60-Hour Comprehensive Clinical Hypnosis and Strategic Psychotherapy Training (Dr. Yapko & Associates)

Organization: Dr. Yapko & Associates 

Website: www.yapko.com 

Event Title: 60-Hour Comprehensive Clinical Hypnosis and Strategic Psychotherapy Training 

Agenda:  60-Hour_Yapko_Course_Timed_Outline

Dates: 04/13/2026-04/17/2026, 05/11/2026-05/15, 2026, 06/15/2026-06-19/2026 

Location: Virtual 

CE: 52.5 CE 

Contact : Michael Yapko, PhD  www.yapko.com  

Abstract: This online program is structured to be an intensive training opportunity. Thus, there will be a limited number of professionals allowed to participate. Group members will each commit to attending the full 60 hours together as a group. This training program is “hands-on” and highly practical. There will be didactic sections, as well as the modeling and demonstration of approaches. The larger goal is clinical competence in designing and delivering hypnotically based interventions, skills that will be developed primarily through challenging structured practice sessions conducted almost every day of the program. Participants will be doing and experiencing a lot of hypnosis in this program. This comprehensive training program is provided in a concentrated format of three phases, 20 hours each, set a month apart so participants take their new skills back to their clinical practices and further develop them in-between phases. The emphasis is on skill-building. 

Learning Objectives:  

• Participants will be able to identify the suggestions inherent in conducting psychotherapy regardless of which specific model of (verbal) psychotherapy under consideration. 
• Participants will be able to identify and offer multiple examples of specific forms (structures) of suggestion. 
• Participants will be able to identify and offer multiple examples of specific styles (relational positions) of suggestion. 
• Participants will be able to list and describe at least three different models or conceptual frameworks for understanding hypnosis. 
• Participants will be able to list and define types of “automatic” or unconscious responses collectively known as “ideodynamic responses.” 
• Participants will be able to describe at least one recent neuroscientific findings about the brain mechanisms associated with selective attention and hypnotic responsiveness. 
• Participants will be able to name and describe two forms of amplified memory structures in hypnosis commonly used in the course of psychotherapy. 
• Participants will learn and be able to describe key principles about the nature and functioning of memory. 
• Participants will be able to list and describe the inappropriate suggestive methods most likely to lead to confabulations or false memories. 
• Participants will learn methods of neutral questioning in order to avoid the use of inappropriate suggestions that may contaminate a client’s memories. 
• Participants will learn and be able to describe relevant social psychological research about conformity and obedience to authority that can influence hypnotic responsiveness. 
• Participants will be able to list and define the so-called “classical hypnotic phenomena” that can be elicited in hypnosis (such as analgesia, time distortion, etc.). 
• Participants will learn about and be able to apply both the verbal and non-verbal aspects of suggestion formulation and delivery. 
• Participants will learn about and be able to describe the potential applications of hypnosis in a variety of contexts, including psychotherapy, education, and behavioral medicine. 
• Participants will be able to list and describe at least two empirical studies affirming the benefits of employing hypnosis as a complement to other established treatments. 
• Participants will be able to list and refute common misconceptions about hypnosis that may hinder optimal treatment outcomes. 
• Participants will be able to list and discuss the personal, interpersonal and situational variables that affect an individual’s level of hypnotic responsiveness. 
• Participants will be able to list and discuss at least two pros and cons of employing formal testing for assessing hypnotic responsiveness. 
• Participants will be able to list and describe specific ways people respond differently to suggestions given in hypnosis to those given outside of hypnosis. 
• Participants will be able to define and discuss the concept of “trance logic” and its implications for hypnotic interventions.   
• Participants will be able to list and discuss ways a person’s expectations influence both hypnotic and treatment responsiveness. 
• Participants will be able to define and discuss the characteristics of interventions that are content-based versus process-based. 
• Participants will be able to organize and define a generic sequence for conducting a goal-oriented hypnosis session. 
• Participants will be able to structure at least two specific types of post-hypnotic suggestions. 
• Participants will be able to list and discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of direct versus indirect forms of hypnotic intervention. 
• Participants will be able to identify and discuss the role of symbolism in suggestion formulation. 
• Participants will be able to identify and discuss the role of paradox in suggestion formulation. 
• Participants will be able to list and identify specific methods of direct and indirect induction and utilization. 
• Participants will learn and be able to apply at least two different strategies for eliciting classical hypnotic phenomena. 
• Participants will be able to list at least two specific online resources for gaining access to published studies in treating specific clinical populations. 
• Participants will be able to name and discuss two factors affecting client expectancy. 
• Participants will be able to list and discuss specific methods for fostering an unstable attributional style as a catalyst to treatment responsiveness. 
• Participants will be able to identify and describe two different generic structures for producing hypnotic amnesia. 
• Participants will be able to list and discuss at least two factors indicating the appropriateness of hypnotic interventions in both acute and chronic phases of treatment. 
• Participants will be able to identify and apply methods of solution-oriented and motivational interviewing in establishing a treatment plan. 
• Participants will be able to identify and discuss how hypnotic phenomena may feature in the onset and course of client symptoms. 
• Participants will learn and apply the method of “seeding” homework assignments during hypnosis as a means of increasing treatment benefits. 
• Participants will be able to apply hypnotic strategies designed to enhance greater cognitive flexibility and independent problem-solving in the client. 
• Participants will be able to structure and deliver skill-building homework assignments to the client. 
• Participants will be able to list, recognize, and discuss key patterns of self-organization that regulate symptom formation and clinical response. 

Speaker info: Bio_Michael_D._Yapko__Ph.D.