus a $50 administrative fee will be processed. No refund will be made after the seven working day window.

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Clinical Workshop Eligibility

Registrants must hold a master's degree or higher in a health care discipline deemed appropriate by the Society from a college or university accredited by its appropriate regional accrediting body. In addition, registrants must be licensed or certified in the state in which they practice.

Registered Nurses with a bachelor's degree from a college or university accredited by its appropriate regional accrediting body who are licensed or certified in the state in which they practice are eligible to attend the Level 1 Workshop on Clinical Hypnosis.

Students enrolled full-time in master's level or higher programs are eligible to attend at a reduced rate. Students must have completed a minimum of one full semester of the program and must submit proof of full-time enrollment at an ACE-approved institution of higher education on school letterhead that clearly identifies the individual’s program of study, area of concentration (if applicable), level of degree pursued and date of intended graduation.

Full-time residents or interns participating in a recognized residency or internship program may also register to attend at a reduced rate. Residents/interns need to submit correspondence from their supervisor on official letterhead explaining the nature of the residency/internship and the date of intended completion of the program.

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Workshop CME & ASCH Continuing Education (CE) Credits

The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis-Education and Research Foundation (ASCH-ERF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis-Education and Research Foundation (ASCH-ERF) designates this live activity for a maximum of 21.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ASCH-ERF is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. ASCH-ERF maintains responsibility for the regional workshops. The ASCH Standards of Training Committee has approved all regional workshops as meeting the twenty hours required for membership and certification requirements.

Courses approved by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis are approved continuing education courses per Florida's AC-Rule 64B-4-6002 for Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists in the State of Florida.

The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Education & Research Foundation. Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. 10/1/2015 to 9/30/2021. Provider ID#217022

California Board of Behavioral Sciences Accreditation
Please note that effective July 1, 2015, the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (CBBS) is no longer renewing existing CE provider numbers.  ASCH-ERF’s accreditation through CBBS expired on December 31, 2015.  BBS licensees now obtain their continuing education through the National Association of Social Workers and the American Psychological Association, among others, both through which ASCH-ERF maintains accreditation.    

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