Michael Yapko Ph.D
DATE: 14th February 2004
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS: COMPELLING REASONS
TO EXPLORE THE FIELD
OVERVIEW:
Hypnosis isn't a therapy in its own right - it's a vehicle for delivering
therapeutic ideas and establishing therapeutic associations in the client's
subjective experience. Is there empirical evidence that hypnosis enhances
treatment outcomes when employed in psychotherapy? The unequivocal answer
is yes. Hypnosis has been shown to enhance the effects of established
approaches (such as cognitive-behavioural therapies), making treatment
more deliberate and providing more enduring results.
What is hypnosis and how does it enhance psychotherapy? In this one day
overview, we will explore the phenomenon of suggestibility that is inherent
in any psychotherapy, and focus on how suggestion may be used to elicit
hypnotic responses in people that empower them ina variety of ways. We
will consider the relationship between suggestion and memory (i.e., age
regression), the malleability of sensory perceptions that permit natural
pain management (i.e., hypnotic analgesia), and other significant applications
of clinical hypnosis.
Hypnosis as a field is supported by a body of scientific literature
that is broad, deep, and fascinating. Many important questions about the
nature of human consciousness and how people learn and make changes have
been well addressed in the research literature, while many others remain
unanswered. As practicing clinicians, we have a great deal to learn from
studying hypnosis whether we ever intend to become "hypnotists"
or not. The role of suggestion - influential communication - is so basic
to any healing technique that to ignore, avoid, or underestimate its impact
in the therapy process weakens our ability to practice therapy effectively.
TIMETABLE:
| 10:00 -11:30 | Overview of clinical hypnosis |
| Models of hypnosis | |
| The experience of hypnosis: differences in information processing styles | |
| Group hypnosis experience: The phenomenology of hypnosis | |
| 11:30 -11:45 | Tea break |
| 11:45 -01:00 | Patterns of hypnotic communication inherent in psychotherapy |
| Suggestion structures and styles | |
| 01:00-02:00 | Lunch break |
| 02:00-03:30 | Classical hypnotic phenomena defined: Creative applications |
| Exercise: The language of absorption | |
| 03:30- 03:45 | Tea break |
| 03:45-05:00 | Hypnotic analgesia: Strategies of pain management |
| Ways to integrate hypnosis into clinical practice | |
| Summary | |
| Q & A | |
| Closure |
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
· Three different conceptual and practical models of clinical
hypnosis,
· The neuroscientific findings regarding brain functions in hypnosis
and their practical implications,
· Types of hypnotic inductions, both structured and naturalistic,
· What the classical hypnotic phenomena are and how they can be
used in psychotherapy,
· The legal and ethical implications of integrating hypnosis into
clinical practice
To book your place:
- click on the button to download booking form - fill it in, sign and
post or fax it (address below)
- for further enquires contact CSCT Events, 9 Telfords Yard, 6-8 The Highway,
London, E1W 2BS
tel: 020 7977 7999
fax: 020 7977 7990
