• In Person
• Hilton Melbourne
• 200 Rialto Place, Melbourne, FL

• Saturday, May 3
• Sunday, May 4, 2025

Liz E. Slonena, PsyD, HSP-P, MSCP is a licensed psychologist, consultant, and sought-after speaker dedicated to transforming the way we heal. As the founder of Mindful Hypnosis Counseling & Consulting PLLC and co-creator of Mindful Hypnosis, Dr. Liz pioneers an innovative blend of mindfulness and hypnosis to facilitate rapid stress reduction and inner transformation.

Beyond her private practice in Asheville, North Carolina, Dr. Liz is a mentor and educator, fostering the next generation of clinical hypnotherapists through leadership roles with the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH) and the Western North Carolina Dharma Therapists Collective. With a growing social media presence (@Dr.LizListens), she demystifies hypnosis and shares practical mind-body medicine techniques with a global audience. Dr. Liz's Mindful Hypnosis meditations have been enjoyed worldwide, with over 1.5 million listeners across YouTube, Insight Timer, Aura, BetterSleep, and other meditation apps.

Workshop Details:

• The Practice of Mindful Hypnosis: Experiential Learning and Practical Protocols
• Intermediate Workshop - ASCH Level 2
• 12 Florida CEU’s and credit toward ASCH certification

Enhance your clinical hypnosis skills with Mindful Hypnosis, an evidence-based approach that combines the benefits of mindfulness and hypnosis  to rapidly reduce stress and enhance mindful resilience. Whether you are naive to mindfulness or an experienced meditator, this training offers practical tools to elevate and refine your therapeutic skills.

This in-person, immersive training offers a retreat-like experience where attendees engage in guided meditation, experiential practice, and dyadic learning. Going beyond theory and research, this workshop provides practical protocols, hands-on learning, and experiential exercises to help you easily integrate Mindful Hypnosis into both your professional and personal practice.

What You Will Experience:

• Advanced Clinical Applications – Learn flexible protocols to address stress, burnout, ADHD, pain management, trauma, and performance enhancement.
• Experiential Learning – Engage in direct practice, giving and receiving Mindful Hypnosis to refine your technique.
• A Retreat-Like Atmosphere – Experience firsthand the transformative effects of Mindful Hypnosis, deepening both your professional skills and personal mindfulness practice.
• Comprehensive Resources – Receive evidence-based scripts and two Mindful Hypnosis protocols for effortless implementation in your practice.

Unlike virtual or self-paced courses, this interactive training provides mindful respite, skill development, and mentorship from Dr. Liz Slonena, co-creator of Mindful Hypnosis. The workshop setting embodies mindfulness for professional growth and personal renewal, cultivating techniques that benefit both you and your clients.

Learning Objectives:

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

Location: 

In-Person Workshop, Hilton Melbourne, Melbourne, FL

We are returning to an in-person Spring Workshop at a favorite location, Hilton Melbourne, 200 Rialto Place, Melbourne, Florida. The hotel price of $159 per night, double occupancy, includes a buffet breakfast and free parking. Reserve your room by April 3 to receive the special reduced rate! Click Button below to reserve your room! In addition to offering a comfortable meeting facility, the hotel has a fitness center, pool and spa, restaurant, and a bar. This is a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends and colleagues! The workshop will be held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday, and FSCH will provide a buffet luncheon to registrants on Saturday. A group dinner will be planned at a popular local restaurant on Saturday evening for those who wish to attend.

Reserve Room at Hilton Melbourne

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. All registrants must have completed the ASCH-approved Level 1 workshop.

Continuing Education Credit

We offer 12 Florida CEU's for licensed psychologists under 490 (Provider #50-774, Exp. 5/26); 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. 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. Student memberships are $25 and entitle you to student rates at our Spring and Fall workshops as well. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to inquire about availability of scholarships.

Registration

If you prefer to pay by check, mail your printed registration form with your check before May 1, payable to FSCH, to 13705 SW 91 CT, APT C, Miami, FL 33176.. Registration is not complete until we have received payment and a completed registration. Click the orange "REGISTER ONLINE NOW" button on this page.