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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
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

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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
$470
$470

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. TCW will be approved for 10 hours.
Changing Dates
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.
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.

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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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.
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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.
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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
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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)
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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

Hypnosis and "Subtle" Presentations of Adult Autism
2025-09-19 13:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Organization:
CTSCH
Website:
https://www.ctsch.com/
Event Title:
Hypnosis and “Subtle” Presentations of Adult Autism
Agenda:
1:00pm to 1:40pm: Representational Systems, Neurodiversity, About Autism
1:40pm to 2:00pm: Core Characteristics of Autism for Psychotherapy
2:00pm to 3:20pm: Autism Treatment (Understanding the Brain & Sensory/Emotion Regulation)
3:20pm to 4:00pm: Autism Treatment (Relationships & Communication), Hypnosis Application
Dates:
09/19/2025
Location:
Webinar
CE:
3
Contact:
CTSCH@CTSCH.com
Abstract:
Autistic clients commonly experience challenges in hypnosis and psychotherapy when practitioners do not understand their needs and processing style. Unfortunately, current research and knowledge on Autism—and the diverse ways it manifests—has not trickled down to all helping professionals.Many clinicians may be relying on outdated information on Autism and feel ill-equipped to recognize and adapt therapy for Autistic clients—particularly those with “subtle” presentations.This neuro-affirming training is designed to bridge this gap by providing updated information about less-obvious Autism as well as practical tools and insights to help therapists support the emotional, relational and processing needs of Autistic individuals.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify at least 4 features of Autism.
2. Describe at least 3 core characteristics of Autism that are most relevant for psychotherapy.
3. List at least 4 interventions to support processing and emotional differences in Autistic clients.
4. Discuss at 2 interventions for challenges that arise from relationship and communication differences.
References/Bibliography:
1. Henderson, D., Wayland, S., White, J. (2023). Is This Autism?: A Guide for Clinicians and Everyone Else. New York: Routledge.
2. Hodgdon, L. (2023). Visual Strategies for Improving Communication: Practical Supports for Autism Spectrum Disorders (3rd Edition) Updated & revised: Linda Hodgdon: 9780982876183: Troy: QuirkRoberts Publishing.
3. Russell, A., Jassi, A., & Johnston, K. (2019). OCD and Autism: A Clinician’s Guide to Adapting CBT. Trujillo, J. P., Özyürek, A., Kan, C. C., Sheftel-Simanova, I., & Bekkering, H. (2021). Differences in the production and perception of communicative kinematics in autism. Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 14(12), 2640–2653. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2611
4. Reid, D. B. (2015). Hypnosis Without Empathy? Perspectives From Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Stage Hypnosis. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 58(3), 304–320. https://doorg/10.1080/00029157.2015.1103204
5. Naish, P. L. N. (2010). Hypnosis and hemispheric asymmetry. Consciousness and Cognition, 19(1), 230–234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2009.10.003
6. Sugarman, L. I., Garrison, B. L., & Williford, K. L. (2013). Symptoms as solutions: Hypnosis and biofeedback for autonomic regulation in autism spectrum disorders. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 56(2), 152–173. https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2013.768197

