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Hypnosis and Sleep: How to Deliver Hypnotic Suggestions That Support Healthy Sleep (CTSCH)
2025-04-25
Organization: CTSCH
Website: https://www.ctsch.com/
Agenda: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Timed_Agenda.docx
Event Title: Hypnosis and Sleep: How to Deliver Hypnotic Suggestions That Support Healthy Sleep
Dates: 4/25/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 2.0
Contact: CTSCH@CTSCH.com
Abstract:
Half of all adults experience regular sleep disturbances, with significant portions of the population suffering from chronic insomnia, according to Rand’s 2023 Global Report. Hypnosis can be very helpful with inducing relaxation, releasing anxiety, and controlling the spinning thoughts that often accompany insomnia. However, unless we, as practitioners, understand sleep architecture and the specific components of sleep, we cannot design and deliver the unique suggestions that most effectively target sleep and wake cycles. To fully address sleep disturbance, we must shift our perception of insomnia, cognitive fog, and fatigue as true issues with sleep per se. Instead, these symptoms should be thought of as challenges to the transitions between states of wakefulness and sleeping. Because hypnosis is a bridge between the conscious (awake) and unconscious (sleeping) minds, it can be an extraordinary tool for impacting those transitional challenges, between states of being awake and being asleep, in a safe and profound way. In this workshop, we will discuss the foundations of sleep in the body and brain, explore some of the architecture of sleep and hypnosis, and learn how to address sleep/wake issues using hypnotic metaphors, language, and specific suggestions.
Learning Objectives:
1. Be able to identify at least 3 specific aspects of sleep problems or architecture that can be effectively addressed using hypnotic suggestions.
2. Be able to construct at least 3 metaphors or embedded suggestions that address common sleep problems pertaining to sleep architecture.
3. Be able to deliver at least 3 hypnotic suggestions that specifically relate to sleep.
4. Be able to formulate and practice at least 2 different hypnotic inductions that target healing sleep and fatigue problems.

ASCH Webinar: Anxiety: A Window of Opportunity for Change
2025-04-23 20:00 - 21:30 UTC
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM-9:30 PM ET
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This 90-minute program provides health practitioners with a conceptual framework and practical tools to ‎help clients experience anxiety from a perspective of hopefulness and strength rather than fear and ‎avoidance. The presentation includes scientific information about anxiety and fear states and practical ‎applications for guiding change that helps one understand that the behaviors and circumstances that ‎typically produce discomfort can be used as stepping stones to greater emotional knowledge about ‎themselves and a greater capacity for emotional resilience. The session will include at least one ‎demonstration with an audience member and a skill-development practice session.‎
Instructor:

George P. Glaser, LCSW
George Glaser, MSW, LCSW is in private practice in Austin, Texas. George obtained his MSW degree from Ohio State University School of Social Work in 1975. He is a Past President of ASCH and the Central Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis (CTSCH). He served as Guest Editor of the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis for a special issue on the treatment of anxiety and is currently the Social Work Editor for the journal. He is a co-founder of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Austin and served as a faculty member for ASCH, SCEH, ISH, the Erickson Foundation, CTSCH, and the American Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.
George Glaser has no significant financial relationships or conflicts of interest to disclose.
CE Credits: 1.50
Important Notes:

To receive credit for this webinar, you will be required to take a pre-test, post-test, and an end-of-event survey. All items will be shared with you via email.
The pre and post-test do not affect your entrance into the webinar or whether you earn credit. We are using this to track learning over time.
A recording of this webinar will be released to attendees approximately two weeks after the live date. You will be notified by email when it is ready for viewing.

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this webinar participants will be able to:

Describe a positive perspective of anxiety that prompts healthy emotional changes.‎
State three hypnotic therapeutic approaches to help client experience their fear(s) more ‎comfortably and effectively.‎
Describe two hypnotic methods that will help a client use their anxiety/fear in a way that ‎promotes positive change‎

Registration Rates
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ASCH Member
$45

Non-Member
$65

Resident/Intern/Fellow
$45

Graduate Student
$15

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Level 2 Clinical Hypnosis Course (The Oregon Society and CFCH Alberta)
2025-04-11 - 2025-04-13
Organization: Oregon Society (joint with CFCH Alberta)
Website: https://www.oregonhypnosis.org/event-6009741
Event Title: Level 2 Clinical Hypnosis Course
Agenda: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Level_2_schedule_Oregon_Alberta_2025.docx
Dates: 04/11/25 – 04/13/25
Location: Virtual
CE: 21.0
Contact: debbenweb@gmail.com
Abstract:
The Annual training in clinical hypnosis course is the second workshop offered by OSCH and meets the standards for 20 intermediate/level 2 hours of training for ASCH certification. The workshop is being offered jointly with the CFCH Alberta and is comprised of a mix of didactic presentations, demonstrations, experiential exercises, and faculty led small group mentored practice tailored to the specific needs, interests, and learning styles of workshop participants. At the successful completion of the workshop, participants will have added to their level 1 skills. Those who are Oregon Society members that complete the course can participate, at no additional charge, in an ongoing Oregon Society mentored practice and consultation group.

ASCH Level 1 Workshop
2025-04-10 - 2025-04-13
ASCH Level 1 & Level 2 Workshop

April 10 @ 8:00 am – April 13 @ 5:00 pm

ASCH Level 1 Workshop
Quick Links:
Register for Level 1
Our Clinical Hypnosis training program offers a progressive series of workshops designed to equip licensed health professionals with skills to incorporate clinical hypnosis into their practices. In the Level 1 workshop, participants learn the foundational principles and techniques of hypnosis, including inductions, suggestions, and therapeutic strategies, guided by experienced faculty from various health disciplines. This course blends presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on practice to provide basic skills for immediate application. Building on this foundation, the Level 2 workshop delves deeper into clinical hypnosis, expanding on “how to” by adding the “when, why, and where” for techniques, especially for specific populations and complex cases like pain and anxiety management. Advanced skills such as complex inductions and the nuanced use of suggestion language are explored with expert feedback. For those seeking continued growth, Advanced Workshops offered throughout the year cover specialized topics, including behavioral medicine and mind-body integration, enabling participants to further enhance and apply their skills in targeted areas. Each level builds confidence, competence, and the ability to provide patient-centered, integrative care
Important Notes

Register for only ONE Workshop – Participants are expected to attend all days.
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.
You must complete Level 1 prior to taking Level 2.
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 200+ pages for Level 1; 150+ pages for Level 2; and 100+ pages for Advanced.

Clinical Workshop Level 1
The Level 1 workshop, the first part of a series of workshops in the certification program for clinical hypnosis, is intended for licensed health professionals including physicians, nurses, psychologists, dentists, counselors, social workers, and those in related fields. A diverse faculty from a range of health disciplines will teach the principles and process of hypnotic inductions, suggestions, and treatment. The workshop is a mix of didactic presentations, demonstrations, experiential exercises, and faculty-led small group practice tailored to the specific needs and learning styles of each participant. At the conclusion of the workshop participants will have been taught the basic skills required to utilize clinical hypnosis and begin to apply it to their practice.
Advantages:

Rapidly establish rapport and the hypnotic relationship across developmental ages.
Facilitate change, ego-strengthen, and reduce impediments to change.
Cost-effective, collaborative, person-centered treatment.
Empower clients and patients to build skills for better health.
Learn a highly creative, broad-ranging technique for use in integrative medicine.

Level 1 Schedule
(All times listed are in EST. Times are subject to minor changes)

Thursday, April 10, 2025
6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Friday, April 11, 2025
8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Saturday, April 12, 2025
8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Sunday, April 13, 2025
8:30 AM-12:00 PM

(an agenda with faculty assignments will be sent to registrants approximately 1-2 weeks prior to the live course date)
Register here for Level 1
Details and Fees

Course
Member
Non-Member
Resident/Intern/Fellow
Graduate Student

Level 1
$500
$675
$400
$320

Registration Instructions
Online registration will take you to the 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.
Continuing Education Hours
Online attendance, full engagement and completion of a pre-test, post-test and daily program evaluations are required for a certificate of completion. Level 1 will be approved for 20-22 hours.
Changing Dates
ASCH will honor one registration transfer. Transfer requests must be made in writing, to education@asch.net, by DATE. Change requests after that date will be treated as a cancellation.
Credit Card Payments
Registration payments must be made online and received by April 7. 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 DATE 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.
Clinical Workshop Eligibility
Registrants must be healthcare professionals licensed in their jurisdiction functioning within the scope of their practice.
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.
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 20 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 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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Intermediate Workshop – Level 2 (The Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis (FSCH)
2025-04-04 - 2025-04-06
Organization: The Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis (FSCH)
Website: https://www.fsch.org/workshops/
Event Title: ASCH Intermediate Workshop – Level 2
Dates: April 4, 2025-April 6, 2025
Location: Zoom
CE: 20
Contact: Marie Wilson, mariefsch@aol.com
Abstract:
Dr. 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, the Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. He holds ASCH Certification in Clinical Hypnosis with Consultant Status, and he is the ASCH Past-President.
The Refining Skills & Treatment Applications (Level 2/Intermediate) Workshop increases skills and builds confidence in the use of hypnosis. It prepares workshop participants who have completed an ASCH approved Level 1 workshop 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.
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.
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.

Exploring and Applying Tarot & Oracle Cards to Hypnotic Techniques (Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey)
2025-03-22
Organization: Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey
Website: https://www.clinicalhypnosisnj.org/event-6023741
Event Title: Exploring and Applying Tarot & Oracle Cards to Hypnotic Techniques
Agenda: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Timed_agenda.docx
Dates: 03/22/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 2.0
Contact: drstaffin@gmail.com
Abstract:
Tarot and Oracle Cards have become increasingly popular in our culture. No longer just of interest to those in the realm of the occult, more people are turning to these decks to explore themselves as they seek to understand their world. Tarot and Oracle cards hold a mystery and a mystique making them a perfect tool to utilize when working hypnotically. This conversation will use the traditional Tarot cards as well as some more recently created oracle decks to explore how to apply these cards to multiple hypnotic techniques.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this program, attendees:
1. Will be able to describe how Tarot and Oracle Cards provide psychological metaphors
2. Will be able to describe how the six core competencies of Ericksonian psychotherapy apply to Tarot/Oracle Cards
3. Will be able to describe how Tarot/Oracle Cards can be used across a range of hypnotic techniques.

Relational Hypnotic Strategies for Anxiety Disorders (Attune Therapy Group PC)
2025-03-21
Organization: Attune Therapy Group PC
Website: www.ericspiegelphd.com
Event Title: Relational Hypnotic Strategies for Anxiety Disorders
Agenda: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Timed_Agenda-Relational_Hypnotic_Strategies_for_Anxiety_Disorders.docx
Dates: 03/21/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 4.0
Contact: espiegelphd@gmail.com
Abstract:
In this applied workshop, participants will learn relational hypnotic strategies that can be used in the treatment of anxiety disorders. Relational therapy focuses on evoking and internalizing the curative elements of the therapeutic relationship. Hypnosis can intensify and expedite this process. Participants will learn short and moderate-term relational hypnotic strategies for soothing, regulating, and ameliorating anxiety symptoms. Examples will be provided for generalized anxiety disorder, phobias, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Define relational therapy and articulate the core principles of the approach
Explain how hypnosis can intensify and expedite the process of relational therapy
Apply one short-term relational hypnotic strategy in the treatment of emergent anxiety symptoms (e.g. panic attack or phobic response)
Utilize two hypnotic strategies in the relational treatment of generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder.

From Spiraling to Unraveling: The Hypnotherapeutic Treatment of Anxiety (Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
2025-03-16
Organization: Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website: https://gpsch.org/
Agenda: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Flemons_Timed_Agenda.docx
Event Title: From Spiraling to Unraveling: The Hypnotherapeutic Treatment of Anxiety
Dates: 3/16/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 3.0
Contact: marcy1116@aol.com
Abstract:
The feral feel of anxiety tends to inspire antagonistic efforts to rein it in. Clients may initially seek you out because they’re hoping hypnosis will help them conquer their tachycardia, worried thoughts, fainting, IBS, excessive sweating, or panic attacks. However, hypnosis is best employed not to try to dominate or banish such symptoms, but, rather, to invite their unraveling and dissolution through the facilitation of effortless—avolitional—shifts and alterations in how clients make sense of and respond to anxious experience.
In this three-hour webinar, we’ll tease out some of the common intra- and interactive patterns of anxiety and illuminate key hypnotic strategies for therapeutically altering them. You will learn how to approach hypnosis as a vehicle not for enhanced control but, rather, for inviting curiosity, creative collaboration and coordination, and extemporaneous invention and discovery.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the program, participants will be able to:

Contrast control- and coordination-based approaches to treating anxiety.
Outline the self-referential spiraling inherent in anxiety and panic.
Identify 3 symptoms of anxiety as the result of mind-body efforts to meet a challenge.
Describe 2 ways to alter symptoms of anxiety.

Hypnosis Refresher after L2 (Intermediate) Hypnosis Training Integrating In/Formal Hypnosis into Your Clinical Practice
2025-03-14
Organization: Internatiional Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD)
Website: https://www.isst-d.org/training-and-conferences/upcoming-conferences/
Event Title: Hypnosis Refresher after L2 (Intermediate) Hypnosis Training Integrating In/Formal Hypnosis into Your Clinical Practice
Dates: 3/14/2025
Location: In-person workshop
CE: 6.0
Contact: Reinhild Draeger-Muenke, redra329@gmail.com
Abstract:
This 6-hour clinical hypnosis refresher is offered to clinicians after completion of their ASCH approved/ASCH equivalent L2/Intermediate training in clinical hypnosis. This training focuses on ways to facilitate and refine the integration of hypnosis into clinical practice through didactic presentations, guided hypnotic experiences, demonstrations and paired practices of hypnotic tools. The training will address (self)hypnosis for the regulation of unhelpful trance states such as anxiety, depression, OCD and excessive anger. We will review and practice formal and informal ways to elicit trance experiences with a special focus on traumatized and dissociative clients, we’ll address hypnosis for the management of physical discomfort and pain in people of all ages, and how to use exploratory hypnosis for personal growth, creativity, and play. Participants can look forward to expanding their existing knowledge, comfort, and facility of offering formal and informal hypnosis to their clients.

The Discriminating Therapist: Using Hypnosis to Enhance Decision Making (ASCH ASMW Pre-Conference)
2025-03-13 15:30 - 18:30
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Cognitive psychology, the study of how people think, has given rise to new understandings about how people gather and use information. This includes how people decide, usually at a level outside of awareness, what is salient to pay attention to in a given environment and, likewise, what is essentially irrelevant. When people get sidetracked into irrelevancy, paying too much attention to what doesn’t really matter and too little attention to what does, their perceptions and responses naturally lead them astray. More important, when someone’s perspective is so global or over-general that they simply don’t know how or what to decide, they are far more likely to make poor decisions on the basis of hurt feelings, old history, misconceptions, or blind faith. There are many different ways of making key life decisions, and when one employs an ineffective one, the results can be enduringly painful. Instead of following the therapy tradition of analyzing why someone makes the choices they make, The Discriminating Therapist focuses on how people choose. Illustrative examples from client interviews will be included. We will especially focus on what they failed to either notice or discriminate in their global response to some circumstance. From this gentler perspective, we can focus on ways to use hypnosis to help people make better decisions.
CE Credits: 3

Speaker Bio
Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist residing near San Diego, California. He is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work in applying clinical hypnosis in outcome-focused psychotherapy, especially in the active treatment of depression. He has been invited to present his innovative ideas and methods to colleagues in more than 30 countries across six continents, and all over the United States. His highly practical YouTube lecture on “How to Recover from Depression” has now been viewed more than 5.3 million times.
Dr. Yapko is the author of 16 books, three edited books, and nearly 100 journal articles and book chapters. His widely acclaimed clinical hypnosis textbook, Trancework, has just come out in an unprecedented sixth edition (Routledge, 2025). His recent award-winning book for professionals is called Process-Oriented Hypnosis. His works have been translated into 10 languages. He is also the developer of the popular digital hypnotherapy mental health app called Claria in association with the Australian digital therapeutic company, Mindset Health (www.mindsethealth.com).
Dr. Yapko is a Fellow of ASCH and is the recipient of numerous major awards for his innovative contributions in advancing the fields of hypnosis and brief therapy. These include lifetime achievement awards from The American Psychological Association’s Division 30 (Society of Psychological Hypnosis), the International Society of Hypnosis (the Pierre Janet Award), and The Milton H. Erickson Foundation.

Palliative care and palliative hypnosis with a special focus on using clinical hypnosis to treat the symptoms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (ASCH ASMW Pre-Conference)
2025-03-13 12:15 - 15:15
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This presentation will discuss palliative care and how it differs from hospice care. Details of how palliative care can help seriously ill patients and their family caregivers will be provided. A method to determine the goals of medical care will be presented, as well as how to use these goals to create an effective treatment plan. Breakout room sessions will allow participants to practice determining the goals of medical care using this method. This will be followed by a discussion of palliative hypnosis and its use in treating the many symptoms experienced by seriously ill patients. A discussion of the speaker’s experience using clinical hypnosis for the symptomatic treatment of ALS will follow. There will be ample time to answer questions at the end of the presentation.
CE Credits: 3
Speaker Bio
Dr. John Franklin is a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He is the former Medical Director of the Hospice and Palliative Care Service at the Charleston VA Medical Center. He is a Certified Hospice Medical Director and a Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He is an Affiliated Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina and an Approved Consultant of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. Dr. Franklin has been a hypnosis trainer for the clinical staff of VA Medical Centers across the nation. He has also run an annual medical hypnosis mentoring group in the Department of Veterans Affairs for several years. He has a special interest in using clinical hypnosis for the symptomatic treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis published his case series of 30 veterans with ALS treated symptomatically with clinical hypnosis in November 2023. He has been an ASCH faculty member for ASCH trainings and retired from the Charleston VA Medical Center in December 2023. Following retirement, he remains busy teaching clinical hypnosis. He also opened a small private medical hypnosis practice and volunteers in a free medical clinic for indigents and immigrants providing both primary care and clinical hypnosis. Dr. Franklin is a current member of the ASCH Clinical Hypnosis Education and Training Committee (CHET).

Utilizing Hypnosis in the Treatment of Narcissistic Wounds in Psychotherapy: A Relational Approach (ASCH ASMW Pre-Conference)
2025-03-13 10:00 - 12:00
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The dimension of narcissism influences a wide-range of character presentations and treatment issues occurring in psychotherapy in our modern age. Although clinical and public attention is often focused on the categorically-derived DSM-V diagnosis of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, narcissistic wounds stemming from attachment failures are a more frequent occurrence in the development of the self. These arrests in the full formation of the self and their subsequent re-appearance in later relationship interactions are often referenced in a wide range of treatments.
In this workshop, we will consider how Kohut’s self psychology and current innovations in attachment theory can help us understand narcissistic wounds and treatment issues across the dimension of narcissism. Further, we will focus on the role that hypnosis can play in a relationally attuned therapeutic relationship towards facilitating attachment repair in patients with developmental arrests associated with narcissistic wounds (e.g. false-self identify formation, affect dysregulation, boundary difficulties, etc.). Through a mixture of didactic and experiential training, participants will develop increased competency in (1) understanding how the therapeutic relationship in general, and clinical hypnosis from an attachment frame in particular, can be utilized to re-build developmental structure and re-engage reflective functioning in this population of patients and (2) utilizing specific applications of clinical hypnosis towards this aim.
CE Credits: 2
Speaker Bio

Eric Spiegel, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Philadelphia, PA, and owner of Attune Therapy Group. He is certified as an Approved Consultant in clinical hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). Dr. Spiegel is a Past-President and Fellow of ASCH. He is co-author of the book Attachment in Group Psychotherapy, published by APA. He has also published on attachment and hypnosis in AJCH & IJCEH journals. Most recently, Dr. Spiegel guest co-edited a special issue of AJCH on Relational Factors of Hypnosis in Psychotherapy. He specializes in working with anxiety, trauma, and relationship issues.

ASCH 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshops
2025-03-13 08:00 - 2025-03-16 17:00
This year’s theme: The Art and Science of Clinical Hypnosis in Health Care.
March 13–16, 2025 | Virtual
Registration is Open!
Learn more: ASCH Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshops
*You will need to create an account on the ASCH portal to register for the workshops. Please find the instructions here. If you already have an account, simply sign in to begin the registration process.

Monthly Group Case Consultation (North Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis (NTSCH))
2025-03-10
Organization: North Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis (NTSCH)
Website: https://www.ntsch.org/
Event Title: Monthly Group Case Consultation
Agenda: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NTSCH_Proposal_for_Consultation_and_Mentorship_Group.pdf
Dates: 03/10/2025
Location: Virtual workshop
CE: 2.0
Contact: nballesteroslpc@gmail.com
Abstract:
This group offers a space for NTSCH membership to discuss complex cases, ask questions, andgather feedback from mentors and peers. It will be an opportunity to listen to and share ideas, aswell as receive guidance and strategies on implementing hypnosis with clients. Facilitators will also provide brief didactic segments during each meeting that may include use ofhypnotic suggestions, metaphors, inductions, and relevant information about specific disordersand/or therapeutic topics. Facilitators have the intention to assist new members who have recently trained in hypnosis, tocontinue learning, developing and improving their skillset and find a cohort support group. Advanced members are also encouraged to attend to provide mentorship and continue honingtheir skills.

2025 Level II Workshop in Clinical Hypnosis (New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
2025-03-08 - 2025-03-23
Organization: New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website: https://www.nesch.org/event-5927585
Event Title: 2025 Level II Workshop in Clinical Hypnosis
Dates: March 8-9, 2025 and March 22-23, 2025
Location: Virtual via Zoom
CE: 20
Contact: neschmsc@gmail.com
Abstract:
Enhance your clinical practice with expert-level hypnosis techniques in NESCH’s ASCH-approved Level II Hypnosis Training. This workshop is crafted for practitioners who have completed Level I training, allowing you to build on foundational knowledge and refine your skills with evidence-based, advanced applications.
Through engaging lectures and immersive small-group practices, this training will deepen your proficiency in hypnosis techniques specifically tailored for:

Advanced and specialized hypnosis elicitations
Useful Hypnotic tools for psychotherapy: anchoring, age progression and age regression.
Constructing metaphors in hypnosis
Neurobiology and the use of hypnosis
Pediatric hypnosis
Utilization of self-hypnosis for clients/patients, and for yourself with experience in using it and discussion of how to teach it.
Use of hypnosis to resolve problems of anxiety
Habit control using hypnosis
Treating functional disorders with hypnosis
Use of hypnosis to relieve pain.
Use of hypnosis to deal with suffering around medical procedures.
Use of hypnosis in the treatment of trauma.

Metaphors be with You All (North Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis (NTSCH))
2025-03-05
Organization: North Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis (NTSCH)
Website: https://www.ntsch.org/
Event Title: Metaphors be with You All
Agenda: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CEU_App_for_Ben_Pomerantz_February_2025.pdf
Dates: 03/05/2025
Location: Virtual workshop
CE: 2.0
Contact: nballesteroslpc@gmail.com
Abstract:
During this session participants will be able to compare and contrast elements of metaphors and stores that can benefit clients who feel helpless in changing their direction in life. Participants will be invited to experience two brief trance states that exemplify using metaphors. In addition, they will work together in a group to create appropriate metaphors for hypnotic suggestions.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe how to form an applicable metaphor to a client’s presenting problem.
2. Demonstrate the ability to construct a useful metaphor in a hypnotic technique.
3. Participants will identify metaphors within a hypnotic script.
4. Participants will derive their own metaphors, stories, or sayings to share with the group.

The Neuroscience and Practice of Hypnosis and Meditation: Integration and Application (Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
2025-03-02
Organization: Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website: https://www.fsch.org/intermediate-workshop
Event Title: The Neuroscience and Practice of Hypnosis and Meditation: Integration and Application
Agenda: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/FSCH_Agenda_Neuroscience__Hypnosis____Meditation.docx
Dates: March 2, 2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 6.0
Contact: drdamis@louisdamisphd.com
Abstract:
Clinical hypnosis and mindfulness meditation have become established treatments for a wide range of medical and psychological disorders. In this timely advanced workshop, the participants will acquire the latest neuroscientific information underlying hypnosis and meditation. The neurophysiological mechanisms of pain processing and the mechanisms by which hypnosis and meditation modulate pain will also be delineated. This workshop will also integrate clinical hypnosis with mindfulness. First, it will review the background of contemporary mindfulness in the context of Buddhist meditation. The three popular forms of Buddhist meditation, vipassanā (open monitor), samatha (focused attention), and mettā (loving-kindness) provide rich material for clinical hypnosis practice. Second, it will introduce the Touch-and-Return mindfulness method, which may be utilized for trance induction. The participant is welcome to experience it during the workshop. Finally, the workshop introduces the eight stages of mental absorption, i.e., rūpa and arūpa jhanas, as described in the Buddhist texts. This topic is highly relevant to hypnotic trance but has received little attention from hypnosis researchers and practitioners to date. No prior experience or knowledge in mindfulness or meditation is required to attend this workshop.
Learning Objectives:
Participants attending this workshop will be able to:

Describe three functional neurophysiologic changes associated with hypnotic and meditative states.
Explain the difference in neuroplasticity between hypnosis and meditation.
List the four brain networks associated with chronic pain and its modulation.
Describe two mechanisms by which hypnosis and meditation differentially modulate pain.
Specify the three fundamental forms of Buddhist meditation related to contemporary mindfulness.
Acquire the 4-step Touch-and-Return mindfulness protocol.
Become familiar with the 8 stage concepts of mental absorption described in the Buddhist meditation texts.

L1 - Fundamental Training in Clinical Hypnosis (ISSTD)
2025-02-21 - 2025-02-23
Organization: ISSTD
Website: https://www.isst-d.org/home/training-and-conferences/training-courses/asch-training/
Event Title: L1 – Fundamental Training in Clinical Hypnosis
Dates: 02/21-2025 – 02/23/2025
Location: In Person
CE: 20.0
Contact: dr.reinhild.muenke@gmail.com
Abstract:
This Level 1 training in clinical hypnosis will provide trainees with a beginning understanding of the concepts, principles and clinical applications of hypnosis. Experienced, ASCH-certified and ASCH- approved consultant faculty will offer didactic presentations, demonstrations, experiential exercises, and faculty-led small group practices of 6-7 participants to facilitate a fundamental understanding and experience of clinical hypnosis and its integration into clinical practice.At the completion of the training, trainees will have been taught the knowledge and skills to begin the integration of clinical hypnosis strategies into the treatment of their patients. Specifically, trainees will be able to identify and demonstrate at least three ways to facilitate hypnotic trance and to competently re-orient a patient from a trance state, demonstrate at least three strategies for facilitating intensification of trance, and describe at least four clinical conditions in which hypnotic strategies can be successfully utilized. Trainees will have been introduced to clinical hypnosis as a neurophysiological phenomenon, a mental state of absorption implicated in neuroplasticity and change, as well as a creative clinical skill set of relationship development in the service of collaboratively facilitating mental and physical health. This training is especially geared towards therapists treating traumatized and dissociative persons. Upon successful completion of this L1 training in clinical hypnosis, trainees will be eligible for ASCH membership as well as for participation in Level II (Intermediate) and Advanced Level ASCH approved workshops.

Webinar: Hypnosis and Creative Mind (Central Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
2025-02-21
Organization: Central Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis (CTSCH)
Website: http://ctsch.com/
Event Title: Hypnosis and Creative Mind
Dates: 02/21/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 2.0
Contact: CTSCH@CTSCH.com
Abstract:
Over a century of Western models of hypnosis have shared a dual-mind hypothesis of conscious/unconscious minds. Dr. Gilligan will present his generative trance approach, regarding the positive and negative relationships that may obtain between the primary brain/mind experience of nonverbal/nature consciousness, and the secondary brain/mind mapping of the verbal/virtual mind. Creative Mind activates with the harmonious interconnection between the two minds, and problems develop and maintain themselves through a hostile dissociation between these “creative unconscious” and “conscious” minds. We will then see how this guides a psychotherapist in joining, positively valuing, and connecting the two modes to shift clinical problems into human resources. Theoretical models, clinical examples, and a guided process will illustrate the model.
Learning Objectives:

To describe recent neuropsychological findings showing the complementary nature of the two brain/minds of the right and left hemispheres.
To identify how dissociation between these two intelligences is a common underpinning of sustained suffering.
To identify at least three ways generative hypnosis can be used to restore interconnectedness and thereby increase mental health, at both individual and collective levels.

ASCH Level 1 & Level 2 Workshop
2025-02-20 - 2025-02-23
ASCH Level 1 & Level 2 Workshop
Thursday, February 20-Sunday, February 23
Quick Links:
Register for Level 1
Register for Level 2
Our Clinical Hypnosis training program offers a progressive series of workshops designed to equip licensed health professionals with skills to incorporate clinical hypnosis into their practices. In the Level 1 workshop, participants learn the foundational principles and techniques of hypnosis, including inductions, suggestions, and therapeutic strategies, guided by experienced faculty from various health disciplines. This course blends presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on practice to provide basic skills for immediate application. Building on this foundation, the Level 2 workshop delves deeper into clinical hypnosis, expanding on “how to” by adding the “when, why, and where” for techniques, especially for specific populations and complex cases like pain and anxiety management. Advanced skills such as complex inductions and the nuanced use of suggestion language are explored with expert feedback. For those seeking continued growth, Advanced Workshops offered throughout the year cover specialized topics, including behavioral medicine and mind-body integration, enabling participants to further enhance and apply their skills in targeted areas. Each level builds confidence, competence, and the ability to provide patient-centered, integrative care
Important Notes

Register for only ONE Workshop – Participants are expected to attend all days.
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.
You must complete Level 1 prior to taking Level 2.
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 200+ pages for Level 1; 150+ pages for Level 2; and 100+ pages for Advanced.

Clinical Workshop Level 1
The Level 1 workshop, the first part of a series of workshops in the certification program for clinical hypnosis, is intended for licensed health professionals including physicians, nurses, psychologists, dentists, counselors, social workers, and those in related fields. A diverse faculty from a range of health disciplines will teach the principles and process of hypnotic inductions, suggestions, and treatment. The workshop is a mix of didactic presentations, demonstrations, experiential exercises, and faculty-led small group practice tailored to the specific needs and learning styles of each participant. At the conclusion of the workshop participants will have been taught the basic skills required to utilize clinical hypnosis and begin to apply it to their practice.
Advantages:

Rapidly establish rapport and the hypnotic relationship across developmental ages.

Facilitate change, ego-strengthen, and reduce impediments to change.

Cost-effective, collaborative, person-centered treatment.

Empower clients and patients to build skills for better health.

Learn a highly creative, broad-ranging technique for use in integrative medicine.

Level 1 Schedule
(All times listed are in EST. Times are subject to minor changes)

Thursday, February 20, 2025
6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Friday, February 21, 2025
8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Saturday, February 22, 2025
8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Sunday, February, 23, 2025
8:30 AM-12:00 PM

View the general agenda for Level 1.
(an agenda with faculty assignments will be sent to registrants approximately 1-2 weeks prior to the live course date)
Register for Level 1 here
Clinical Workshop Level 2
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.

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.
Level 2 Schedule
(All times listed are in EST. Times are subject to minor changes)

Thursday, February 20, 2025
6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Friday, February 21, 2025
8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Saturday, February 22, 2025
8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Sunday, February, 23, 2025
8:30 AM-12:00 PM

A general agenda for Level 2 can be found here: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/L2Agenda_Feb25.pdf
(an agenda with faculty assignments will be sent to registrants approximately 1-2 weeks prior to the live course date)
Register for Level 2 here

Details and Fees

Course
Member
Non-Member
Resident/Intern/Fellow
Graduate Student

Level 1
$500
$675
$400
$320

Level 2
$500
$675
$400
$320

Registration Instructions
Online registration will take you to the 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.
Continuing Education Hours
Online attendance, full engagement and completion of a pre-test, post-test and daily program evaluations are required for a certificate of completion. Level 1 and Level 2 will be approved for 20-22 hours.
Changing Dates
ASCH will honor one registration transfer. Transfer requests must be made in writing, to education@asch.net, by February 13, 2025 Change requests after that date will be treated as a cancellation.
Credit Card Payments
Registration payments must be made online and received by February 13, 2025. 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 February 13, 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.
Clinical Workshop Eligibility
Registrants must be healthcare professionals licensed in their jurisdiction functioning within the scope of their practice.
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.
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 20 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 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.

Level 1 Clinical Hypnosis (Lemke Counseling & Consulting)
2025-02-17 - 2025-02-19
Organization: Lemke Counseling & Consulting
Agenda: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Content_Schedule_for_Level_1_Hypnosis_2024.docx
Website: https://www.wendylemke-psy.com/general-4
Event Title: Level 1 Clinical Hypnosis
Dates: 02/17/2025 to 02/19/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 20.0
Contact: Wendy Lemke, wendylemkelp@gmail.com
Abstract:
Even though we all have the capacity for trance, we often are not consciously aware of utilizing this capacity in a constructive manner. The Fundamental Level 1 training will assist you in facilitating constructive trances, making the most out of those states with effective and timely therapeutic suggestions. It will also help you recognize destructive spontaneous trance states, destructive self-suggestions, and provide ways to ground and reorient. Taught by trauma-informed faculty, this course will include topics/skills on hypnotic phenomena, hypnotic language, elicitations, deepening, reorienting, utilization, formulating suggestions, along with opportunities for supervised practice.

Into the Mystical: Creating Psychedelic-Like Experience Utilizing Hypnosis (NC Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
2025-02-08 - 2025-02-09
Organization: NC Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website: https://www.nchypnosis.org/event-details/into-the-mystical-creating-psychedelic-like-experience-utilizing-hypnosis
Course Description: Click Here
Event Title: Into the Mystical: Creating Psychedelic-Like Experience Utilizing Hypnosis
Dates: 2/08/2025-2/09/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 12.0
Contact: drjohnhall@gmail.com
Abstract:
The NC Society of Clinical Hypnosis is hosting its 2025 Annual Conference, titled “Into the Mystical: Creating Psychedelic-Like Experience Utilizing Hypnosis,” on February 8-9, 2025. The conference features leading experts in the field, including Dr. Cameron Alldredge, Dr. David Patterson, Dr. Randy Buzan, and Dr. Ciara Christensen, who will present on different aspects of hypnosis and applications in these areas. Day one will cover topics such as using hypnosis to occasion mystical experiences and the unconscious, with practical breakout sessions for participants. Day two will allow participants to explore how psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP) can inform our use of hypnosis and how hypnosis can be used in the preparation and integration phases of PAP. The science behind PAP and possible overlap between psychedelic and hypnotic Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness (NOSC) experiences will also be discussed. The event will conclude with a panel discussion, allowing attendees to engage with the presenters and exchange ideas about the future of hypnosis in these powerful and transformational therapeutic contexts.
Learning Objectives:
After Dr. Alldredge’s presentation, participants will be able to:

Describe at least 3 characteristics that are typical of mystical experiences
Summarize what past and recent research say about inducing mystical experiences with hypnosis only
State a theoretical rationale for the use of mystical experiences within therapeutic interventions
Demonstrate designing and delivering suggestions to integrate mystical elements into psychotherapy

After Dr. Patterson’s presentation, participants will be able to:

Articulate three findings from research on the unconscious that provide a foundation for complex hypnotic inductions
Perform three suggestions that can be combined to form a non-linear hypnotic induction
Describe the concept of the positive unconscious and its association with the science of psychedelic therapies.

