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• Sunday, August 30, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT

Workshop Details

• Managing Resistance in Clinical Hypnosis
• Hypnosis in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
• Live Stream via Zoom
• Intermediate-Advanced Workshop
• 6 Florida CEU’s and credit toward ASCH certification
• All ASCH-approved workshops are eligible for APA and CME credits.

This workshop is organized into two parts.

The first part, “Managing Resistance in Clinical Hypnosis,” explores why clients may resist therapeutic and hypnotic work and how practitioners can respond effectively. After brief disclosures and three learning objectives, the section reviews common sources of resistance in clinical practice, including limited rapport, anxiety, unclear tasks, power struggles, negative expectations, readiness concerns, and secondary gain. It also examines resistance during hypnotic induction, such as anticipatory anxiety, misconceptions about hypnosis, poor pacing, overemphasis on outcomes, ambiguous or overly directive suggestions, low hypnotic responsiveness, and mismatched readiness. The section then presents practical strategies for addressing resistance, including social influence, pre-hypnotic education, demystification, acceptance, individualized suggestion, deliberate pacing, paradoxical encouragement, reframing, and readiness adjustment.

The second part, “Hypnosis in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders,” presents a hypnosis-based framework for treating anxiety disorders, designed for licensed professionals in medicine, psychology, and related fields. It defines anxiety as the interaction of catastrophizing—believing that something awful will happen—and powerlessness—believing there is nothing one can do about it. The section explains how anxiety is maintained through cycles of doubt, catastrophizing, and reassurance seeking, and situates these patterns within temperament research, Morita’s descriptive characteristics, and Porges’ polyvagal conjecture. These concepts are organized within a three-tier hierarchical model of anxiety. The training then outlines general treatment principles, including empathy, psychoeducation, a strong therapeutic relationship, social influence, careful assessment, and the combined goals of reducing anxiety while increasing tolerance. It also introduces hypnotic principles such as individualized suggestions, separating trance induction from utilization, careful pacing, and repeated practice. The section concludes with a four-stage, phase-oriented treatment model: (1) symptom stabilization, (2) anxiety management and tolerance, (3) ego strengthening, and (4) “here-and-now” living. Throughout, the workshop demonstrates specific hypnotic techniques, including coherent breathing using the “5.5 rule,” river and bubble/shield imagery, age regression, safe-place imagery, direct and indirect Ericksonian suggestion, time progression, and mindfulness.

Both sections include demonstrations, opportunities for Q&A, and scholarly references to support applied learrning. 

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this two-part workshop, participants will be able to:

Managing Resistance in Clinical Hypnosis

1. Describe at least four of the six common causes of resistance in general clinical practice and hypnotic work.
2. Identify at least four hypnotic strategies for bypassing or working through resistance during trance induction.
3. Demonstrate at least two clinical skills for resolving resistance.

Hypnosis in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

1. Explain the nature of anxiety, its origins, common contributing variables, and the three-level hierarchical classification model.
2. Articulate the seven general principles for treating anxiety disorders.
3. Articulate the six hypnotic principles for treating anxiety disorders.
4. Describe the four-stage, phase-oriented model for the treatment of anxiety.
5. Practice at least three of the seven hypnotic techniques used for effective anxiety management.

Location

Virtual Presentation via ZOOM

Eligibility

Health professionals holding doctoral degrees in medicine, dentistry, podiatry and psychology, or doctoral or masters degrees in social work, marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, or nursing, licensed in the state in which they practice; degree graduates receiving documented clinical supervision toward licensing, and graduate students in eligible disciplines with documentation of their student status from the Chairperson of their graduate program. 

Continuing Education Credit

FSCH offers 6 Florida CEU's for licensed psychologists under 490 (Provider #50-774, Exp. 5/31/28); clinical social workers, mental health counselors, and marriage and family therapists under 491 (Provider #50-774, Exp. 3/27), and all our workshops count toward ASCH certification requirements. All ASCH-approved workshops are eligible for APA and CME credits. We automatically report to CEBroker.  

Mutter Scholarships

Mutter Scholarships are available to 6 student/intern FSCH Members who will receive a 40% discount off the registration fee. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to inquire about availability of scholarships

Registration

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If you prefer to pay by check, mail your printed registration form with your check made payable to FSCH to arrive before August 28 to 9003 SW 138 ST, APT A, Miami, FL 33176.. Registration is not complete until we have received payment and a completed registration.