Planning Treatment Using Clinical Hypnosis: Practical Applications for Common and Not so Common Conditions (Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
2025-09-21
Organization: Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website: https://gpsch.org/
Event Title: Planning Treatment Using Clinical Hypnosis: Practical Applications for Common and Not so Common Conditions, Advanced Workshop
Agenda: Reid_Timed_Agenda
Dates: September 21, 2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 3
Contact: Marcy Nadel, marcy1116@aol.com
Abstract: Clinical hypnosis, whether facilitated by another or self-directed (i.e., self-hypnosis), has been shown to be an effective (and evidence-based) means of enhancing pain management (Thompson et al, 2019; Milling et al., 2020), panic and anxiety (Valentine et al., 2019; Reid, 2023) phagophobia (Reid, 2016) smoking cessation (Green & Lynn, 2018), and depression (Milling et al., 2019). As clinicians we can evoke therapeutic, conscious and unconscious resources for our clients in many ways, though in this workshop we will explore the practical and intentional application of clinical hypnosis for evoking client resources.
This webinar involves skill building and enhancement of clinical hypnosis knowledge and will provide attendees with opportunities to discuss and formulate hypnosis treatment plans, as well as implement hypnotic interventions (e.g., age regression, age progression, alert trance, posthypnotic suggestions) for the treatment of common (e.g., depression, anxiety, habit control) and not so common (e.g., phagophobia, trichotillomania, trypanophobia, hemophobia) troubling and sometimes debilitating human conditions. Attendees will be encouraged to submit and discuss their own sanitized cases pending review and approval of Dr. Reid (see below for instructions). The ethical implications of treatment planning and issues involving informed consent for treatment when using hypnosis will be also addressed. Furthermore, this webinar, through the use of practical demonstrations, will minimize the apparent gap that exists for many clinicians who lack knowledge, understanding, and strategic application of clinical hypnosis interventions.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the program, participants will be able to:

Develop a treatment plan including hypnosis interventions for patients presenting with numerous personal challenges. Participants will complete a hypnosis treatment plan for at least three case studies that will be provided by the instructor (Reid, D.B., 2016)

Construct three metaphors appropriate for treatment of anxiety, depression, and panic disorder (one metaphor for each condition) (Casula, C.C., 2022; Casula, C.C., 2025; Reid, D.B., 2023)

Construct three posthypnotic suggestions for two case studies provided by the instructor or an attendee (Willmarth, E.K. & Vinson, M., 2022; Wark, D.M., 2023) d. Describe alert hypnosis including the “Helping Hands” intervention for treatment of unhealthy and unwanted habits (Reid, D.B., 2025; Feldman, J.B., 2020)

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (Advanced Workshop, FSCH)
2025-09-21
Organization: The Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website: www.fsch.org/workshops
Event Title: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (Advanced Workshop)
Agenda: Timed_Agenda
Dates: 09/21/2025 , 2-4pm
Location: Virtual
CE: 2
Contact: Marie Wilson mariefsch@aol.com
Abstract: In this virtual workshop, participants will be introduced to Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and how hypnosis can be utilized during Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy sessions to deepen and enhance treatment outcomes. Ms. Wegweiser will share video footage of using hypnosis during different aspects of a Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy session.
Learning Objectives: At the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Identify two benefits of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy.
2. List and describe the three stages of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy.
3. Describe the difference between psycholytic and psychedelic Ketamine-Assisted therapy sessions.
4. Outline the ways hypnosis can be utilized during the different phases of administration of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy.
Speaker: Nicole Wegweiser, LCSW, MSW
Nicole Wegweiser, LCSW, is the founder and owner of Mindful Therapy of Monmouth County in Matawan, NJ. Ms. Wegweiser was trained and certified in hypnosis through the Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey in 2017 and served as secretary for the board from 2020-2022. Ms. Wegweiser is also a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist, a Supervised Practitioner of Psychodrama, an EMDR therapist, and a Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapist. Ms. Wegweiser enjoys blending her modalities, in addition to offering sound healing, with her clients and in the community.

