Intermediate Workshop – Level 2 (Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis and Integrative Health Psychology, PA)

Organization: Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis and Integrative Health Psychology, PA 

Website: https://www.fsch.org/intermediate-workshop  

Event Title:  Refining Skills and Treatment Applications Workshop (Level 2/Intermediate) 

Dates: October 9-11, 2026

Agenda:

This workshop will begin promptly at 4:00 pm on October 9. There will be a break during all sessions with a lunch breaks on Saturday and Sunday.

Friday, October 9:
4:00 pm – Welcome to Level 2
4:15 pm – Adverse Reaction to Hypnosis & Howard Alertness Scale
5:00 pm – Refining Skills of Elicitation and Intensification
5:30 pm – Refining Skills of Hypnotic Communication and Suggestion
6:30 pm – Break
6:45 pm – Demonstration and/or Group Experience and processing
7:30 pm – Insight and Exploratory Techniques
8:15 pm – Applications of Hypnosis: Ego Strengthening
9:00 pm – Adjourn
Saturday, October 10:
8:30 am – Practice 1 Demonstration
9:00 am – Small Group Practice 1
11:00 am – Applications of Hypnosis: Habits
12:00 pm – Lunch
12:30 pm – Applications of Hypnosis: Pain with Glove Anesthesia with Demonstration
2:00 pm – Applications of Hypnosis: Anxiety, Fears & Phobias
2:45 pm – Break
3:00 pm – Small Group Practice 2
5:30 pm – Adjourn
Sunday, October 11:
8:30 am – Skill Development with Metaphorical Approaches
9:15 am – Group Practice Developing Metaphors
10:00 am – Applications of Hypnosis: Sleep 1
10:45 am – Break
11:00 am – Treatment Planning
12:00 pm – Lunch
1:00 pm – Treatment Planning Practice
1:30 pm – Small Group Practice 3
3:30 pm – Break
3:45 pm – Ethics
4:30 pm – Certification, Training, and Wrap-up
5:30 pm – Evaluations, Adjourn

Location: Virtual 

CE: 20 

The Refining Skills & Treatment Applications (Level 2/Intermediate) 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.

• Intermediate Workshop – ASCH Level 2
• Presented By Louis Damis, PhD, ABPP, FASCH
• 20 Florida CEU’s and credit toward ASCH certification

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 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.

Chair: Dr. Louis Damis, DrDamis@LouisDamisPhD.com Louis Damis, PhD, ABPP, FASCH, 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 ASCH and the Florida and Washington DC Societies of Clinical Hypnosis. 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.