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September 8 - 10, 2023

ASCH Level 2 Workshop & Advanced Workshop

Hypnosis for Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders

DoubleTree by Hilton Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM

 

Quick Links: Register Speakers | Hotel  Level 2 |  Details & Fees Eligibility | Credits

 

Click the links below to register:

Level 2 Workshop Registration

Advanced Workshop Registration

 

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Friday, September 8, 2023 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 9, 2023 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday, September 10, 2023 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

 

Program Notes: 

 

 


Hotel

DoubleTree by Hilton

Address:

201 Marquette NW Ave
Albuquerque, NM 87102

If you are still in need of a hotel reservation for the Level 2 Workshop, the discounted ASCH rate will be available until August 18th. Please click the link below to secure your reservation.

Hotel Booking Available Here

 

DoubleTree

 

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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:

This workshop expands the participants' skill set and builds greater confidence in the use of hypnosis. It prepares the participant to move on to Advanced (Skills) Workshops and Individual Consultation to build a greater understanding of principles and advance one’s skill level.

 Level 2 Sample Workshop Curriculum

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Advanced Workshop

Hypnosis for Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders

Many clients treated for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder have Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD). ‎CPTSD is associated with histories of prolonged trauma, abuse, and neglect and is considered a form of ‎developmental trauma. Such Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders include disturbances of self-organization ‎that overlap with attachment deficits and pathologies requiring specialized interventions to modify. ‎

Prolonged neglect and abuse are associated with attachment anomalies, strong egosyntonic negative beliefs, ‎and dissociation that are not readily changed with CBT or cognitive hypnotic interventions. These underlying ‎aspects of developmental trauma involve the implicit memory system and early learning that psychoanalysts ‎call the unrepressed unconscious.  ‎

This workshop will delineate the role of implicit memory in trauma-related disorders and address strategies ‎for modifying implicit memories not accessible through cognitive methods. Hypnotic and biobehavioral ‎techniques for polyvagal-based interventions, attachment repair, and memory reconsolidation update will be ‎integrated into a phase-oriented treatment model.  Participants will learn how to establish the ‎neurophysiological substrate for neuroception of safety and equip patients with the prerequisite skills ‎necessary for mastery of traumatic and wounding experiences.  Application of exploratory techniques ‎combined with memory reconsolidation update strategies to modify negative egosyntonic beliefs and ‎transform traumatic memories will be delineated. Once adequate stabilization is attained and sufficient ‎memory integration established, treatment can focus on self-development and solidifying the sense of self.‎

Trauma-related disorders are often associated with dissociation and comorbid dissociative disorders.  ‎Consequently, the workshop will end with strategies for working with ego states and dissociative self-states.‎

The workshop will provide sufficient information for participants new to the advanced hypnosis workshops ‎and more senior practitioners looking for specialized training in trauma, attachment, and dissociative ‎disorder applications.   A comprehensive hypnotic approach, including relevant non-hypnotic components, ‎will be outlined and taught through didactic presentation, demonstration, and dyadic practice.‎

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to delineate and apply the following:

  1. The three components of the phase-oriented trauma treatment approach and ‎specific hypnotic ‎strategies for each.‎
  2. The Polyvagal Theory, its relevance to establishing a neurophysiological substrate ‎for trauma ‎processing and attachment repair, and three strategies for generating ‎neuroception of safety.
  3. Participants will describe the importance of prioritizing neglect repair and three ‎hypnotic implicit ‎memory modification strategies.‎
  4. Three strategies for accessing and two for memory reconsolidation updating ‎specific traumatic ‎memories.

Pre-requisites: Completion of Level 1 and Level 2 Clinical Hypnosis Workshops 

Biography:

Louis Damis

Dr. Louis 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. He is ‎an Assistant Professor at the UCF College of Medicine, and an ESTI-accredited Ego State ‎Therapist. Dr. Damis is a licensed psychologist with ASCH Consultant Status and ‎Certification in Clinical Hypnosis. He is a Past President of the Florida and Washington ‎DC Societies of Clinical Hypnosis and is currently the President of the ASCH. He 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. Dr. Damis maintains a private practice and works as an instructor, author, and ‎consultant.‎


Registration Details & Fees  

 

Member

Non-Member

Resident/Intern/Fellow

Graduate Student

Level 2

$500.00

$675.00

$400.00

$320.00

Advanced Workshop

$500.00

$675.00

NA

NA

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN JUNE 5, 2023

 

Typical Workshop Schedule: 

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 100 pages. 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, to education@asch.net, by Thursday, August 17.  Changes requested after that date will be will be treated as a cancellation.

Credit Card Payments. Registration payments must be made online and received by August 17.  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 this date.

Cancellations. Cancellations must be made in writing to education@asch.net. No cancellations will be taken by phone. Cancellations made by August 25 will receive a full refund minus a $50 administrative fee. No refunds will be made for cancellations made after that date unless the seat can be filled by a waitlisted person.

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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.