When Intuition Meets Hypnosis: An Integrative, Relational Approach to Healing Trauma with the CORE model
2025-09-26 - 2025-09-27
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Advanced Workshop : When Intuition Meets Hypnosis: An Integrative, Relational Approach to Healing Trauma with the CORE model
Dates: September 26th and 27th, Held virtually
Time: 10am- 3pm ET each day
AGENDA: Agenda for 2-day course
CE hours: 8
Price: $470 Member, $675 Non-Member, $470 Grad & Resident/Intern
Description: The events of life cannot be changed; however, when the intuitive resources of the unconscious mind are integrated with the methodologies of Hypnosis, perceptions can be altered, meanings can be reframed, and healing can occur. This two-day didactic and experiential workshop will introduce the four components of the CORE Model: Connect, Orient, Resource, Establish, an innovative, relational approach that creates a context of attunement in which therapeutic alliances can be safely established and securely thrive. In this compassionate environment, hypnosis methodologies, utilized along with the intuitive guidance of both clinician and client, develop a fertile foundation for the unconscious mind and the conscious mind to do their best work. Within this consciously/intuitively integrated dynamic, reassociations of dormant, latent, and forgotten phenomena of resilience can be safely elicited, and new awarenesses of ego strengths can become realized, absorbed, and securely anchored to endure.
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Name the four features of the CORE model.
Describe the phenomenology of at least one feature of the CORE model.
Identify two phenomenological features of intuition.
Explain one way in which the CORE model is an integrative approach to treatment.
List at least two features of hypnosis methodology that can be integrated with intuitive guidance.
Given a hypothetical or actual client, create an idea for a session that would include some aspect of unconscious, intuitive guidance, with an aspect of hypnosis methodology.

Speaker information: North Carolina Society of Clinical Hypnosis Board member Bette Freedson, LCSW, LICSW, CGP is a clinical social worker, an ASCH Approved Consultant and an author and speaker. Bette’s most recent book is Other Realms, Other Ways: A Clinician’s Guide to the Magick of Intuition. Her first book Soul Mothers’ Wisdom/Seven Insights for the Single Mother received high praise from the Midwest Book Review. A frequent faculty member and moderator of conferences of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Bette is also a contributing author for ERICKSONIAN THERAPY NOW: The Master Class with Jeffrey K. Zeig, PhD. Professionally trained in hypnosis, Bette incorporates Ericksonian hypnosis along with the wisdom of
intuition into her clinical social work practice. Bette Freedson has also conducted workshops for a variety of other clinical venues including Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, AdCare of Maine, The Sweetser Training Institute of Maine, and The National Association of Social Workers along with various state chapters. She served for two years as a contributing member and author of two articles for the NASW specialty practice section on Children, Adolescents and Young Adults. (CAYA) Bette has also co-presented a weekend program at Kripalu entitled A Woman’s Sacred Journey.
Bette’s dual interest in hypnosis and intuition infuses the content of her clinical work, her writing, and her teaching. Her current project consists of a series of workshops entitled The Psychic Studio. In these seminars, open to clinical as well as lay participants, members explore the nature of intuition and how accessing and utilizing this innate ability can enhance both work and life. Bette Freedson lives and practices in Southern Maine.
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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. Level 1 and Level 2 will be approved for 20-24 hours.
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 8 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 8 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

Advanced Workshop: Using Clinical Hypnosis for Pain (Oregon Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
2025-09-27 - 2025-09-28
Organization: Oregon Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website: oregonhypnosis.org
Event Title: Advanced Workshop: Using Clinical Hypnosis for Pain
Agenda: Patterson_Timed_Agenda
Dates: 09/27/2025 – 09/28/2025
Location: Offered as in-person workshop or virtual workshop
CE: 12
Contact: Roseann Lynch, info@lynchtherapy.com
Abstract: This two-day workshop on managing pain with hypnosis is presented by David R Patterson PhD, ABPP. Dave Patterson has a PhD in clinical psychology with postdoctoral fellowships in rehabilitation and medical psychology. He is professor emeritus of psychology and spent his career at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Rehabilitation Medicine, Surgery and Psychology. This course will focus on first on managing acute pain and will be based on Patterson’s experience on the UW Burn Unit as well as his experience in developing a consult service at Harborview Medical Center, a Level I trauma center in Seattle. The second day will focus on managing chronic pain with hypnosis and will be based on his experience managing chronic pain, neurological disorders and terminal illness in outpatient clinics. The course will be heavily influenced by the instructors’ experience with Zen-Buddhist perspectives, motivational interviewing, and NIH funded research on managing chronic pain. The hypnotic approaches will include both traditional ones for acute pain and Ericksonian ones for chronic pain. Participant practice of techniques and opportunities for personal growth will be highly emphasized.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to
1. Articulate the difference between acute and chronic pain and how medical and psychological approaches are applied to each
2. Describe the theoretical underpinnings of hypnotic interventions for acute pain 3. Perform a hypnotic induction for acute pain
4. Perform a hypnotic induction for procedural pain
5. Describe a biopsychosocial model for assessing chronic pain
6. Articulate a model of using hypnosis to manage chronic pain
7. Perform a non-linear hypnotic induction
8. Describe a neurophysiological model for consciousness

