Level 1 Hypnosis Training (Associated Therapists of Rockland)

Organization: Associated Therapists of Rockland, Leslie Laskin 

Website: https://rocklandtherapists.com/hypnosis-trainings

Event Title: Level 1 Hypnosis Training 

Agenda: LEVEL_1_Hypnosis_training_Timed_Agenda_2023-2024

Dates: 01/11/2026, 01/18/2026, 01/19/2026, 01/25/2026

• January 11, 2026, Sunday, 6:30-10:00 PM EST // Zoom Classes
• January 18 & 19, 2026, Sunday and Monday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST // Live Classes in Airmont, New York
• January 25, 2026, Sunday, 6:30-10:00 PM EST // Zoom Classes

Location: Hybrid (see above)

CE: 22 

Contact :  Lesile Laskin leslie.laskin@gmail.com  

Abstract: This Level 1 training will provide an understanding of the concepts underlying the foundations of hypnotic trance and its clinical applications. The training will consist of didactic presentations, demonstrations, and experiential exercises in small groups where participants will have the opportunity to practice the skills they are learning and gain feedback. The format will consist of two 3.5 hour online sessions and two 7.5 hour days in person. The format of spreading out the training over several weeks will afford students time to apply skills in their clinical practice and address difficulties that can arise in doing so. In addition to providing readings and didactic presentations on the neuroscience of hypnosis, the course will emphasize the importance of rapport and attunement throughout the hypnotic experience. Students will learn at least three approaches to elicit trance as well as identify trance phenomena that indicate the presence of a trance state. Emphasis will also be placed on the importance of re-alerting and reorientation, how to facilitate this and how to determine when patients are fully reoriented. Students will learn and demonstrate at least three techniques for trance intensification, including fractionation and utilization of the clients unique trance experience. Principles of hypnotic communication including pacing and leading, tance logic, metaphor, and utilization will be covered. Students will be able to identify at least two clinical applications for hypnotic intervention and demonstrate the ability to formulate a treatment plan addressing at least one clinical concern. 

 Learning Objectives: At the completion of the workshop, students will be able to….

• Give at least one definition of clinical hypnosis
• Describe at leat two common misperceptions of hypnosis and provide accurate rebuttals for each
• Discuss at least two findings that describe neurophysiological evidence of a hypnotic state
• Describe one difference between clinical hypnosis and other trance states, including meditation
• Name at least three important points to mention when presenting hypnosis to a patient
• Describe what informed consent refers to
• Describe how memory might be effected by hypnosis and why it is important to inform the patient
• Describe the steps in a formal hypnotic encounter
• Demonstrate 4 methods of trance elicitation
• Demonstrate 3 methods of trance intensification
• Demonstrate the use of hypnotic suggestion in trance
• Demonstrate the use of an anchor in conjunction with a hypnotic suggestion
• Demonstrate at least two methods of re-alerting/reorienting
• Discuss the importance of assessing alertness both pre and post trance
• Demonstrate proficiency in using the Howard Alertness Scale
• Demonstrate at least three ways to establish and enhance rapport
• Discuss and demonstrate the process of attunement and at least 2 ways to achieve it
• Discuss and demonstrate at least three principles to forming a hypnotic suggestion
• Demonstrate at least 3 forms of ego strengthening and its importance in all clinical work
• Describe how to instruct a patient in self-hypnosis
• Name at least 2 forms of resistance to hypnosis and how to work with it
• Demonstrate the creation of a treatment plan using hypnosis
• Name at least two clinical issues that can be helped by hypnosis and outline a brief treatment plan addressing at least one of those issues.
• Give two differences between hypnosis in adults and hypnosis in children
• Define the following terms: Trance logic, Trance ratification, Utilization, Ego Strengthening 

Speaker info: Leslie_Laskin_brief_bio