Facilitating Single Session Rapid Change: Eliciting Solutions through Hypnosis (CTSCH)

Organization: Central Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis 

Website:  https://www.ctsch.com/ 

Event Title: Facilitating Single Session Rapid Change: Eliciting Solutions through Hypnosis 

Agenda:  Agenda_Rubin_Battino

Dates: 09/18/2026, 1-3pm CT

Location: Virtual 

CE: 2 

Contact : Jana Marie Jung-Wölfl  janina03@yahoo.com 

Description: What if meaningful therapeutic change could begin in a single session? 

In this highly experiential workshop, participants will engage in three distinct approaches to single-session therapy utilizing hypnosis. Through a series of group inductions, attendees will experience these methods firsthand and explore how they can help clients access their own resources, discover new perspectives, and generate solutions to longstanding difficulties. 

Each experiential exercise will be followed by a discussion of the underlying principles, structure, and clinical applications of the approach. Participants will explore: 

• Guided imagery techniques for eliciting change and insight
• Variations of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Fast Allergy Cure as a model for rapid therapeutic intervention
• The therapeutic use of exorcism metaphors and rituals

Drawing on decades of clinical experience, Rubin Battino presents practical, creative, and often unexpected ways of facilitating change. Attendees will leave with new ideas, concrete techniques, and a deeper appreciation for the possibilities of single-session work. 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Describe and/or demonstrate at least three of the following techniques: relaxation through attention to breathing, end-of-session time-outs, and conversational openings of a session. 
2. List or Demonstrate at least three of the following clinical skills: establishing a therapeutic alliance, using pauses during hypnosis, and introducing a novel therapeutic intervention. 
3. Formulate and/or role-play at least two of the following interventions: facilitating relaxation, using the word “somehow” therapeutically during hypnosis, and offering a small smooth stone as a therapeutic anchor at the end of a session. 
4. Identify and describe at least three of the following concepts: exorcisms, safe havens, healing power, evil or controlling spirits, and end-of-session time-outs. 

Speaker info:  

Rubin Battino, MS, LPCC (Ohio), has been in private practice since 1978, specializing in single-session therapy and the clinical use of hypnosis. Before entering the mental health field, he was a professor of chemistry and published extensively in that discipline. He is the author of 11 books on psychotherapy, with a twelfth manuscript completed and awaiting publication. Battino has presented more than twenty master classes on psychotherapy, most focusing on the use of hypnosis in therapeutic practice. Additional information about his background and publications can be found at Rubin Battino’s website. https://www.rubinbattino.com