Hypnosis for Trauma III: Integration and Self-Development (Integrative Health Psychology, PA)
2025-09-28
Organization: Integrative Health Psychology, PA
Website: www.LouisDamisPhD.com
Event Title: Hypnosis for Trauma III: Integration and Self-Development
Agenda: Agenda_Hypnosis_for_Trauma_III_Damis
Dates: 09/28/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 5
Speaker & Contact: Louis Damis, Ph.D. DrDamis@LouisDamisPhD.com
Abstract: This workshop focuses on the application of clinical hypnosis in the Integration and Self-Development phases of trauma recovery. Once adequate stabilization has been attained, the client is now equipped with the tools and sense of empowerment needed to process, master, and integrate traumatic memories effectively. This workshop will address the use of clinical hypnosis for controlled uncovering as required and transformation of traumatic memories. Use of memory reconsolidation update techniques will also be taught. This may also include aspects of ego-state therapy and integration of introjects. As trauma and neglect disrupt one’s identity and sense of self, therapy now needs to facilitate and guide the self-development that neglect prevented. This is also a period of meaning-making and relational development that can be facilitated with clinical hypnosis. Much of this session will be dedicated to training techniques, with an emphasis on demonstrations that will be recorded for distribution to participants. It is recommended that participants complete the Trauma I (Stabilization) and Trauma II (Attachment Repair) workshops before attending this workshop.
Learning Objectives:

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

Participants will be able to describe and apply two strategies for processing and modifying traumatic memories.

Participants will be able to explain the importance of the self-development phase of trauma treatment.

Participants will be able to describe and apply attachment repair strategies for fostering constructive interpersonal relationships.

Integrating Hypnosis with Relational Psychotherapy: Clinical Applications for Attachment Trauma, Chronic Pain & Functional Disorders, Advanced Workshop (Attune Therapy Group PC)
2025-10-10 - 2025-10-11
Event Title: Integrating Hypnosis with Relational Psychotherapy: Clinical Applications for Attachment Trauma, Chronic Pain & Functional Disorders, Advanced Workshop
Organization: Attune Therapy Group PC / CE Learning Systems LLC
Website: www.ericspiegelphd.com/training
Agenda: Timed_Agenda_-_Integrating_Hypnosis_with_Relational_Psychotherapy
Dates: 10/10/25 – 10/11/25
Location: Hybrid
CE: 12
Contact: espiegelphd@gmail.com
Speaker: Eric Spiegel, PhD.
Abstract: This is a workshop for therapists who enjoy the subtle, nuanced, and beautiful complexities of therapeutic work, and want to practice rich, integrative psychotherapy that incorporates clinical hypnosis with a relational treatment approach. In this workshop, we address two key clinical areas – pain and trauma – and discuss how relational and experiential facets of treatment can be incorporated with sophistication. The workshop leader will teach an attachment-focused relational method and help participants learn how they can evoke hypnosis as part of this approach. In addition to becoming more grounded in the principles of such an approach, participants will learn specific skills of how to utilize relational hypnosis in the treatment of attachment trauma, chronic pain, and functional disorders. Although this is an advanced workshop, participants of all experience levels are welcome. For example, you might be experienced with hypnosis but want to learn more about working with pain & trauma. Alternatively, you might be a skilled practitioner in one or both of those treatment areas, but want to learn more about hypnosis and how it could be integrated into the treatment you provide.
Learning Objectives: Day One: Attachment-Focused Hypnosis & Developmental Repair of Trauma
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to…

Define mentalization and explain how it develops during a healthy attachment process.