 

Ace

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. 6/1/2022 to 5/31/2025. 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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Add to Calendar aCLuDhaqizCaPxAftmqF167204 09/08/2023 09/10/2023 true ASCH Level 2 Workshop & Advanced Workshop   Quick Links: Register | Speakers | Hotel  | Level 2 |  Details & Fees | Eligibility | Credits   Click the links below to register: Level 2 Workshop Registration Advanced Workshop Registration   WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Friday, September 8, 2023 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM Saturday, September 9, 2023 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM Sunday, September 10, 2023 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM   Program Notes:  Full participation over the three days is required. Registration does not include transportation, parking, or hotel. Lunch will be provided Friday and Saturday. Detailed workshop schedules, faculty 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 to power strips will be available in the classroom. The event hotel is located near Albuquerque International Sunport.     Hotel DoubleTree by Hilton Address: 201 Marquette NW AveAlbuquerque, NM 87102 If you are still in need of a hotel reservation for the Level 2 Workshop, the discounted ASCH rate will be available until August 18th. Please click the link below to secure your reservation. Hotel Booking Available Here     BACK TO THE TOP   Clinical Workshop Level 2What 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. This workshop expands the participants' skill set and builds greater confidence in the use of hypnosis. It prepares the participant to move on to Advanced (Skills) Workshops and Individual Consultation to build a greater understanding of principles and advance one’s skill level.  Level 2 Sample Workshop Curriculum BACK TO THE TOP Advanced Workshop Hypnosis for Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders Many clients treated for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder have Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD). ‎CPTSD is associated with histories of prolonged trauma, abuse, and neglect and is considered a form of ‎developmental trauma. Such Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders include disturbances of self-organization ‎that overlap with attachment deficits and pathologies requiring specialized interventions to modify. ‎ Prolonged neglect and abuse are associated with attachment anomalies, strong egosyntonic negative beliefs, ‎and dissociation that are not readily changed with CBT or cognitive hypnotic interventions. These underlying ‎aspects of developmental trauma involve the implicit memory system and early learning that psychoanalysts ‎call the unrepressed unconscious.  ‎ This workshop will delineate the role of implicit memory in trauma-related disorders and address strategies ‎for modifying implicit memories not accessible through cognitive methods. Hypnotic and biobehavioral ‎techniques for polyvagal-based interventions, attachment repair, and memory reconsolidation update will be ‎integrated into a phase-oriented treatment model.  Participants will learn how to establish the ‎neurophysiological substrate for neuroception of safety and equip patients with the prerequisite skills ‎necessary for mastery of traumatic and wounding experiences.  Application of exploratory techniques ‎combined with memory reconsolidation update strategies to modify negative egosyntonic beliefs and ‎transform traumatic memories will be delineated. Once adequate stabilization is attained and sufficient ‎memory integration established, treatment can focus on self-development and solidifying the sense of self.‎ Trauma-related disorders are often associated with dissociation and comorbid dissociative disorders.  ‎Consequently, the workshop will end with strategies for working with ego states and dissociative self-states.‎ The workshop will provide sufficient information for participants new to the advanced hypnosis workshops ‎and more senior practitioners looking for specialized training in trauma, attachment, and dissociative ‎disorder applications.   A comprehensive hypnotic approach, including relevant non-hypnotic components, ‎will be outlined and taught through didactic presentation, demonstration, and dyadic practice.‎ At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to delineate and apply the following: The three components of the phase-oriented trauma treatment approach and ‎specific hypnotic ‎strategies for each.‎ The Polyvagal Theory, its relevance to establishing a neurophysiological substrate ‎for trauma ‎processing and attachment repair, and three strategies for generating ‎neuroception of safety. Participants will describe the importance of prioritizing neglect repair and three ‎hypnotic implicit ‎memory modification strategies.‎ Three strategies for accessing and two for memory reconsolidation updating ‎specific traumatic ‎memories. Pre-requisites: Completion of Level 1 and Level 2 Clinical Hypnosis Workshops  Biography: Dr. Louis 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. He is ‎an Assistant Professor at the UCF College of Medicine, and an ESTI-accredited Ego State ‎Therapist. Dr. Damis is a licensed psychologist with ASCH Consultant Status and ‎Certification in Clinical Hypnosis. He is a Past President of the Florida and Washington ‎DC Societies of Clinical Hypnosis and is currently the President of the ASCH. He 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. Dr. Damis maintains a private practice and works as an instructor, author, and ‎consultant.‎ Registration Details & Fees     Member Non-Member Resident/Intern/Fellow Graduate Student Level 2 $500.00 $675.00 $400.00 $320.00 Advanced Workshop $500.00 $675.00 NA NA REGISTRATION WILL OPEN JUNE 5, 2023   Typical Workshop Schedule:  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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 pages. 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, to education@asch.net, by Thursday, August 17.  Changes requested after that date will be will be treated as a cancellation. Credit Card Payments. Registration payments must be made online and received by August 17.  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 this date. Cancellations. Cancellations must be made in writing to education@asch.net. No cancellations will be taken by phone. Cancellations made by August 25 will receive a full refund minus a $50 administrative fee. No refunds will be made for cancellations made after that date unless the seat can be filled by a waitlisted person. BACK TO THE TOP 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. BACK TO THE TOP 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. 6/1/2022 to 5/31/2025. Provider ID#217022   California Board of Behavioral Sciences AccreditationPlease 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.     BACK TO THE TOP  DoubleTree by Hilton Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM