The Practice of Mindful Hypnosis: Experiential Learning & Practical Protocols
2025-05-03 09:00 - 2025-05-04 16:00 UTC | In-person workshop
Organization:
The Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis (FSCH)
Website:
https://www.fsch.org/intermediate-advanced-workshop-2
Event Title:
The Practice of Mindful Hypnosis: Experiential Learning & Practical Protocols
Agenda:
Day 1: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

9:00 – 9:30 AM: Welcome, Introductions, Opening Meditation
9:30 – 10:00 AM: Myths & Misconceptions
10:00 – 10:30 AM: Foundations of Mindfulness
10:30 – 10:45 AM: Morning Break
10:45 – 11:15 AM: Similarities & Differences Between Hypnosis and Mindfulness
11:15 – 11:45 AM: Current Research on Mindful Hypnosis
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM: Mindful Eating Exercise
12:00 – 1:00 PM: Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:00 PM: Mindful Hypnosis Protocol Overview, Structure, Inductions
2:00 – 2:30 PM: Group Demonstration
2:30 – 2:45 PM: Afternoon Break
2:45 – 3:45 PM: Group Practice
3:45 – 4:00 PM: Q&A & Wrap-Up

Day 2: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

9:00 – 9:30 AM: Opening Meditation & Recap
10:30 – 10:45 AM: Morning Break
9:30 – 10:30 AM: Deep Dive – Session-by-Session Mindful Hypnosis Protocol
10:30 – 10:45 AM: Morning Break
10:45 – 11:30 AM: Specialized Mindful Hypnosis Protocols (3 Session, Pain, Depression, Exercise, Burnout Prevention)
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Mindful Self-Hypnosis and Being a Mindful Hypnotherapist
12:00 – 1:00 PM: Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:00 PM: Clinical Applications, Adaptations, Treatment Planning, & Case Studies
2:00 – 2:15 PM: How to Record Meditations
2:15 – 2:30 PM: Afternoon Break
2:30 – 3:30 PM: Group Practice
3:30 – 4:00 PM: Q&A, Reflective Sharing, Closing Group Meditation

Dates:
05/03/2025 – 05/04/2025
Location:
Hilton Melbourne, 200 Rialto Place, Melbourne, Florida
CE:
12
Contact:
786-708-6684
mariefsch@aol.com
Abstract:
Enhance your clinical hypnosis skills with Mindful Hypnosis, an evidence-based approach that combines the benefits of mindfulness and hypnosis to rapidly reduce stress and enhance mindful resilience. Whether you are naive to mindfulness or an experienced meditator, this training offers practical tools to elevate and refine your therapeutic skills.This in-person, immersive training offers a retreat-like experience where attendees engage in guided meditation, experiential practice, and dyadic learning. Going beyond theory and research, this workshop provides practical protocols, hands-on learning, and experiential exercises to help you easily integrate Mindful Hypnosis into both your professional and personal practice.
What You Will Experience: Advanced Clinical Applications – Learn flexible protocols to address stress, burnout, ADHD, pain management, trauma, and performance enhancement.Experiential Learning – Engage in direct practice, giving and receiving Mindful Hypnosis to refine your technique.A Retreat-Like Atmosphere – Experience firsthand the transformative effects of Mindful Hypnosis, deepening both your professional skills and personal mindfulness practice.Comprehensive Resources – Receive evidence-based scripts and two Mindful Hypnosis protocols for effortless implementation in your practice.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this workshop participants will be able to:

Define two of the core principles of Mindful Hypnosis.
Identify three similarities between mindfulness and hypnosis.
Evaluate the clinical implications of two aspects of research on the effects of Mindful Hypnosis practices for stress reduction.
Define the three-session and eight-session Mindful Hypnosis protocols.
List the underlying principles of Mindful Hypnosis that support adaptation for clinical populations including ADHD, chronic pain, and PTSD.
Utilize three Mindful Hypnosis inductions to invoke a mindful trance.
Identify three techniques, including mindful suggestions, deepeners, post-hypnotic suggestions, and mindful inquiry, to guide a Mindful Hypnosis experience.
Define how three hypnotic phenomena – quiet ego strengthening, age regression, and future projection – can be used to address clinical symptoms.
Identify two clinical presentations where use of Mindful Hypnosis may be useful or contraindicated.
Describe two informal mindfulness techniques to overcome barriers to practicing meditation.
Utilize “The Light Within” induction for Mindful Self Hypnosis to mitigate compassion fatigue.
Determine how Mindful Hypnosis can enhance therapeutic effectiveness.

Taming Anxiety Toolbox: An Integrated Model: Mindfulness, Hypnosis and Cognitive Therapy (Canadian Federation of Clinical Hypnosis)
2025-05-09 08:30 - 2025-05-10 16:30 UTC | Virtual and In-Person
Organization:
Canadian Federation of Clinical Hypnosis
Website:
unavailable
Event Title:
Taming Anxiety Toolbox: An Integrated Model: Mindfulness, Hypnosis and Cognitive Therapy
Agenda:
DAY ONE
8:30 – 8:45 AM Opening Ceremony
8:45 – 9:00 AM Introducing the Toolbox – course overview
9:00 – 9:30 AM Understanding the anxious patient
9:30 – 10:45 AM Breaking the Cycle with the integrative model: Mindfulness, Hypnosis, CBT. Benefits of hypnosis in the treatment of anxiety disorders
10:45 – 11:00 AM Break
11:00 – 12:15 PM Hypnosis as an adjunct to therapy. Case Presentation: video demonstration
12:15 – 1:15 PM Lunch
1:15 – 1:30 PM Applying the tools to Generalized Anxiety Disorder
1:30 – 1:45 PM Managing GAD with the Integrative Model
1:45 – 2:15 PM Managing worry with cognitive therapy. The STOP Solution
2:15 – 3:00 PM Video demonstration of the Integrative model in the treatment of GAD
3:00 – 3:15 PM Break
3:15 – 3:30 PM Applying the tools to panic disorder: Understanding the cycle of panic.
3:30 – 4:00 PM Increasing tolerance of interoceptive responses with Mindfulness and cognitive strategies
4:00 – 4:15 PM Other expressions of panic: Urge to escape; fear of flying; nocturnal panic attacks; relaxation induced panic
4:15 – 4:30 PM Age progression
4:30 – 4:45 PM Chill out with an orange and other quick interventions

DAY TWO
8:30 – 9:00 AM Applying the tools to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
9:00 – 10:00 AM Case presentation with video demonstration
10:00 –10:30 AM Using the tools in the treatment of PTSD
10:30 – 10:45 AM Break
10:45 – 11:15 AM Applying the Tools to Social Anxiety Disorder
11:15 – 11:30 AM Therapy for generalized SAD
11:30 – 11:45 PM Fear of being observed. Case presentation applying the integrative model
11:45 – 12:00 PM Applications to specific SAD: Hyperhidrosis; paruresis (shy bladder)
12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 – 1:15 PM Applying the Tools to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: special challenges of this population
1:15 – 1:30 PM Watchman technique
1:30 – 2:30 PM Interventions: psychoeducation; exposure response prevention; CBT; mindfulness; hypnosis; and self-statements
2:30 – 2:45 PM Case example of a patient with obsessive thoughts
2:45 — 3:00 PM Break
3:00 – 3:15 PM Anxiety and Relationships
3:15 – 4:00 PM Using hypnosis and guided imagery to help partners be more attuned and understanding of different temperaments and response patterns
4:00 — 4:15 PM Rehearsal and transfer
4:15 – 4:30 PM Wrap-up and Q&A
Dates:
May 9-10, 2025
Location:
In-person workshop
Virtual workshop
Hybrid
CE:
13 credits
Contact:
carolyn@carolyndaitchphd.com
Abstract:
Join Dr. Carolyn Daitch, an internationally recognized expert in anxiety treatment, for an in-depth 2-day workshop designed to expand your therapeutic toolkit and enhance your ability to treat anxiety disorders. Dr. Daitch will present a powerful integrative therapy model that combines the best practices of mindfulness, hypnosis, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Anxiety impacts an estimated 20% of the population, disrupting lives with fear, obsessive thinking, and avoidant behaviors. This workshop equips mental health professionals with practical, client-centered strategies to address the unique challenges of anxiety-related conditions, including panic disorder, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). What You’ll Learn: Daitch’s four-part intervention, The Stop Solution, a transformative approach to empower clients overwhelmed by anxiety. Techniques to individualize treatment plans and deliver interventions effectively reduce worry, fear, and avoidance. Skills to help clients regain a sense of calm and resilience in everyday situations. Strategies to address the relational dynamics affected by anxiety, improving interpersonal outcomes. Dr. Daitch’s approach, honed through decades of clinical practice, emphasizes practical, easy-to-implement tools that therapists can integrate immediately into their work. This workshop is not only an opportunity to learn but also a springboard for creativity, inspiring participants to craft tailored solutions for their clients.
Learning Objectives:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the benefits of an integrative model in the treatment of anxiety
2. Articulate the benefit of hypnosis in the treatment of anxiety disorders
3. Demonstrate two techniques to manage worry and uncertainty
4. Identify two interventions that can help clients observe somatic manifestations of panic attacks with less reactivity
5. Identify and implement two interventions that can help clients diminish catastrophic thinking and avoidance behaviors
6. Articulate the rationale for the use of age progression in the management of panic attacks
7. Identify and implement one intervention that can help clients access mature ego states in clients with PTSD
8. Apply two cognitive approaches in the treatment of anxiety
9. Articulate self-statements for clients with social anxiety disorder
10. Demonstrate the tight fist technique to release tension and anxiety
11. Explain how hypnosis can be used in conjunction with cognitive behavioral therapy Recognize and manage the fear of relaxation
12. Delineate the benefits of mindfulness to manage worry
13. Demonstrate the use of mindfulness to manage distressful physical sensations, emotions and thoughts
14. Demonstrate the reverse phobia technique
15. Demonstrate the Imaginary Support Circle
16. Summarize the challenge of working with clients with obsessive compulsive disorder
17. Demonstrate hypnotherapeutic imagery that promotes understanding and attunement in relationships when one partner has anxiety

60th HIE (Hypnotic Idea Exchange)
2025-05-12 07:30 - 21:30 UTC
Organization: North Carolina Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/05Xkn7chQPyNIqWLZaqu-g
Event Title: 60th HIE (Hypnotic Idea Exchange)
Dates: Monday, May 12th, 7:30 – 9:30 PM EST
Debra Crown is a Licensed Professional Counselor—Board Approved Supervisor, Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and ASCH Certified. She has been licensed in Texas for 19 years. She lives in Plano in the Dallas area. Currently in private practice she is focused on hypnotherapy as a primary means of therapy in conjunction with other evidence-based therapies. Having started as a continuity of care therapist for local hospitals and rehabs in Houston trauma was a topic that was continually present. Later, having moved to Plano, Debra was the counselor for two cities in the DFW area for city employees including first responders. She received trauma training from the VA and Center Deployment Psychology. Interestingly, trauma was present in all sectors of city employees not just first responders.

ASCH Level 1 & Level 2 Workshop
2025-05-15 08:00 - 2025-05-18 17:00 UTC
ASCH Level 1 & Level 2 Workshop
Thursday, May 15th – Sunday, May 18th
Quick Links:
Level 1 Registration is Sold Out for this event.
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, May 15, 2025
6:15 PM-9:30 PM

Friday, May 16, 2025
8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Saturday, May 17, 2025
8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Sunday, May 18, 2025
8:30 AM-12:00 PM

A general agenda for Level 1 can be found here: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/L1Agenda_May25.pdf
(an agenda with faculty assignments will be sent to registrants approximately 1-2 weeks prior to the live course date)
Level 1 Registration is Sold Out for this event.

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, May 15, 2025
6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Friday, May 16, 2025
8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Saturday, May 17, 2025
8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Sunday, May 18, 2025
8:30 AM-12:00 PM

A general agenda for Level 2 can be found here: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/L2Agenda_May25.pdf
(an agenda with faculty assignments will be sent to registrants approximately 1-2 weeks prior to the live course date)
Register here for Level 2

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 DATE. Change requests after that date will be treated as a cancellation.
Credit Card Payments
Registration payments must be made online and received by November 21. 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.

Level 1 Registration is Sold Out for this event.

Register here for Level 2

Rescripting Trauma Memories with Memory Reconsolidation: Protocols for Updating Implicit Beliefs and Patterns (Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey)
2025-05-17
Organization: Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey
Website: https://www.clinicalhypnosisnj.org/event-6001181
Agenda: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Timed_agenda.docx
Event Title: Rescripting Trauma Memories with Memory Reconsolidation: Protocols for Updating Implicit Beliefs and Patterns
Dates: 05/17/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 6.0
Contact: chsnj1986@gmail.com
Abstract:
Reprocessing traumatic memories can be a tough task, due to the stubborn persistence of painful emotions, thoughts, and patterns woven into the memory at both conscious and subconscious levels. Fortunately, neuroscience has revealed how clinicians can more effectively help their clients reprocess traumatic memories by harnessing the mechanisms of memory consolidation. Memory reconsolidation refers to the brain’s inherent ability to update a memory network with new information when the person encounters a new experience that is emotionally significant enough for the brain to change the memory’s meaning, context, and associations. In this webinar, we will explore the phenomenon of memory reconsolidation and how clinical hypnosis can be used as an adjunct to treatment to facilitate it. Participants will learn why hypnosis can be an effective tool for eliciting memory reconsolidation and get several tools they can use to help clients rescript trauma narratives, repair attachment wounds, and foster a positive post-trauma identity
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this workshop, participants will be better able to:

Evaluate recent neuroscience discoveries regarding memory reconsolidation and their clinical implications for treating trauma.
Describe the steps of the RECON protocol, an imaginal rescripting technique to help clients reduce distress related to memories of traumatic events.
Describe how to integrate cognitive reframing techniques with hypnosis to rescript the client’s trauma narrative and beliefs associated with the traumatic event.
Identify at least two ways to help clients avoid re-traumatization while reviewing traumatic memories.
Discuss at least two strengths and two limitations of the research on memory reconsolidation and clinical hypnosis in trauma treatment

Bringing Hypnosis to Life: From Training to Effective Practice
2025-05-17 08:30 - 16:30 UTC | Virtual
Organization:
Oregon Society (OSCH)
Website:
https://www.oregonhypnosis.org/event-6118483

Event Title:
Bringing Hypnosis to Life: From Training to Effective Practice

Agenda:
8:30 am-9:45 am, Section #1:
Using Hypnosis in Clinical Practice: Common Barriers and Existing Foundations (75 minutes) Presenter: Debbie Bensching

Topic Introduction: Survey review and discussion.

Participant Engagement – the challenges of using hypnosis with clients/patients?
Survey Data review discussion

Identifying Personal Barriers to Using Hypnosis. Small Group Exercise. Participants will identify and prioritize their concerns about using hypnosis, categorize them as personal or professional, and identify solutions to one key barrier.

Concerns and Solutions Facilitated Discussion in a large group:

Facilitated Discussion: Groups share identified themes and barriers, then discuss identified solutions to overcome challenges.
Review other Possible strategies to address barriers.

Existing Clinical Framework: What you already know as the clinical foundation.
Clinical conceptualization, treatment planning, and intervention selection without hypnosis.
Does hypnosis fit into your existing clinical framework? (overall clinical thinking, existing style of treatment planning, and goal setting). Case examples before integrating hypnosis: clinical vignette

Learning Objectives Section 1, Participants will:

List three common barriers that limit healthcare providers from using hypnosis in clinical practice.
Identify at least one barrier (hesitation or concern) they struggle with when integrating hypnosis into clinical practice.
Construct two strategies to use to overcome barriers to integrating hypnosis into clinical practice.
Analyze the compatibility of hypnosis with current clinical frameworks, including treatment planning and intervention selection, using case examples to determine effective integration.

9:45-12:00 pm Section #2:
Incorporating Hypnosis into Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning (120 minutes, 15-minute break) Presenter: Dave Boyer
9:45-10:15 am

Clinical Overview: Defining the overarching problem and treatment goals
Understanding Class of Problem / Class of Solution Model (O’Hanlon, 2009):
Class of Problem and Class of Solution Concepts
Aligning possible solutions with identified problems
Hypnotic Treatment Planning: goals and objectives: possible targets for hypnosis intervention

Morning Break: 10:15-10:30 am
10:30 am-11:30 am

Clinical Demonstration of the Model and Group Exercise (60 minutes)

Demonstration: Using a clinical vignette to illustrate the process of hypnotic treatment planning using the Class of Problem/Class of Solution Model
Small Group Exercise: Using 2 Clinical Vignettes, participants will practice identifying the class of problems: the various aspects of how a client goes about a problem and the class of solutions, identifying corresponding hypnotic targets.

11:30 – 12:00 pm

Clinical Applications: matching hypnotic techniques to the class of solutions and hypnotic targets (30 minutes)
General exploration of hypnotic techniques and strategies that best match the nature of the problem and identified solutions using hypnotic targets identified from clinical vignettes/
Choosing the hypnotic technique and approach best for the client/patient: Tailoring and Utilization.

Learning Objectives Section 2, Participants will be able to

Outline a model/method of hypnotic treatment planning.
Demonstrate how to use a hypnotic treatment planning model to break down a larger client problem into smaller aspects of the problem and develop specific targets/objectives for hypnotic intervention.
Select hypnotic techniques that best match the nature of the client’s/patient’s problem to support an effective clinical approach using hypnosis.

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch break
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm Section #3:
Mastering Trance Work Part I: Cultivating Hypnotic Communication for Therapeutic Success (95 minutes) Presenter: Debbie Bensching
1:00 pm – 1:50 pm

Understanding Hypnotic Communication (30 minutes)

What does it mean to be Hypnotic? Review Perspectives of Yapko and Zeig
Informal Hypnosis: Integrating Hypnotic Principles Naturally into Conversation.

Yapko’s Principle: Use indirect suggestions to create a natural flow.
Zeig’s Principle: Utilize pacing and leading techniques to match the client’s natural rhythm and guide them toward change.

3. Conversational and Naturalistic Hypnosis: Using Everyday Communication to Create Hypnotic Effects.

Yapko’s Principle: Recognize that hypnosis is not separate from life but can be integrated into ordinary conversations.
Zeig’s Principle: Use conversational hypnosis by embedding suggestions within casual dialogue, allowing the unconscious mind to engage without the client feeling they are being “hypnotized.”
Alert Hypnosis: working in a trance while the client/patient maintains conscious awareness while still experiencing the benefits of the trance state. Can still access unconscious resources.

4. Engaging Clients to Talk During Trance: Techniques for Guiding and Deepening Trance Experiences.

Hypnotic Talk as a Resource
Facilitating open dialogue
Utilizing the Client’s Responses
Alert Hypnosis

1:50 pm – 2:35 pm

Demonstrations of Hypnotic Communication Principles and Small Group Practice
Clinical Demonstration: The Demonstration will showcase the concept of “being hypnotic” through conversational hypnosis and will then transition into developing a formal trance to demonstrate talking with the client in a trance showcasing naturalistic hypnosis techniques.
Small Group Practice: Participants will work in dyads to practice being hypnotic using conversational hypnosis principles and then transition into a formal trance to practice talking with a client in a formal trance state.

Learning Objectives Section 3, Participants will

Identify two or more key principles for using informal hypnosis to integrate hypnotic suggestions into clinical conversations.
Demonstrate effective application of at least one key principle of hypnotic communication techniques using conversational and naturalistic hypnosis approaches.
Demonstrate the ability to integrate talking with clients/patients while in a formal trance state to enhance therapeutic outcomes.

Afternoon Break: 2:35-2:45 pm
3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Section # 4
Mastering Trance Work Part II: Cultivating Hypnotic Skills for Therapeutic Success (105 minutes) Presenters: Dave Boyer and Debbie Bensching
2:45-3:15 pm

Advanced Elicitation Techniques (30 minutes) Presenter: Dave Boyer
What is advanced elicitation?
Purpose and benefits of advanced elicitation
Common Elements of Advanced Elicitation Techniques

3:15 pm – 3:45 pm

Emotional Mastery and Resilience through Hypnosis (30 minutes) Presenter: Debbie Bensching
Approaches for using hypnosis with Emotional Regulation and Stabilization
Disrupting Negative Trance through re-associating maladaptive dissociation.

3:45-4:15 pm

Personal Style and Connecting Hypnosis to Other Modalities (30 minutes) Both Presenters
How does hypnosis complement other practices? Case examples and discussion of combining hypnosis with other modalities.
Brainstorming: Participants discuss how they will integrate hypnosis with their current skills.

4:15 pm-4:30 pm

Workshop Wrap-Up: Collective Integration & Review. Both Presenters.

Facilitated discussion with participants to identify key takeaways from the workshop and consider actions they can take to advance their use of hypnosis.
Learning Objective Section 4, Participants will be able to

Describe two or more benefits of using advanced elicitation techniques
List three types of advanced elicitation techniques
Compare two or more techniques to support emotional regulation and stability, determining which techniques are appropriate for their clinical setting.
Summarize at least three lessons or concepts they learned that can be applied to support integrating hypnosis into clinical practice.
Construct a plan detailing two specific actions to advance their use of hypnosis

Dates:
05/17/2025

Location:
Virtual workshop

CE:
7

Contact:
debbenweb@gmail.com

Abstract:
Workshop Description:As experienced faculty teaching the Level 1 and Level 2 Clinical Hypnosis courses for the Oregon Society, we have consistently heard from participants about the difficulties they experience integrating clinical hypnosis into their practice. Our goal is to Bridge the Gap from Training to Effective Practice Applications. Based on a recent survey of healthcare providers trained in hypnosis, we’ve identified the most common concerns and barriers they encounter when applying hypnosis skills in clinical settings. This workshop is designed to address those challenges and help you build confidence and competence in your hypnosis practice. Join Dave Boyer and Debbie Bensching for an interactive, hands-on workshop where you will: Identify common barriers to effectively using clinical hypnosis and discover practical solutions to overcome them. Enhance your skills in case conceptualization, treatment planning and technique selection, with guidance on integrating hypnosis into your existing therapeutic framework. Practice applying hypnosis techniques through case vignettes, focusing on developing hypnotic language, formulating effective suggestions, and tailoring interventions to real-world scenarios. This workshop emphasizes experiential learning, providing ample opportunities to practice and refine your skills with expert feedback. Whether you’re new to hypnosis or looking to deepen your clinical applications, you’ll leave feeling more equipped and confident to bring hypnosis into your practice.

Learning Objectives:
Learning objectives have been included in the timed outline at the end of each teaching segment.
Workshop references: these are not included in the uploaded outline.
Elkins, G.R. (2022), Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis: The Basics and Beyond. Mountain Pine Publishing. Waco, TX.
Jensen, Mark, Editor (2017). The Art and Practice of Hypnotic Induction: Favorite Methods of Master Clinicians (Voices of Experience Series). Denny Creek Press. Kirkland, WA.
O’Hanlon, Bill (2005). The Handout Book: Complete handouts from the workshops of Bill O’Hanlon. Copyright © 2005 O’Hanlon and O’Hanlon, Inc. 223 N. Guadalupe #278, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA.
O’Hanlon, Bill (2009). A Guide to Trance Land: A Practical Handbook of Ericksonian and Solution-Oriented Hypnosis. W.W. Norton & Company. New York, NY
Patterson, David R. Neurophysiology, Social Psychology and Dissociation as a Basis for Creating Generative Clinical Hypnosis. ASCH Annual Scientific Meeting, 2019.
Patterson, David R. Complex Inductions For Building Resilience Made Simple: Dissociation, Neurophysiology. Plenary Presentation ASCH ASMW, 2022.Yapko, Michael (2019). Trancework: An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis, 5th edition. Routledge. New York, NY.
Zeig, J.K. (2014). The Induction of Hypnosis: An Ericksonian Elicitation Approach. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Press. Phoenix, AZ.
Zeig, Jeffrey (2018). The Anatomy of Experiential Impact Through Ericksonian Psychotherapy: Seeing, Doing, Being. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Press. Phoenix, AZ.

Hypnotic Strategies for Evoking the Therapeutic Relationship (Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey)
2025-06-08
Organization: Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey
Agenda: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Spiegel_CHSNJ_timed_agenda.docx
Website: https://www.clinicalhypnosisnj.org/event-6006566
Event Title: Hypnotic Strategies for Evoking the Therapeutic Relationship
Dates: 06/08/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 6.0
Contact: chsnj1986@gmail.com
Abstract:
In this workshop, we will examine how hypnosis can be strategically utilized to evoke the three components of the therapeutic relationship: transference, the contemporary (‘real’) relationship, and the therapeutic alliance. We will review hypnotic strategies from each of these three components with the goal of differentiating when and how to elicit effect, create containment, and utilize rapport from the relationship to guide the treatment process. Participants will learn how hypnosis can serve as an ‘in-between’ state in which elements of this relational matrix can be utilized to great effect in advancing treatment process and outcome. We will provide applications of hypnosis & the therapeutic relationship in treatment, along with demonstrations.
Learning Objectives:

Understand how hypnosis hastens the development of new perspectives, realities, and understanding in the ‘in-between’.
Formulate 2 hypnotic strategies for evoking transference.
Formulate 2 hypnotic strategies for evoking the contemporary (real) relationship.
Formulate 2 hypnotic strategies for evoking the therapeutic alliance.

ASCH Advanced Workshop: Facilitation and Clinical Use of Mystical Experiences in Hypnosis ‎
2025-06-13 10:00 - 14:00 UTC | Virtual
June 2025 Advanced Clinical Workshop: Facilitation and Clinical Use of Mystical Experiences in Hypnosis
June 13, 2025 – 10:00 AM ET-2:00 PM ET
Register Here
With the popularity of psychedelic-assisted therapy on the rise, more and more people are seeking a type of intervention that involves powerful and profound experiences used to cultivate lasting change. These experiences are often called “mystical experiences” or “peak spiritual experiences” and typically contain a sense of positive mood, unity, transcendence of time/space, and ineffability. During this workshop presentation, participants will receive a general overview of mystical experiences, review a newly proposed theoretical framework for the clinical use of mystical experiences, and learn about past research on the use of hypnosis to induce mystical experiences. Participants will be invited to participate in a hypnotic procedure designed to facilitate a mystical experience. Results from a recent study aimed at establishing the feasibility of a hypnosis intervention for a mystical experience will be discussed. Participants will also engage in experiential portions where they will design and deliver suggestions for a mystical experience.
At the conclusion of the event, learners will be able to:

Describe what mystical experiences typically entail and what past/recent research says about facilitating these experiences with hypnosis only.
Construct a theoretical rationale for the use of mystical experiences within therapeutic interventions.
Demonstrate the ability to design and deliver suggestions to integrate mystical elements into psychotherapy

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Speaker Information

Cameron Alldredge, PhD
Dr. Cameron Alldredge is a licensed psychologist and associate research scientist in the Mind- Body Medicine Research Laboratory at Baylor University. He teaches psychology classes on both an undergraduate- and graduate-level and runs a small private practice that focuses on hypnotherapy and non-ordinary states of consciousness. Dr. Alldredge has received multiple awards including APA Division 30’s recognition for ground-breaking early career contributions to the advancement of scientific hypnosis and the Stanley Krippner Award from the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. He has published dozens of scientific articles on clinical hypnosis and has led countless workshops and trainings for the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
Disclosure of Financial Relationships and Mitigation Plan
In compliance with ACCME standards, ASCH ensures the transparency of financial relationships to identify, mitigate, and resolve any potential conflicts of interest.
Disclosure:
Dr. Alldredge has disclosed the following financial relationships within the past 24 months:

Consultant for Mesmerize Application
Author of the book Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy: What You Need to Know

Mitigation Strategies:
To mitigate any potential bias related to these financial relationships, ASCH has implemented the following steps:

An independent subject matter expert will review all presentation materials prior to the event to ensure they are free from bias. Any identified bias will be removed.
The ASCH Education Manager will be present during the live event to monitor for any bias and address it immediately if it occurs.

By taking these measures, ASCH ensures that all educational content is balanced, evidence-based, and free from commercial influence.
Important Notes

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.

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.

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

Friday, June 13, 2025
10:00 AM-2:00 PM ET

An agenda with faculty assignments will be sent to registrants approximately 1-2 weeks prior to the live course date.
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Details and Fees

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

Advanced
$200
$300
$150
$150

Registration Instructions
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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. This workshop will be approved for 4 hours.
Changing Dates
ASCH will honor one registration transfer. Transfer requests must be made in writing, to education@asch.net, by Monday, June 2, 2025. Change requests after that date will be treated as a cancellation.
Credit Card Payments
Registration payments must be made online and received by June 2, 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 June 2, 2025 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 4 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 4 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.

Fundamentals of Hypnosis (ASCH Level 1) (Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
2025-06-20 16:00 - 2025-06-22 17:30 UTC | Virtual workshop
Organization:
Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website:
https://www.fsch.org/workshops?view=article&id=64:basic-workshop&catid=10
Event Title:
Fundamentals of Hypnosis (ASCH Level 1)
Agenda:
Friday June 20, 2025 4:00 PM-9:00 PM ET
Saturday June 21, 2025 8:30 AM-5:30 PM ET
Sunday June 22, 2025 8:30 AM-5:30 PM ET
Dates:
June 20th-22nd, 2025
Location:

Virtual workshop

CE:
20
Contact:
DrDamis@LouisDamisPhD.com
Abstract:
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.
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of the workshop, the participant will be able to:

Describe the nature of hypnosis and how to present it to a client
Identify major myths and misconceptions
Identify three intrinsic brain networks modified by hypnosis
Describe the relationship of hypnosis to memory and pseudo-memory
Apply three basic hypnotic inductions and three deepening methods
Be able to reorient and re-alert the hypnotic subject
Use hypnosis for relaxation, ego-strengthening, and stress management
Teach self-hypnosis to clients
Identify relevant clinical treatment goals
Demonstrate treatment planning and selection of goals appropriate for hypnotic intervention
Describe contraindications for using hypnosis
Describe ethical considerations around the use of hypnosis

An Advanced Workshop with: Devin Terhune, PhD - Hypnosis: State of the Science (with Clinical Implications)
2025-06-21
Organization: Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website: msch.us
Event Title: An Advanced Workshop with: Devin Terhune, PhD – Hypnosis: State of the Science (with Clinical Implications)
Dates: June 21, 2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 6.0
Contact: Jennifer Stoos, jstoos@rekindlethespark.com
Abstract:
This workshop aims to introduce attendees to the science of hypnosis, with a focus on state-of-the-art research. The workshop will comprise four subsections on distinct topics, including contemporary research on hypnotic responding and the cognitive neuroscience of hypnosis; the relations between hypnosis, suggestion and psychopathology; current state of the evidence regarding the clinical efficacy of hypnosis; and the relevance of hypnosis and suggestion for scientific research on, and clinical applications of, psychedelics. Each subsection will conclude with a brief consideration of the implications for therapeutic applications of hypnosis. Upon completing the module, attendees will have a good understanding of contemporary developments in the field and be positioned to critically evaluate this work.
Learning Objectives:

Describe recent developments in the measurement of hypnotic responding.
Explain the principal features of predictive processing accounts of hypnosis.
Summarize current knowledge regarding the link between hypnosis and psychopathology.
Evaluate research papers describing clinical interventions involving hypnosis.
Describe the clinical efficacy of hypnosis for different symptoms and conditions.
Assess the role of suggestion effects (hypnosis, placebo, and nocebo) in response to psychedelics.
Identify ways by which hypnosis and psychedelics can be integrated in experimental research and clinical practice.

ASCH Advanced Workshop: Bridging Inner Worlds: Hypnosis for Psychedelic Preparation and Integration
2025-06-21 12:00 - 15:00 (America/Halifax) | Virtual
Organization: ASCH
Website: Asch.net
Event Title: Bridging Inner Worlds: Hypnosis for Psychedelic Preparation and Integration
Agenda: Click Here
Dates: June 21, 2025
Time: 12:00pm – 3:00pm EST
Location: Virtual
CE: 3 Hours
Contact: info@asch.net
Price: Member: $180; Non-member: $200
Registration Link:
Register Here

Abstract: This advanced workshop delves into the connections between hypnosis and psychedelics, highlighting their shared features and therapeutic potential. We will explore the historical use of psychedelics alongside the growing interest in their modern clinical applications. Drawing on both personal and professional experiences, I will demonstrate how hypnosis can foster openness and readiness for psychedelic experiences and how it can aid in integrating insights post-journey to support lasting personal growth.Through engaging discussions and demonstrations, participants will gain practical techniques and new perspectives to deepen their understanding of hypnosis and its role in enhancing psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP).
Learning Objectives:
1) State two shared features of hypnosis and ketamine/psilocybin
2) State one difference between a ‘psycholytic dose’ vs a ‘heroic or psychedelic’ dose
3) State one hypnosis technique they can utilize during the preparation phase of PAP to
enhance openness and readiness
4) State one hypnosis technique they can utilize for the integration/post-journey phase to help
clients process insights and solidify personal growth
Speaker Information:
Ciara Christensen, PhD, earned her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Washington State University in 2012. She is licensed as a Clinical Psychologist in Idaho, Colorado, and Wisconsin, and has extensive experience in both hospital and private practice settings. Dr. Christensen is the former President of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH) and past President of the American Psychological Association’s Division 30, Society of Psychological Hypnosis. She also served as Editor for FOCUS, the publication of SCEH. Before completing her PhD, she was Managing Editor of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. Dr. Christensen is widely recognized for her contributions to hypnosis research and practice, having published in peer-reviewed journals and conducted workshops internationally. Her work reflects her commitment to advancing the scientific and clinical applications of hypnosis.
Ciara Christensen has no financial relationships to report within the past 24 months

Gut Feelings Part II: Clinical Hypnosis for Comprehensive Treatment of Disorders of Brain-Gut Interaction.
2025-06-25 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Virtual
Organization: ASCH
Website: asch.net
Event Title: Gut Feelings Part II: Clinical Hypnosis for Comprehensive Treatment of Disorders of Brain-‎Gut Interaction
Agenda: 8pm-10pm EST
Dates: June 25th, 2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 2.0
Contact: info@asch.net
Price: non-members: $65
Member: $55
Registration Link: https://portal.asch.net/integratedEvents/home/GUT-FEELINGS-PART-II-CLINICAL-HYPNOSIS-FOR-COMPREHENSIVE-TREATMENT-OF-DISORDERS-OF-BRAIN-GUT-INTERACTION

Abstract: Clinical hypnosis has reliably been found to produce both short- and long-term treatment ‎benefits for functional gastrointestinal disorders (i.e., functional dyspepsia, functional ‎abdominal pain, and irritable bowel syndrome). Moreover, as various physiological and ‎autonomic nervous system variables have been found to contribute to these gastrointestinal ‎disorders, they have more appropriately been labeled Disorders of Brain-Gut Interaction ‎‎(DBGI). However, the exact mechanisms of action that result in such hypnotic intervention ‎benefits have remained elusive. ‎
This webinar will review the empirical evidence supporting the effectiveness of various gut-‎directed clinical hypnosis strategies, address possible mechanisms of action, and outline ‎these techniques for participant use. Research will be reviewed on a polyvagal-based ‎hypnotic intervention effective with brain-gut interaction disorders. Moreover, the polyvagal ‎model and this technique are also relevant to treating trauma, fibromyalgia, inflammatory, ‎and other pain disorders. ‎
As the incidence of trauma and childhood adverse experiences is common in DGBI and ‎persistent pain, identification of specific life events contributing to somatic distress and the ‎application of memory reconsolidation update techniques will be reviewed to more ‎comprehensively resolve Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction.‎

Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:‎
‎1)‎ List the relevant diagnostic criteria for two brain-gut interaction disorders.‎
‎2)‎ Cite three references providing empirical support for using clinical hypnosis to treat ‎functional gastrointestinal disorders.‎
‎3)‎ List four hypnotic suggestions that have empirical support for reducing IBS symptoms.‎
‎4)‎ Explain the relationship of the polyvagal theory to brain-gut interaction disorders ‎and outline a relevant hypnotic intervention found to be effective in reducing DGBI ‎symptoms.‎
‎5)‎ Apply the cognitive bridge technique to identify contributing remote experiences.‎
‎6)‎ Apply two memory reconsolidation update strategies for relevant trauma ‎experiences.‎

Ego State Therapy Masterclass
2025-06-26 09:00 - 2025-06-27 16:30 UTC | Virtual workshop
Organization:
Lemke Counseling & Consulting
Website:
https://www.wendylemke-psy.com/est-masterclass
Event Title:
Ego State Therapy Masterclass
Agenda:
DAY 1

9:00 Instructions/Demo/ for first Practice (rapport/info. gathering/safe/stable place or state, hypnotic elicitation, ego strengthening)
9:45 Break
10:00 Practice Group #1 (first round of three)
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Practice Group #1 (second round of three)
2:00 Break
2:15 Instruction/Demo/ for second Practice
2:45 Practice Group Time #2 (first round of three)
4:15 Wrap-up/questions
4:30 Adjourn

Day 2

9:00 Check-in/Questions/Concerns
9:15 Group Practice # 2 (second set of three)
10:45 Break
11:00 Demo and instruction for Practice #3
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Group Practice #3 (first set of three)
2:00 Break
2:15 Group Practice #3 (second set of three)
3:45 Wrap-up/questions
4:30 Adjourn

Dates:
June 26-27, 2025
Location:
Virtual
CE:
12 Hours
Contact:
wendylemkelp@gmail.com
Abstract:
Once you have obtained skills, it can be challenging to integrate them without adequate practice. This course will provide not only practice opportunities but experiential options to facilitate professional growth. ​This group will be primarily experiential with little didactic material. Wendy will provide demonstrations and there will be opportunities for practice in supervised groups including time to process experiential learning.
*Prerequisites: ASCH approved Level 1 hypnosis and ESTNA approved EST1 Foundations training.
Learning Objectives:
Develop and enhance ability to access solutions from states of self through hypnotic techniques such as hypnoprojectives and/or Lemke’s ‘Playing with the Space’ through group practice.
Demonstrate transitions to ego state therapy applications after eliciting trance.
Model competency in accessing and exploring ego states through hands-on practice and case demonstrations.
Utilize ego states as a resource for assisting in a personal growth issue.
Support professional and/or personal growth by providing constructive feedback and support in an intimate learning environment.

Quality of Life in High-Impact Chronic Pain: The Role of Hypnosis (New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
2025-06-28 - 2025-06-29
Organization: New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis

Website: https://nesch.org/event-6197234

Event Title: Quality of Life in High-Impact Chronic Pain: The Role of Hypnosis

Dates: June 28-29, 2025, 10AM-5PM EST (both days)

Location: Virtual

CE: 12

Contact: neschmsc@gmail.com

Abstract: If you work with folks with chronic pain, you know that for some it moves beyond being an annoyance and starts to take over their lives. Over time, this group do less and less, see fewer and fewer people, enjoy fewer and fewer things, worry and rage more and more, and their life shrinks down to just their pain and its effects. The CDC has recently labeled this pattern as High-Impact Chronic Pain. Providers from both the physical and the mental side often feel helpless and overwhelmed when confronted with these patients. Fortunately, Dr. Hall and Dr. Vair have years of experience with this population and have learned ways that strategic education and intervention, centered around clinical hypnosis, can turn the tide for these patients so that their lives start to grow again as the pain shrinks. Join NESCH for a 2-day, 12-hour online workshop on using clinical hypnosis to improve quality of life in those most impacted by chronic pain. Day 1 centers on how pain changes us internally, while Day 2 focuses on how it impacts us externally, and both offer hypnotic and other tools for promoting positive change.

Learning Objectives:

Identify three differences between acute and chronic pain
Define the relationship between pain and suffering
Describe 3 crucial points of information that patients need to learn to shift the conversation about chronic pain in a more helpful direction
Identify 8 brain regions that offer possibilities to use clinical hypnosis to change the experience of pain
Demonstrate the use of a structured interview to determine the relative importance of each brain region in the patient’s experience of their pain and guide hypnotic treatment
Define the foundational aspects of a Whole Health approach to care, including how to utilize this framework to engage individuals in active self-management of chronic pain
Identify relationships between established, evidence-informed approaches for the use of hypnosis and the Whole Health approach to care
Identify ways to enhance clinical practice through utilizing person-centered hypnotic approaches
Define eight aspects of personal well-being that can be addressed in chronic pain using hypnosis
State 2 brief “elevator speeches” to describe this approach to treating chronic pain, one for professional colleagues, and the second for patients and loved ones

Using Language & Metaphor to Clarify Core Purpose and Meaning (Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey)
2025-07-12
Organization: Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey
Website: https://clinicalhypnosisnj.org/event-6193649
Event Title: Advanced Workshop: Using Language & Metaphor to Clarify Core Purpose and Meaning
Agenda: timed_agenda
Dates: July 12, 2025, 11AM – 1PM EST
Location: Virtual
CE: 2
Contact: Robert Staffin drstaffin@gmail.com
Abstract: Language and metaphor play an important role in clinical hypnosis and especially in the work of Milton H. Erickson, his students, and those following. Through a mixture of humor, storytelling, and demonstrations, Rob Voyle will teach us/remind us about the science and art of asking powerful questions. These questions have the power to open us up to our connection to the source of our life (whatever/whomever that is for you and your clients/patients). Rob will share how to utilize metaphor to help people discover their core purpose and understand the violation of a client’s core purpose as a source of distress. When we clarify our core purpose, it becomes a touchstone and provides a sense of meaning for us and all those with whom we live, work, and love.
Learning Objectives: As a result of attending this presentation participants will be able to: 1. Describe the differences between empowering and disempowering questions and know how to craft them. 2. Note and use a client’s metaphoric language to deepen awareness and empathy with the client. 3. Evoke and use a client’s simple metaphors to quickly determine a client’s core purpose and state of resourcefulness. 4. Use a client’s core purpose to articulate their stress and existential distress, and to be able to restore a state of resourcefulness.

ASCH Webinar: Helping Children Help Themselves with Hypnosis
2025-07-16 20:00 - 21:30 UTC
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM-9:30 PM ET
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The webinar will describe hypnotic interventions that can be used with children and adolescents who have medical or psychological challenges. Hypnosis not only gives the child a tool to better cope with or solve the problem himself, but also increases self-esteem, bolsters a sense of accomplishment and gives the child a valuable skill that he can adapt to many new situations throughout life. How to match hypnotic strategies to the developmental level of the child will be illustrated by using video clips. The principles and practice of integrating hypnosis into clinical encounters in child and adolescent healthcare for a variety of common pediatric habit disorders, anxiety and pain will be presented.
Instructor:

Linda Thomson, PhD, MSN, APRN, ABMH, ABHN, FSCH
Dr. Thomson has been a pediatric nurse practitioner for more than 4 decades working with children with a variety of disorders. She is a past President of ASCH and has taught hypnosis workshops across the United States and around the world.
Dr. Thomson 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:

Cite and explain three (3) values of integrating hypnosis into common clinical encounters with children and adolescents

Describe how to match hypnotic strategies to the developmental level of the child that enhance mastery

Develop increased skills in a child-centric approach to effect behavioral change through hypnosis and utilization of trance

Registration Rates
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ASCH Member
$45

Non-Member
$65

Resident/Intern/Fellow
$45

Graduate Student
$15

*Click Here To Register* (https://portal.asch.net/integratedEvents/home/ASCH-WEBINAR-HELPING-CHILDREN-HELP-THEMSELVES-WITH-HYPNOSIS)

Hypnotic Applications Across Phase Oriented Treatment for Trauma & Dissociative Disorders (ISSTD)
2025-07-18
Organization: International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD)

Website: https://www.isst-d.org/training-and-conferences/conferences-and-seminars/regional-conferences/2025-chicago-regional-conference/

Event Title: Hypnotic Applications Across Phase Oriented Treatment for Trauma & Dissociative Disorders

Dates: 07/18/2025

Location: In-person

CE: 6

Contact: Wendy Willberg-Lemke, wendylemkelp@gmail.com

Abstract: In this session, participants will enhance confidence in integrating hypnosis into trauma treatment, focusing on dissociative identity disorder. The session covers hypnotic techniques across trauma treatment phases, emphasizing language that acknowledges multiplicity. Applications include fostering safety, exploring unconscious parts, developmental repair, and promoting integration. Metaphors and hypno-projectives are also reviewed. Prior hypnosis training is expected, as trance elicitation isn’t covered. Techniques may be effective without formal hypnosis, given dissociative states often involve self-induced trance. The session also addresses undoing unhelpful self-suggestions from past experiences.

Learning Objectives:

Explain the importance of phase-oriented treatment and Lemke’s 4-C approach in the treatment of Dissociative Disorders.

Explain and incorporate Lemke’s P-principles for ‘safely’ navigating the unique needs of each client and all their parts throughout trauma treatment.

Employ hypnotic language and strategies that emphasize safety throughout the phases of trauma treatment.

Demonstrate at least three hypnotic applications for exploring the unconscious and/or unconscious parts of self.

Demonstrate the effectiveness and provide examples of at least two metaphors useful when working with dissociative disorders.

ASCH Teaching & Consultation Workshop (TCW)
2025-07-18 - 2025-07-19 | Virtual
ASCH Teaching & Consultation Workshop (TCW)
Friday, July 18, 2025- Saturday, July 19, 2025
ASCH educational and training programming includes a wide variety of offerings for health care professionals interested in becoming familiar and proficient with the range of clinical hypnosis knowledge and skills. ASCH educational and training offerings range from Level 1 Workshops for those health care professionals wishing to become familiar, comfortable, and competent with a foundational understanding of concepts and applied clinical skills, through the advanced knowledge, skills, and applications of Level 2 workshops, to highly specialized training in specific applied areas included in Advanced workshops. This series of training experiences provide foundational support for other ASCH educational and training programs including a twenty hours Individualized Consultation (IC) in individual or workshop format, and a ten-hour TCW Workshop.
(Please see the Certification section on the ASCH website for other program descriptions and requirements for the attainment of various levels of certification.)
Overview
TCW is a ten-hour workshop designed for those individuals who have attained ASCH Certification (including completion of Level 1 and Level 2 ASCH-sponsored or ASCH-approved workshops and completion of twenty hours of Individualized Consultation (IC) (individual or workshop format). Completion of TCW is required, along with other education and training programs and certification noted above, and continued use of clinical hypnosis in professional practice, in order to apply for and attain ASCH Approved Consultant status. Faculty members for TCW workshops are highly accomplished exceedingly well-trained and experienced clinicians, and respected educators and trainers. This session will be lead by Dr. Mary Wells and Dr. Ciara Christensen.
The TCW includes an introduction that addresses professional continuing education standards, workshop learning objectives, and encouragement of active participant engagement throughout the workshop. Major topic areas of training include facilitation of learning environments, principles, and characteristics of adult learning (andragogy), development of experience-level didactic presentations, including quantifiable learning objectives, organization of clinical hypnosis training workshops and small group practice sessions, careful selection of faculty, and management of unusual training and consultation situations. Additionally, a review of ASCH Standards of Training, especially Levels 1 and Level 2 workshop training, including optimization of workshop participant and/or patient safety with respect to appropriate re-alerting and re-orienting, is emphasized. Finally, there is a review of learning contract responsibilities, case consultation, providing useful and meaningful feedback to those with whom one is consulting, the use and documentation of adjunct consultants, and ethical considerations.

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

Friday, July 18
10:00 AM-3:30 PM

Saturday, July 19
10:00 AM-4:00 PM

TCW Agenda – TCW Schedule July 2025
Registration is now open!

Details and Fees

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

TCW
$470
$675
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Online attendance, full engagement and completion of a pre-test, post-test and daily program evaluations are required for a certificate of completion. TCW will be approved for 10 hours.
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ASCH will honor one registration transfer. Transfer requests must be made in writing, to education@asch.net, by 7/7/25. Change requests after that date will be treated as a cancellation.
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Registration payments must be made online and received by November 21. 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.

Webinar: A Clinician's Guide to the Magick of Intuition (NTSCH)
2025-07-23
Organization: North Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis (NTSCH)
Website: https://www.northtexashypnosis.org/
Event Title: A Clinician’s Guide to the Magick of Intuition
Agenda: Agenda
Dates: 07/23/2025, 7-8:30pm ET / 6-7:30pm CT
Location: Virtual Webinar
CE: 1.5
Contact: Nubia Ballesteros, nballesteroslpc@gmail.com
Abstract: With didactics, fascinating cases and experiential exercises, this program will focus on the potency of healing that can be created when intuition and hypnosis intersect in the clinical setting. Four major dynamics will be highlighted. The ACE schematic Model for developing intuitive skills will be introduced. Access to Resources & Solutions Inside the client’s intuitive, aka, wise mind. Name the three features of the ACE schema. Evocation of Intuitive wisdom in “the Therapist’s Trance.” Increased breadth and depth of Ego-Strengthening potentials. Utilization of wisdom derived from intuitive metaphors that arise in the unconscious Mind of client and clinician. This webinar will be led by Bette Freedson, LCSW, LICSW, CGP.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this presentation participants will be able to:

Define the meaning of the “wise mind” as applicable in an intuitive/hypnotic context.
Describe at least one phenomenon of the therapist’s trance.
Name at least one way intuitively infused hypnosis methodology can provide ego strengthening for the client.
Given a client problem, imagine how an intuitively derived metaphor might be used to induce trance or utilized in a conversational hypnotic context.

Level 1 Clinical Hypnosis (Lemke Counseling & Consulting)
2025-07-29 - 2025-07-31
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: 07/29/2025 to 07/31/025
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.

Refining Skills and Treatment Applications Workshop (Level 2/Intermediate) (Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis and Integrative Health Psychology, PA)
2025-08-01 - 2025-08-03
Organization: FSCH and Integrative Health Psychology, PA
Website: https://www.fsch.org/intermediate-workshop
Event Title: Refining Skills and Treatment Applications Workshop (Level 2/Intermediate)
Agenda: FSCH_Level_2_Agenda_Aug_2025__Damis
Dates: 08/01/2025 – 08/03/2025, see agenda for further information
Location: Virtual
CE: 20
Contact: Dr. Louis Damis, DrDamis@LouisDamisPhD.com
Abstract: 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.
Learning Objectives: Learning objectives for each topic are on the uploaded agenda.

Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy Level 2: Strategies for Complex Trauma (Institute for Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy)
2025-08-13 - 2025-10-01
Organization: Institute for Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy
Website: https://www.traumainformedhypnosis.com/tih-level-two-online-course-1
Event Title: Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy Level 2: Strategies for Complex Trauma
Agenda: Trauma_Informed_Hypnotherapy-L2-_2025 Agenda
Dates: August 13th to October 1st, 2025 see agenda for details
Location: Virtual course – live and online content (mix of asynchronous and synchronous learning)
CE: 25
Contact: courtney@courtneyarmstrong.net
Abstract: The Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy Level 2 course is an 8-week, multi-session virtual course with both live and online self-study content designed to train mental health practitioners in clinical hypnosis techniques that can be used as an adjunct to evidence-based treatments for complex trauma. At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be better able to assess attachment and complex trauma; apply techniques for working more effectively with various attachment styles; manage dissociation and abreaction during hypnosis; utilize ideomotor signals for helping clients work through inner conflicts blocking change; apply techniques for trauma-related anxiety & pain; and utilize techniques for breaking maladaptive habits. Limitations, contraindications, and ethical use of clinical hypnosis will also be addressed. Prerequisite: ASCH Level 1 Course or equivalent
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this program, participants will be better able to:

Describe how complex trauma can impact brain development and attachment behavior.
Compare four attachment styles and identify techniques to build rapport with each style.
Apply three strategies to help clients with anxious attachment style develop skills to set boundaries, improve self-worth and reduce fears of abandonment.
Demonstrate three strategies to help clients with avoidant-dismissive attachment style develop skills for improved emotional expression, self-compassion, and balance the need for control in relationships.
Demonstrate three strategies to help clients with disorganized attachment manage social anxiety, dissociative episodes, and feelings of mistrust.
Identify two or more strategies for managing dissociation and containing negative abreactions while reviewing traumatic memories.
Demonstrate how to use ideomotor signals to identify and explore subconscious conflicts blocking change.
Demonstrate one or more strategies for working with trauma-related amnesia and fragmented memories.
Demonstrate how to integrate hypnosis with imaginal exposure and imagery rehearsal to reduce anxiety and phobias.

Hypnosis for Trauma I: Comprehensive Stabilization (Integrative Health Psycology, PA)
2025-08-31
Organization: Integrative Health Psychology, PA
Website: www.LouisDamisPhD.com
Event Title: Hypnosis for Trauma I: Comprehensive Stabilization, Advanced Workshop
Agenda: Agenda_Hypnosis_for_Trauma_I_Damis
Dates: 08/31/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 5
Contact: Louis Damis, Ph.D DrDamis@LouisDamisPhD.com
Abstract:
This workshop focuses on the use of stabilization, the initial phase of the Phase-Oriented Treatment of Trauma (Brown & Fromm, 1986). This phase of treatment is often quite complex, including the development of arousal reduction and anxiety management skills, internalization of an implicit sense of safety and security, self-soothing, control of dissociation, readiness for assertiveness skills, improvement in self-regard/esteem, cognitive modification, sleep promotion/reduction in nightmares, and prerequisite skills for trauma processing. The majority of the session will be dedicated to training techniques, with an emphasis on demonstrations that will be recorded for distribution to participants. The Normative Implicit Clinical Hypnosis approach taught facilitates modification of implicit memory and Internal Working Models that underlie Complex PTSD. This workshop is a prerequisite for the Trauma II (Attachment Repair) and Trauma III (Integration and Self-Development) workshops.
Learning Objectives:
Educational Objectives:

Participants will be able to describe the three components of the phase-oriented trauma treatment.

Participants will be able to outline and apply two strategies for establishing a neuroception of safety.

Participants will be able to delineate three criteria for adequate acquisition of an internalized sense of safety and security.

Participants will be able to describe and train self-soothing and two dissociation control techniques.

Participants will be able to describe and apply one or more strategies for ego-strengthening, sleep promotion, nightmare resolution, and cognitive modification.

Hypnosis for Trauma II: Attachment Repair (Integrative Health Psychology, PA)
2025-09-07
Organization: Integrative Health Psychology, PA
Website: www.LouisDamisPhD.com
Event Title: Hypnosis for Trauma II: Attachment Repair, Advanced workshop
Agenda: Agenda_Hypnosis_for_Trauma_II
Dates: 09/7/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 5
Speaker & Contact: Louis Damis, Ph.D. DrDamis@LouisDamisPhD.com
Abstract: This workshop focuses on the use of the Ideal Parent Figure protocol (Brown & Elliot, 2016) for attachment repair. The characteristics of the secure and three insecure attachment styles will be outlined, along with the caregiver behaviors that fostered them. The majority of the session will be dedicated to training techniques, with an emphasis on demonstrations that will be recorded for distribution to participants. The Normative Implicit Clinical Hypnosis approach taught facilitates modification of implicit memory and Internal Working Models that underlie attachment disorders and Complex PTSD.
Learning Objectives:
Educational Objectives:

Participants will be able to describe the three components of the phase-oriented trauma treatment.

Participants will be able to outline two strategies for establishing a neurophysiological substrate for trauma processing and attachment repair.

Participants will be able to describe the importance of prioritizing neglect repair and related implicit memory modification hypnotic strategies.

Participants will be able to describe specific clinical hypnosis strategies for each phase of trauma recovery.

ASCH Webinar: Alternatives to Opioids: Self-Management and Hypnotic Pain Modulation Strategies
2025-09-10
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ASCH Webinar
Alternatives to Opioids: Self-Management and Hypnotic Pain Modulation Strategies
Information
Date: 09/10/2025
Location: Virtual
Time: 7-9 pm ET / 6-8pm CT
Continuing Education (CE) Hours: 2*
*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.
Description: The incidence of opioid dependence and opioid use disorder in chronic non-cancer pain patients has been recently estimated to range from one in ten to one in three (Thomas et al, 2023). With the increased availability of synthetic opioids like fentanyl and the current opioid crisis, the need for moving patients to lower dosage levels and non-opioid alternatives is paramount. This workshop will address non-hypnotic and hypnotic approaches to self-management of pain with an initial focus on motivational interviewing to optimize patient readiness and investment in change. Once patients are engaged in the change process, a range of pain self-management strategies will be reviewed, along with methods for generalizing and maintaining pain management skills. The workshop will also focus on instruction of multiple hypnotic techniques to be systematically applied to facilitate patient mastery and empowerment over chronic pain. This workshop is suitable for medical and mental health providers with or without experience in pain management.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

Identify three motivational interviewing strategies and ways to incorporate MI into hypnotic approaches.
Describe a four-stage treatment approach for stable pain modulation.
List and apply four hypnotic and non-hypnotic pain modulation strategies.
Discuss the importance of desensitization and maintenance strategies for stable pain control.

Speaker
This webinar will be presented by Louis Damis, PhD, ABPP, FASCH. 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, 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 the Florida and Washington DC Societies of Clinical Hypnosis and is currently the President of the ASCH. 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.
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Kasimis, Konstantinos, Thomas Apostolou, Ilias Kallistratos, Dimitrios Lytras, and Paris Iakovidis. “Effects of Manual Therapy Plus Pain Neuroscience Education with Integrated Motivational Interviewing in Individuals with Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial Study.” Medicina 60, no. 4 (2024): 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60040556.
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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 20-24 hours.
Changing Dates
ASCH will honor one registration transfer. Transfer requests must be made in writing, to education@asch.net, by March 24, 2025. Change requests after that date will be treated as a cancellation.
Credit Card Payments
Registration payments must be made online and received by March 24, 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 March 24, 2025 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
This program has been approved by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Standards of Training Committee to be used toward Membership and Certification requirements.
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 22.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (886386995-7390) for 22.50 continuing education contact hours.
This course is approved by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and as such is an approved continuing education course per Florida’s AC-Rule 64B-4-6002 American Society of Clinical Hypnosis-ERF is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider.
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. 10/1/2021 to 9/30/2027. Provider ID#217022

Fundamentals of Clinical Hypnosis - Bloom Therapy
2025-09-12 - 2025-09-14
Organization: Bloom Therapy
Website: https://bloomtherapytx.com/service/fundamentals-of-clinical-hypnosis/
Event Title: Fundamentals of Clinical Hypnosis
Dates: 09/12/25 – 09/14/25
Expected Schedule:

Friday; 9am-5:45pm (1-hour Lunch break); 7 CE hours
Saturday; 9am-5:45pm (1-hour Lunch break); 7.25 CE hours
Sunday; 9am-5:45pm (1-hour Lunch break); 7.25 CE hours

Location: In person, Bloom Therapy, 1206 W. 43rd St, Austin, TX
CE: 21.50
Contact: Katy David, katy@bloomtherapytx.com
Abstract:
The purpose of this workshop is to provide licensed mental health clinicians the foundational information and experiential practice necessary to begin integrating clinical hypnosis into their established skillset and clinical work with patients, specifically in an outpatient mental health setting. The workshop is designed as a unique in-person, small-group learning opportunity. The syllabus is designed so that the CE hours may count as the Level 1 Basic training that is a required component towards ASCH certification in Clinical Hypnosis. This workshop strictly follows the most up-to-date ASCH-ERF Standards of Training for a Level 1 workshop and proposes 21.5 hours of CE hours.
The curriculum includes all didactic educational topics and experiential group practice exercises required by ASCH-ERF in a Level 1/Basic Clinical Hypnosis Workshop. We will define hypnosis, offer a brief history of hypnosis, and correct common misperceptions about the natural process of hypnosis and brain state of trance. An overview of the neuroscience of the trance state will be offered. Participants will be shown various demonstrations of the hypnotic process, utilizing both audience volunteers and video recordings of work with actual clients (with client consent). Each stage of the hypnotic process will be taught, explored, and practiced. The workshop will include four separate small group practice sessions, with at least one practice session taking place on each of the workshop days. Special attention will be given to ethics, treatment planning, and integrating clinical hypnosis into clinical practice, as these topics are especially relevant to mental health practitioners.
Agenda and Learning Objectives:
Friday, September 12th
1. ASCH Membership & Certification Process —15 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Discuss ASCH’s clinical hypnosis standards of training, levels of training, and requirements for, ASCH certification; and
● Describe the opportunities available for further training, membership and certification.
2. Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis (definitions, brief history, misconceptions) —30 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Provide at least one commonly accepted definition of clinical hypnosis;
● Explain four hypnosis terms and how they apply to the clinical hypnosis experience; and
● Define two commonly held misperceptions concerning hypnosis and give an accurate rebuttal for each.
3. Neuroscience of Hypnosis—45 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Describe how hypnosis affects the autonomic nervous system and the stress response; and
● Detail three implications of neurophysiological research on the practice of clinical hypnosis.
4. A View of a Hypnotic Experience —45 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Describe the steps in a formal hypnotic encounter;
● Identify two characteristics of trance exhibited by the subject; and
● Define three changes the facilitator made during the reorientation phase of trance.
5. Group Hypnotic Experience —30 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Experience clinical hypnosis and identify three aspects of their individual experience of trance.
6. Principles and Process of Rapport, Attunement, Elicitation, Re-alerting and Reorientation —75 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Describe three effective ways to build and reinforce rapport;
● Describe at least four observable physiological and four psychological/behavioral signs of trance;
● Discuss the importance of removing suggestions; and
● Demonstrate at least three methods of reorienting.
7. Introduction to Small Group Practice -30 minutes
At the conclusion modules #7 & 8, the participant will be able to:
● Identify the goals and rules of the experiential small group practice modules.
8. Demonstration of Specific Trance Elicitation for Small Group Practice #1 —15 minutes
9. Small Group Practice of Hypnotic Process #1 (Rapport, Elicitation, Re-alerting, Reorientation) —105 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Demonstrate one method to build attunement (rapport) with the subject;
● Facilitate at least one elicitation and reorientation method with a member of the group, describe his/her responses, and what they observed in the behavior of the participant; and
● Adapt the hypnotic process/procedures to the observed behavior of the subject in trance.
10. Ethical Principles and Professional Conduct —30 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Describe at least two ethical-legal issues; and
● Discuss standards for professional conduct in using hypnosis clinically.
Saturday, September 13th
11. Intensification of Trance —60 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Describe three methods of trance intensification;
● Demonstrate the ability to intensify the hypnotic experience in ways best tailored to their patient; and
● Identify how fractionation can be used to intensify trance.
12. Fundamentals of Hypnotic Communication —45 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Explain at least two ways hypnotic communication creates positive expectancy;
● Discuss Erickson’s Principle of Individualization and Utilization as it pertains to language and suggestion; and
● Name at least four commonly used words/phrases to reinforce the patient’s hypnotic experience; and
● Differentiate between direct and indirect suggestion.
13. Hypnotic Phenomena —45 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Explain five different hypnotic phenomena;
● Discuss and describe how the concept of trance logic and other hypnotic phenomena can be used therapeutically;
● List at least three principles of eliciting phenomenon; and
● Define abreaction and describe how it can be addressed therapeutically.
14. Ego Strengthening —45 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Define what is meant by ego strengthening and how it might be used in clinical practice;
● Identify three different types of ego strengthening; and
● Describe at least three strategies for ego strengthening in clinical hypnosis practice.
15. Demonstration of Specific Trance Elicitation for Small Group Practice #2 —15 minutes
16. Small Group Practice #2 (Rapport, Elicitation, Intensification, Re-alerting/Re-orientation) —105 minutes
At the conclusion of modules #15 & #16 the participant will be able to:
● Demonstrate the ability to build attunement (rapport) with the subject different from previous practice module;
● Facilitate at least one elicitation method, one intensification method and reorientation method with a member of the group different from previous practice module, describe his/her responses, and what they observed in the behavior of the participant; and
● Adapt the hypnotic process/procedures to the observed behavior of the subject in trance.
17. Self-hypnosis —45 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Define self-hypnosis and explain the difference between self-hypnosis and hetero-hypnosis;
● Describe at least three therapeutic applications of self-hypnosis in clinical practice; and
● Explain how to teach self-hypnosis to a patient.
18. Understanding and Utilization of Resistance —45 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Describe three types of resistance; and
● Identify at least four strategies for bypassing or working through resistance.
19. Clinical Hypnosis with Children —30 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Identify three developmental characteristics that make children particularly hypnotizable;
● Describe how hypnotic approaches vary according to the developmental age of the child; and
● Describe the therapeutic benefits and applications of using hypnosis with children.
Sunday, September 14th
20. Demonstration of Specific Trance Facilitation for Small Group Practice #3 —15 minutes
21. Small Group Practice #3 (Rapport, Elicitation, Intensification, Suggestion, and Re-alerting/Reorientation) —120 minutes
At the conclusion of modules #20 & 21 the participant will be able to:
● Demonstrate the ability to build attunement (rapport) with the subject different from previous practice module;
● Facilitate at least one elicitation method, one intensification method, an ego strengthening suggestion and reorientation with a member of the group different from previous practice module, describe his/her responses, and what they observed in the behavior of the participant; and
● Adapt the hypnotic process/procedures to the observed behavior of the subject in trance.
22. Patient Assessment; Discussing Clinical Hypnosis with Patients; Memory and Hypnosis; Informed Consent —45 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Summarize at least three key points about hypnosis to discuss in a non-technical manner with a client or patient;
● Review important elements and recommended procedures in obtaining informed consent regarding the use of hypnosis clinically; and
● Discuss the fallibility of memory.
23. Treatment Planning Including Clinical Hypnosis —60 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Execute a thorough case assessment to elucidate the information necessary to develop a quality treatment plan;
● Design a treatment plan for a patient who presents with anxiety; and
● List at least 4 hypnotic techniques/application that may be best suited to achieve the specific therapeutic goal in the case presented.
24. Demonstration of Specific Trance Facilitation for Small Group Practice #4 —15 minutes
25. Small Group Practice #4 (Rapport, Elicitation, Intensification, Hypnotic Phenomenon, Suggestion, & Re- alerting/Reorientation —135 minutes
At the conclusion of modules # 24 & 25 the participant will be able to:
● Demonstrate the ability to build attunement (rapport) with the subject different from previous practice modules by identifying ego strengthening suggestions of interest to subject to use in the treatment phase of the process;
● Facilitate at least one elicitation method, one intensification method, an ego strengthening suggestion, elicit hypnotic phenomenon and reorientation with a member of the group different from previous practice module, describe his/her responses, and what they observed in the behavior of the participant;
● Adapt the hypnotic process/procedures to the observed behavior of the subject in trance; and
● Clarify readiness for incorporating hypnosis into practice.
26. Integrating Hypnosis into Clinical Practice —45 minutes
At the conclusion of this module the participant will be able to:
● Describe situations of uncertainty that might occur as clinical hypnosis is included in practice and identify strategies for managing/resolving such;
● List at least three uses of hypnosis to your discipline that you have been taught and are ready to apply and three applications of hypnosis that require more training; and
● Describe three ways that he or she will begin to incorporate hypnotic communication, hypnosis and hypnotic techniques into his/her practice.
● Clarify any lingering questions or areas of confusion.
● Feel a baseline level of confidence, encouragement and support in beginning to practice Clinical Hypnosis ethically and immediately, within their specific areas of professional practice.
● Understand the importance of practicing skills now, while the information is fresh in their minds, in order to integrate their new learnings into skills and prepare for the intermediate course material.
● Be able to resolve any self-doubts or inner narratives that may prevent them from practicing.

L2 - Intermediate - Training in Clinical Hypnosis - Skills and Applications (ISSTD)
2025-09-12 - 2025-09-14
Organization: ISSTD
Website: https://www.isst-d.org/training-and-conferences/training-courses/asch-training/
Event Title: L2 – Intermediate – Training in Clinical Hypnosis – Skills and Applications
Agenda: https://asch.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/L2_2025_Schedule.docx
Dates: 09/12/2025, 09/13/2025;09/14/2025
Location: In-person workshop
CE: 20
Contact: dr.reinhild.muenke@gmail.com
Abstract:
This L2 (Intermediate) training in clinical hypnosis focuses on skills and applications to strengthen confidence in “being hypnotic”, beyond the mechanics and into the process of facilitating change. An experienced faculty will offer thorough didactic, experiential, and practical supervised learning. Three supervised small group practices with no more than six participants will provide ample opportunity to refresh and expand formal hypnotic elicitation, intensification, utilization, and realerting/reorienting skills. Participants will have the opportunity to increase their understanding of the clinical decision making processes inherent to offering competent, effective, and constructive hypnosis in a variety of clinical situations, including the treatment of traumatized and dissociated persons. This training will address insight-oriented and exploratory hypnotic techniques; specific hypnotic approaches to working with trauma and dissociation; the management of physical discomfort and pain; strategies for affect regulation; working hypnotically with children and child parts of the mind. Participants will be introduced to ideomotor signalling, ideomotor inquiry and other exploratory hypnotic techniques, and will have the opportunity to refine their hypnotic language abilities. This training is open to a maximum of 30 participants. Registrants will be licensed clinicians or students of a health care discipline attending an accredited institution, and will have completed an ASCH approved 20 hours of L1/BASIC/FUNDAMENTAL training in clinical hypnosis.

Advanced Workshop: Hypnosis and Performance Enhancement
2025-09-13 - 2025-09-14
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Advanced Workshop: Hypnosis and Performance Enhancement
Held virtually
Dates: Saturday, September 13, 2025 & Sunday, September 14, 2025 – Each day : 10 – 5pm, 2 15-minute breaks and 30-minute lunch
CE: 12
Description: If you work with people who want to get better at something in their lives – whether your clients are athletes, artists, performers, students, writers, professionals in the workplace, or those simply trying to achieve work-life balance – you know that mental health challenges can derail performance. For example, studies show depression affects between 6-34% of high-level athletes, with anxiety and burnout common during transitions, injuries, or high-pressure events. Despite the growing awareness of the importance of mental health, many still struggle to get to the next level of performance no matter what field of play or work. In the spirit of “skills not pills” (see Dr. Michael Yapko) this workshop will provide clinicians who use hypnosis the opportunity to experience several hypnotically informed strategies to draw out the best performance in their clients, whether they perform on stage, the playing field, or in the office. It will provide practical ways to help your clients achieve peak performance, improve your own tennis or pickle ball serve, enhance creativity, and also, tackle mental health challenges in the process.
Photo by Alex Werden. Copyright 2018. All rights reserved.
Dr. Dana Lebo, psychologist, has focused the past two decades of her career on performance and executive coaching, and has helped hundreds of leaders, elite athletes, teams, writers, students and individuals in diverse fields to achieve their optimal levels of functioning while also addressing challenges to their mental health. She will combine organizational/business, coaching, sports and other mind-body psychologies with hypnosis in ways to improve performance, and guide participants through performance enhancement processes they can readily apply in their work.
Join ASCH for this 2-day, 12-hour online workshop on using hypnosis to improve performance.  Day 1 centers on how hypnosis can play a role in performance enhancement, and a practical process is presented that can be applied to improvement in a wide range of performance areas. Day 2 builds on the concepts of Day 1, exploring with participants some cases, experiential tools, techniques and examples that bring the 3-part performance enhancement process to life. Participants will be able to practice these tools and techniques together.
Learning Objectives

Describe at least 3 examples of how hypnotic techniques have been used to enhance performance. Examples will be drawn from sports, performing arts, or workplace settings.
State the 3 key components to a process-oriented approach to performance enhancement.
Identify the core 4 steps to setting the stage for a process-oriented approach to performance enhancement.
Define performance psychology and give 3 representative examples of cases that might benefit from the guidance of a performance psychologist/therapist.
Demonstrate the use of at least one question that utilizes the client’s experience to determine their improvement target.
Give at least 5 examples of improvement targets that clients might want to work on.
Determine the polarity of an improvement target using at least two approaches.
Define a moment of “Pause-itivity” and its role in the process of performance enhancement.
Describe at least three ways to experience mindfulness in the process of performance enhancement.
Describe at least three ways to experience visualization in the process of performance enhancement.
Give at least three examples of positive coaching/positive expectancies in the process of performance enhancement.
Demonstrate at least one experiential exercise — incorporating hypnosis — that can be applied with individuals or groups in the process of performance enhancement.

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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.
Changing Dates
ASCH will honor one registration transfer. Transfer requests must be made in writing, to education@asch.net, by March 24, 2025. Change requests after that date will be treated as a cancellation.
Credit Card Payments
Registration payments must be made online and received by March 24, 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 March 24, 2025 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
This program has been approved by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Standards of Training Committee to be used toward Membership and Certification requirements.
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 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (886386995-7390) for 12 continuing education contact hours.
This course is approved by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and as such is an approved continuing education course per Florida’s AC-Rule 64B-4-6002 American Society of Clinical Hypnosis-ERF is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider.
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. 10/1/2021 to 9/30/2027. Provider ID#217022

ASCH Level 1 & Level 2 Workshop
2025-09-18 - 2025-09-21 | Virtual
ASCH Level 1 & Level 2 Workshop
Thursday, September 18th – Sunday, September 21st
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, September 18, 2025
6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Friday, September 19, 2025
8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Saturday, September 20, 2025
8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Sunday, September 21, 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 Now for Level 1!

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, September 18, 2025
6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Friday, September 19, 2025
8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Saturday, September 20, 2025
8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Sunday, September 21, 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 Now for Level 2

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 DATE. Change requests after that date will be treated as a cancellation.
Credit Card Payments
Registration payments must be made online and received by November 21. 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
This program has been approved by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Standards of Training Committee to be used toward Membership and Certification requirements.
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 22.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (886386995-7390) for 22.50 continuing education contact hours.
This course is approved by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and as such is an approved continuing education course per Florida’s AC-Rule 64B-4-6002 American Society of Clinical Hypnosis-ERF is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider.
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. 10/1/2021 to 9/30/2027. Provider ID#217022
American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

Interactive Experiential Clinical Hypnosis for Developmental Trauma Disorders (NTSCH)
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-20
Organization: North Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis (NTSCH)
Website: https://www.northtexashypnosis.org/
Event Title: Interactive Experiential Clinical Hypnosis for Developmental Trauma Disorders
Agenda: NTSCH_Agenda with Objectives
Dates: 09/19/2025 – 09/20/2025
Location: In person and Virtually (Live Streamed)
CE: 16
Contact: Dr. Louis Damis, DrDamis@LouisDamisPhD.com
Abstract: Many clients treated for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder have Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD). CPTSD is associated with histories of prolonged trauma, abuse, and neglect and is considered a form of developmental trauma. Such Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders include disturbances of self-organization that overlap with attachment deficits and pathologies requiring specialized interventions to modify. Prolonged neglect and abuse are associated with attachment anomalies, strong egosyntonic negative beliefs, and dissociation that are not readily changed with CBT or cognitive hypnotic interventions. These underlying aspects of developmental trauma involve the implicit memory system and early learning that psychoanalysts call the unrepressed unconscious. This workshop will delineate the role of implicit memory in trauma-related disorders and address strategies for modifying implicit memories not accessible through cognitive methods (Normative Implicit Clinical Hypnosis). Hypnotic and biobehavioral techniques for polyvagal-based interventions, attachment repair, and memory reconsolidation update will be integrated into a phase-oriented treatment model. Participants will learn how to establish the neurophysiological substrate for neuroception of safety and equip patients with the prerequisite skills necessary for mastery of traumatic and wounding experiences. Application of exploratory techniques combined with memory reconsolidation update strategies to modify negative egosyntonic beliefs and transform traumatic memories will be delineated. Once adequate stabilization is attained and sufficient memory integration is established, treatment can focus on self-development. The workshop will provide sufficient information for participants new to the advanced hypnosis workshops and more senior practitioners looking for specialized training in trauma, complex trauma, and attachment disorder applications.
Learning Objectives: See attached agenda