Differentiate between contingent and marked mirroring

Integrate polyvagal and neurological phenomena into a conceptual framework for how trauma disrupts development.

Conceptualize the use of hypnosis to treat trauma from a relational model

Summarize how hypnosis can be incorporated into trauma treatment by theoretical orientation & by phase of treatment

Formulate and deliver 2 hypnotic suggestions for enhancing attunement in the hypnotherapeutic relationship

Formulate and deliver 2 hypnotic suggestions for developing mental representation of a secure attachment figure or ego state

Formulate and deliver 2 hypnotic suggetions for increasing self & object constancy across divergent experiential, mental, and ego states

Offer an indirect and direct hypnotic suggestion for the purpose of developing mentalization.

Formulate and deliver 2 hypnotic suggestions for increasing the capacity for reflective awareness about mental states in developmentally arrested patients

Day Two: Relational Hypnosis for Chronic Pain and Functional Disorders
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to…

Utilize principles of attachment & relationship to create a hypnotic scene for the purpose of modulating pain

List 5 questions from a relational assessment of chronic pain Explain how to integrate principles of relational alliance-building & active-alert hypnosis in the treatment of chronic pain.

Explain how to directly or indirectly utilize the therapeutic alliance in creating a hypnotic suggestion of safety in the treatment of a functional disorder.

Differentiate hypnotic treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) from traditional chronic pain.

List one relational hypnotic suggestion each in the treatment of a functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) & functional neurological disorder (FND) (respectively).

Clinical Conversations: Foundations of Clinical Hypnosis: Definitions, Applications, and Assessment of Hypnotizability (CHSNJ)
2025-10-12
Organization: Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey
Website: https://www.clinicalhypnosisnj.org/event-6334040
Event Title: “Foundations of Clinical Hypnosis: Definitions, Applications, and Assessment of Hypnotizability.”
Type: Clinical Conversation – one in a series; Appropriate for beginners – advanced
Agenda: Elkins_Timed_Agenda
Dates: 10/12/25, 11am-1pm ET
Location: Virtual
CE: 2
Contact : chsnj1986@gmail.com
Abstract: Hypnosis is widely recognized in clinical practice and research. In recent years research into clinical hypnosis has become more rigorous and there has been an increased emphasis on evidence-based practice. This has highlighted the need for clarity in definition of hypnosis and resources for training consistent with evidence-based practice. This clinical conversation will provide an opportunity to learn contemporary definitions of hypnosis, hypnotic inductions, and hypnotizability. Evidence based applications of clinical hypnosis will be discussed. In addition, participants will learn how to integrate assessment of hypnotizability into clinical practice and the scoring criteria of the Elkins Hypnotizability Scale. An overview of the book, Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis: The Basics and Beyond, will be discussed.
Learning Objectives:

State one definition of hypnosis
List three key areas of training in clinical hypnosis
Explain the clinical relevance of a hypnotizability assessment.
Identify two elements of the scoring criteria for the Elkins Hypnotizability Scale

Speaker info: Gary Elkins, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., A.B.P.H
Clinical Health Psychologist
Professor, Psychology
Baylor University Waco, TX
Dr. Gary Elkins is the leading researcher and expert on clinical hypnosis, His research spans clinical hypnosis and mindfulness, definition and assessment, spirituality, posttraumatic growth, clinical hypnosis for sleep disturbances, and hypnotherapy for hot flashes in post-menopausal women and breast cancer survivors. His research and Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory have been funded by NIH grants for over 20 years. Dr. Elkins has over 100 publications which include books: Handbook of Medical and Psychological Hypnosis; and Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis: The Basics and Beyond. His latest book, Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy: What you Need to Know is a resource for evidence- based practice of clinical hypnosis. Gary has developed two hypnosis apps: one for smoking cessation (Finito app) and the other for hot flashes/sleep (Evia app) for women experiencing menopause and for breast cancer survivors, provided by Mindset Health. In recognition of his research, Gary has received major awards from the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, American Society for Clinical Hypnosis, and the Distinguished Contribution to Science Award from Division 30 of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Elkins is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Baylor University and the Director of the Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory.

Level 1 Clinical Hypnosis (Virtual) (CFCH-AB)
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-18
Organization: Canadian Federation of Clinical Hypnosis – Alberta Society (CFCH-AB)
Website: https://clinicalhypnosis.ca/event-6269836
Event Title: Level 1 Clinical Hypnosis (Virtual)
Agenda: Oct 5 Level One Agenda Oct-Nov 2025
Dates: Part A: 10/17/2025-10/18-2025 & Part B: 11/14/2025- 11/15/2025
Location: Virtual
CE: 22 hours
Contact : info@clinicalhypnosis.ca
Abstract: CFCH-AB Presents: Level 1 Clinical Hypnosis (Virtual) – an engaging, ASCH-approved (pending) training that provides 22 credited hours for beginners and those working toward certification in clinical hypnosis. Presented by Monica Wong (Alberta, Canada), Akira Otani (Maryland, USA), and Linda Thomson (Vermont, USA), this interactive workshop introduces the foundations of hypnosis, including inductions, suggestions, and therapeutic strategies. Through a blend of live instruction, demonstrations, and extended small-group practice, participants will build a solid understanding of the core principles and practical applications of clinical hypnosis.
The program is delivered in two parts—October 17–18 and November 14–15, 2025, from 9:30 am to 4:15 pm MST—allowing time between sessions to reflect, integrate learning, and apply new skills in practice. By the end of the training, participants will have the confidence and competence to begin incorporating clinical hypnosis into their work, as well as eligibility for ASCH membership and a pathway to advanced training. An optional consultation group will also be available for those seeking continued support in applying hypnosis to clinical practice. For more information and to register online, please visit www.clinicalhypnosis.ca or call (780) 996-5409.
Learning Objectives: Learn the core principles of hypnosis – including inductions, suggestions, and therapeutic strategies – through expert-led demonstrations, practice sessions, and live instruction. Perfect for beginners or those seeking certification.
(See agenda for specific LOs)
Instructors: Monica Wong, MSW, RSW, HBCE , Akira Otani, Ed.D, FASCH, ABPH (Maryland, USA), and Linda Thomson, Phd. APRN, ABMH, ABHN (Vermont, USA)

Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder from an Ego State Therapy Approach (Lemke Counseling & Consulting )
2025-10-23
Organization: Lemke Counseling & Consulting

Website: https://www.wendylemke-psy.com/didandest

Event Title: Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder from an Ego State Therapy Approach

Dates: 10/23/2025

Location: Virtual

CE: 6.5

Contact: Wendy Lemke, wendylemkelp@gmail.com

Abstract: This full-day course assumes you have basic knowledge about D.I.D. It will provide a brief review of important characteristics to note and updates in the field along with a review of why EST is such a suitable approach for this complex population. Essential core principles to guide your work with complex trauma and dissociative disorders will be included. Therapeutic applications rooted in EST theory across the phases of trauma treatment will be addressed as well as applications that target specific symptoms common to D.I.D, such as self-harm, suicidal ideation, intrusive thoughts/voices, sleep struggles, negative beliefs, developmental repair, and emotional regulation. Strategies for promoting the 4-C’s will be addressed, including promoting cooperation and collaboration among parts. Lemke’s 4-C ego state therapy model for integrated functioning and her applications of ‘playing with the space’ will not only provide strategies for accessing resources and skills, but more importantly how to stay connected to those skills/resources when the client needs them. All applications are addressed through an EST approach that incorporates advances in dissociation, neuropsychology, attachment, and the art of being hypnotic with suggestions primed for safety.

