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October 14 - 18 Workshop Programs
At the Courtyard by Marriott, 3435 N. Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach, FL 32931
Basic Hypnosis with Applications
Susan Becker, Ph.D., Chip Schaaff, LMHC, and Fred Williams, LCSW
20 CEU's available
Complimentary hot breakfast available at the hotels from 7 to 8 am each day
Thursday, May 14, 2009 (7 credit hours) Registration from 7:30-8:00 am
8:00 am
Introduction, definition, history, myths and misconceptions; indications and contra-




indications. Presenting hypnosis to the client; steps and levels of hypnosis. Laws and




principles of induction; structure of induction; re-alerting.
Noon
Luncheon hosted by FSCH
1-4:00 pm
Demonstration of hands-together and eye-fixation induction. Small group practice 1.




Uses of hypnosis for relaxation and stress management
Friday, May 15, 2009 (7 credit hours)
8:00 am
Demonstration of reversed arm levitation and relaxation induction. Small group practice 2.
1-4:00 pm
Use of hypnosis in medicine. Integration of structure; induction, deepening, suggestion,




re-alerting. Ethical issues and considerations. Summary, questions, evaluations.
Basic Workshop Objectives
After taking this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. define hypnosis, and describe how to present it to a client
2.
describe ethical considerations in the use of hypnosis
3.
demonstrate the ability to do hypnotic inductions
4.
describe contra-indications for using hypnosis
5.
use hypnosis for relaxation and stress management
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Intermediate/Advanced Workshop
12 CEU's available
Complimentary hot breakfast available at the hotels from 7 to 8 am each day
Saturday, May 16, 2009 (6 credit hours) Registration from 7:30-8:00 am
8 am
Introduction. Refining two basic hypnotic skills: using the therapist's unconscious; and developing



the most effective therapeutic language.


The family and unconscious blueprints. Erickson's and Satir's approaches to families.
Noon
Luncheon hosted by FSCH
1-3 pm Satir's Model for Change. Working with unconscious patterns, interrupting and reframing them;



iceberg model, parts party, and family reconstruction model. Hypnotic strategies include



evoking resources, dissociation, role-playing, imaging, sculpting, therapeutic language, silence,



and post-hypnotic suggestions.
Sunday, May 17, 2009 (6 credit hours)
8 am
Erickson's Model for Change. Recreating invisible family trance patterns in relationships, work,



life choices, and in your office. Utilizing shifts of consciousness; evoking resources,



interrupting negative trances, reframing, and redefining, to allow for deep transformational change.
Noon Lunch
1-3 pm Demonstrations and role-playing. Integrating the Satir and Erickson models. Using the hypnotic



relationship, and the therapist's own unconscious. Discussion, summary and evaluation.
Workshop Objectives
After taking this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. recognize the effects of unconscious family of origin blueprints on couples, and transformational possibilities.
2. enhance their comfort and use of their own unconscious selves using hypnotic interventions.
3. work effectively with the family's trance and hypnotic language



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