Following Dr. Buzan’s presentation, participants will be able to:

List at least 3 classic psychedelics and their postulated mechanisms of action and how they differ from MDMA and ketamine
List two psychiatric illnesses that appear responsive to psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy
Name two categories of patients who might not be appropriate for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy

After Dr. Christensen’s presentation, participants will be able to:

State two shared features of hypnosis and ketamine/psilocybin
State one difference between a ‘psycholytic dose’ vs a ‘heroic or psychedelic’ dose
State one hypnosis technique they can utilize during the preparation phase of PAP to enhance openness and readiness
State one hypnosis technique they can utilize for the integration/post-journey phase to help clients process insights and solidify personal growth

Suggestive Therapeutics and Choice Architecture (Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
2025-01-26
Organization: Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website: https://gpsch.org/
Event Title: Suggestive Therapeutics and Choice Architecture
Dates: January 26, 2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 3.0
Contact: marcy1116@aol.com
Abstract:
Ericksonian Choice Architecture (ECA) is classified as a third branch of suggestive therapeutics, with hypnosis and placebo therapy being the other two. While ECA originated from the clinical work of Milton H. Erickson, MD, (what he termed “conversational hypnosis”) it is conceptually rooted in research produced by the field of behavioral economics. Thus, this workshop will blend elements of unconscious processing, cognition, emotion, and socio-cultural factors to enable practitioners to shape how their clients recognize and experience choice. Unlike other therapy models, ECA is choice-centric, meaning that the subjective realization of choice is the central aim of the collaborative relationship—with change following as a natural biproduct. A primary thesis of the workshop is that the exercise of choice makes opportunity possible.
Coined by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, the term choice architecture refers to influencing decisions by organizing the context in which choices are made. Unlike behavior modification, choice architects empower effective decision-making using indirect influence, without imposing rewards or punishments. By providing “nudges” they support individuals in making decisions that align with their best interests. Consistent with Erickson’s permissive approach, the client retains autonomy over their choices, while the choice architect strives to create an optimal choice environment. The approach is data-biased, which means the decision architect uses research in positive psychology to help clients find opportunities for personal growth and social connection. This ethical framework requires sophisticated training to ensure decisions are framed in ways that promote the individual’s well-being and right to self-determination.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the program, participants will be able to:

Define Ericksonian Choice Architecture (ECA) and classify it as a branch of suggestive therapeutics distinct from hypnosis and placebo therapy
Analyze five key elements of ECA – unconscious processing, cognition, motivation, emotion, and socio-cultural factors – by accurately identifying examples or applications of each component in case scenarios
Differentiate ECA from behavior modification approaches by explaining at least three fundamental differences, including the use of “nudges,” the prioritization of choice over change, and the focus on client autonomy
Demonstrate the ethical framework of ECA by describing a choice architecture scenario that promotes personal growth and self-determination

Gestures: The Unspoken Language (Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey)
2025-01-25
Organization: Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey
Website: https://www.clinicalhypnosisnj.org/events
Agenda: Click here
Event Title: Gestures: The Unspoken Language
Dates: 1/25/25
Location: Virtual
CE: 2.0
Contact: drstaffin@gmail.com
Abstract:
Communication comes in packages, it is embodied. Gestures are one element of that package. They have multiple and varied purposes: they punctuate and augment our messages; represent ideas and concepts; serve as reference points; and can be used to engage, distract and or assess responsiveness. Their subtlety makes them ideal for clinical work as they are not consciously attended to yet influence perception, understanding, and meaning; they are core elements of limbic communication. We routinely employ them in the course of normal conversation, harnessing them mindfully with strategic intent is an easy transition.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this presentation attendees will be able to:
1. Describe the relative proportions of unconscious and conscious processes.
2. List three types of gestures.
3. Provide a working definition of “embodiment.”
4. Identify two benefits of incorporating gestures into thier clinical work.
5. Report on the percentage of the brain that is dedicated to processing visual
information.
6. List there dimensions in the “package of communication.”

Fundamentals of Hypnosis (ASCH Level 1) (FSCH)
2025-01-24 - 2025-01-26
Organization: The Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis (FSCH)
Website: https://www.fsch.org/workshops/basic-workshop
Event Title: FSCH Basic Workshop: Fundamentals of Hypnosis (ASCH Level 1)
Dates: 1/24/25-1/26/25
Location: Virtual, Zoom
CE: 20
Contact: Marie Wilson, mariefsch@aol.com
Abstract:
The Fundamentals of Hypnosis Workshop (ASCH Level 1), the first part of a series of workshops in the certification program for clinical hypnosis, is intended for licensed health professionals including physicians, nurses, psychologists, dentists, counselors, social workers and those in related fields. The workshop is a mix of didactic presentations, demonstrations, experiential exercises and faculty-led small group practice tailored to the specific needs and learning style of each participant. At the conclusion of the workshop participants will have been taught the basic skills required to utilize clinical hypnosis and begin to apply it to their practice. This 20-hour weekend workshop will be presented by a favorite FSCH presenter, former FSCH President, ASCH Past-President, ASCH Fellow and ASCH Certified, Louis Damis, PhD, ABPP, FASCH.
Learning Objectives:
After taking this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Define hypnosis and its major theories, and describe how to present it to a client
2. Describe ethical considerations in the use of hypnosis, including informed consent
3. Demonstrate the ability to do at least 4 basic hypnotic inductions, and 4 deepening methods
4. Describe contra-indications for using hypnosis
5. Use hypnosis for relaxation, stress management, and pain management
6. Discuss hypnosis, memory, and pseudomemory
7. Identify at least 5 of the phenomena associated with hypnosis
8. Demonstrate understanding of treatment planning and goals appropriate for hypnotic intervention

Webinar: Renewal and Spiritual Reconnection (North Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
2025-01-22
Organization: North Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website: www.ntsch.org
Event Title: Renewal and Spiritual Reconnection
Dates: 1/22/25
Location: Virtual
CE: 2.0
Contact: nballesteroslpc@gmail.com
Abstract:
The presentation will focus on guiding the participants to connect with their inner self, refresh their perspective, and tap into a sense of spiritual renewal. Emphasize the restorative benefits of self-reflection and mindfulness for well-being.
Learning Objectives:

Learn how hypnosis can help deepen focus, relax the mind, and open pathways for self-discovery.
Encourage participants to listen, relax, and let go of expectations, reminding them that this is a safe, comfortable process to help them connect iwth a part of themselves that might feel distant.
Learn that renewal means rediscovering parts of ourselves that might have been overshadowed by stress, habits, or life circumstances.
Examine how in a state of renewal, we feel more connected to our purpose, authentic self, and a sense of harmony.
Learn how spiritual reconnection is about connecting to soemthing greater than ourselves, this could be nature, inner peace or simply profound sense of belonging.
Learn that spirituality doesn’t necessarily mean religion; it’s a broad term that can encompass self-reflection, purpose, or the beauty in everyday life.
Learn that hypnosis can guide us through layers of consciousness and help us bypass the overthinking mind.
Learn that by tapping intou our subconscious, we can acess thoughts, beliefs, and images that restore a sense of calm and wholeness.
Learn that hypnosis aids in setting intentions for growth and renewal.

Level 1 Clinical Hypnosis Course (OSCH)
2025-01-17 - 2025-01-19
Organization: Oregon Society (OSCH)
Website: https://www.oregonhypnosis.org/event-5942676
Event Title: Level 1 Clinical Hypnosis Course
Dates: 1/17/2025 – 1/19/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 22
Contact: Debbie Bensching, debbenweb@gmail.com
Abstract:
This course provides a solid foundation to get started using clinical hypnosis. It is also a great course for anyone who has stepped away from hypnosis and is in needs of a refresher. Registration includes the course and a post-course optional follow-up mentored consultation and practice session. The course is a mix of didactic presentations, demonstrations, experiential exercises and mentored practice. The course meets ASCH SOT training guidelines.

Techniques That Work: Favorites from My 40 Years of Practice (Medical Hypnosis Consultants, PLLC)
2025-01-17 - 2025-01-18
Organization: Medical Hypnosis Consultants, PLLC
Website: MedicalHypnosisConsultants.org
Event Title: Techniques That Work: Favorites from My 40 Years of Practice
Dates: 1/17/25-1/28/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 10
Contact: hollyforestermiller@gmail.com
Abstract:
This ten hour workshop is designed to teach participants some of my favorite hypnotic techniques that I have either created or adapted over the past forty years. They are my favorites because they typically work very well at helping clients to shift ideas and make rapid changes in thoughts, behaviors and/or comfort. This is a hands–on workshop and will be interactive, including live demonstrations and practice groups. Participants will learn how to use a “Split Screen” technique for performance enhancement and eliminating old behavior habits. “The Old Fashioned Switchboard” is a wonderful tool I developed for helping individuals to let go of less than helpful self-talk. Participants will learn to use my “Past and Future” technique to help clients look at how things occurred in the past as a start to shifting the way they occur in the future. My “Spine Realignment” protocol is a wonderful tool for helping to relieve neck and spine tension, alleviating compression and releasing pressure on nerves and ruptured discs to allow clients to move more comfortably and learn how to better relax their body. With “Symbolic Representation” participants will learn a method for assisting clients in shifting and/or clearing problematic issues without having to discuss the origins of the problem. With a demonstration of my “Cleaning out the Attic” participants will experience a metaphor for letting go of useless internalized ideas and negative concepts of self.
Learning Objectives:

Utilize the “Split Screen” hypnotic technique for performance enhancement.
Use the “Old Fashioned Switchboard” to help clients let go of less than helpful self-talk.
Apply the “Past & Future” technique to assist clients in making change.
Demonstrate how to use “Symbolic Representation” with clients.
Duplicate the “Spine Realignment” protocol.
Modify the ” Cleaning Out the Attic” metaphor depending on a client

Monthly Case Consultation and Mentorship Group (North Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
2025-01-13
Organization: North Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website: www.ntsch.org
Event Title: Monthly Case Consultation and Mentorship Group
Dates: 1/13/25
Location: Virtual
CE: 2.0
Contact: nballesteroslpc@gmail.com
Abstract:
This group offers a space for NTSCH membership to discuss complex cases, ask questions, andgather feedback from mentors and peers. It will be an opportunity to listen to and share ideas, aswell as receive guidance and strategies on implementing hypnosis with clients. Facilitators will also provide brief didactic segments during each meeting that may include use ofhypnotic suggestions, metaphors, inductions, and relevant information about specific disordersand/or therapeutic topics. Facilitators have the intention to assist new members who have recently trained in hypnosis, tocontinue learning, developing and improving their skillset and find a cohort support group. Advanced members are also encouraged to attend to provide mentorship and continue honingtheir skills.
Learning Objectives:

Offer professional case consultations for NTSCH members.
Provide didactic segments of information and/or hypnotic techniques relevant to NTSCH member’s practice.

LIVE WEBINAR on Using Hypnosis to Enhance Performance and Creativity (New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
2025-01-12
Organization: New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website: https://www.nesch.org/event-5765718
Event Title: LIVE WEBINAR on Using Hypnosis to Enhance Performance and Creativity
Dates: 1/12/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 3.0
Contact: neschmsc@gmail.com
Abstract:
Hardly a day goes by without a renowned public figure coming forward in the news and social media to reveal the impact of mental health on their performance and creativity. Stories and research abound on how mental health concerns have contributed to performance setbacks in the lives of elite athletes (U.S. Olympic Committee, 2019), performing artists ((Rusak, et al., 2021), students (Agnafors, et al., 2020) and employees in the workplace (Center for Disease Control, 2018). As society moves towards destigmatizing mental health challenges, the opportunity for clinicians who can use hypnosis (vs. psychopharmacological approaches) to help enhance performance, creativity and mental health is growing. Led by Dr. Dana Lebo, a seasoned psychologist specializing in performance psychology and executive coaching, this workshop draws on over two decades of her experience in guiding individuals towards their peak potential. It will provide for participants the opportunity to experience hypnotically informed strategies to enhance performance and creativity in their clients, whether in sports, on stage, in the arts or at work. Participants will experience the integration of organizational, coaching, sports and mind-body psychologies with hypnosis to help improve performance and creativity. They will learn performance enhancement processes that they can readily apply in their lives and work.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe at least 3 examples of how hypnotic techniques have been used to enhance performance or creativity. Examples will be drawn from sports, the arts or workplace settings.
2. Describe at least two key components to a process-oriented approach to enhancing performance or creativity.
3. Describe at least three experiential exercises — incorporating hypnosis — that they can apply with individuals or groups in the process of enhancing performance or creativity.