Learning Objectives:

Explain the importance of phase-oriented treatment and Lemke’s 4-C approach when treating dissociative disorders.

Design metaphors based on utilization for specific DID treatment concern including resistance

Explain and incorporate Lemke’s P-principles for ‘safely’ navigating the unique needs of each client and all their parts with suggestions that apply to the entire system.

Demonstrate how suggestions related to internal imagery can promote more cooperative collaboration amongst parts.

Demonstrate three strategies that promote secure attachment and ability to self-regulate.

Level 1 Hypnosis (CTSCH and Jung Wellness Institute)
2025-10-23 - 2025-10-25
Organization: Central Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis and the Jung Wellness Institute
Website: www.jungwellnessinstitute.com
Details: Oct+2025++Level+1+Announcement
Event Title: Level 1 Hypnosis
Dates: October 23–25 AND November 6–8, 2025
Location: Hybrid – Virtual and In-person (Austin, TX)
CE: 22.0
Contact: anitajung.therapy@pm.me
Abstract:
Unlock the transformative potential of clinical hypnosis in this Level 1 Workshop, the first step in a certification program approved by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). Designed for licensed healthcare professionals—including physicians, nurses, psychologists, dentists, counselors, social workers, and chiropractors—this course provides the foundational tools to enhance patient care and professional impact.
Led by an experienced instructor, the workshop teaches you how to elicity hypnotic phenomena through engaging lectures, live demonstrations, hands-on exercises, and personalized small group practice. You’ll explore hypnotic inductions, suggestions, and therapeutic applications tailored to diverse patient needs.
By completing the course, you’ll gain essential skills to integrate clinical hypnosis into your practice and experience its benefits:

Establish rapid rapport and instill motivation and hope.
Overcome barriers to change while strengthening coping skills.
Empower patients with tools for long-term health and well-being.
Enhance your treatment approach with innovative, patient-centered techniques.

This workshop invites you to expand your practice, enrich your patient relationships, and explore creative, evidence-based methods for improving lives. Begin your journey with us and discover how clinical hypnosis can transform your approach to care.

Principles and Process of Hypnotic Induction, Deepening, and Re-Alerting (CHSNJ)
2025-11-02
Organization: Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey
Website: https://www.clinicalhypnosisnj.org/event-6376775
Event Title: Principles and Process of Hypnotic Induction, Deepening, and Re-Alerting, Clinical Conversation – one in a series; Appropriate for beginners – advanced
Agenda: Timed_Agenda (3)
Dates: 11/2/25, 11am-1pm ET
Location: Virtual
CE: 2
Contact : Virginia Dinsmore, ginnydinsmore@gmail.com
Abstract: This webinar is based on a published chapter, “Principles and Process of Hypnotic Induction, Deepening, and Re-Alerting” (Reid, 2022) in Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis (Gary R. Elkins, Ed.). This two-hour webinar will focus on an overview of what the author refers to as “The Trinity of Clinical Hypnosis” serving as the beginning (induction), middle (deepening) and conclusion (re-alerting) of a formal hypnosis session. Clinical applications of each hypnosis “component” will be reviewed with sample interventions and applications demonstrated throughout this webinar. Particular attention will be placed on permissive and indirect approaches for individualizing a hypnosis session.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Identify and describe three (3) hypnotic induction techniques

Identify the pros and cons of using more permissive hypnotic techniques

Identify and describe three (3) deepening interventions to enhance the hypnotic experience

Identify the pros and cons of using more permissive suggestions for re-alerting.

Speaker info: David B. Reid, Psy.D., FASCH Reid_Bio
