Fall 2020 Intermediate Workshop – 20 CEU’s Online Webinar

This workshop has ended.  Stay tuned for another Intermediate Workshop in June 2021!

FSCH Refining Skills and Treatment Applications
ASCH Level 2 - Intermediate

WHEN: October 16, 17, 18 2020
WHERE: From the comfort of your home, a Zoom webinar!

The Fall 2020 Workshop will be a long-awaited 20 CEU's (and credit toward ASCH certification) Intermediate Workshop (ASCH Level 2), rescheduled from May due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which will be presented by our own Louis Damis, PhD, ABPP, and Akira Otani, EdD, ABPH, October 16-18 as an online webinar via Zoom.  This is a wonderful opportunity for experienced clinicians to refresh their skills from the comfort of home, and for those with less experience to expand their knowledge and confidence. 

Louis Damis, PhD, ABPP

Louis, the immediate Past President of FSCH, is a Diplomate with the American Board of Professional Psychology, a Fellow of both the American Academy of Clinical Health Psychology and the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance. He is ASCH Certified in Clinical Hypnosis with Consultant Status and a frequent ASCH presenter. Dr. Damis specializes in the integration of mind-body, interpersonal, and experiential therapies to promote physical, emotional, and relational wellness.

Akira Otani, EdD, ABPH

Akira is an international consultant with more than 30 years of clinical and consulting experience. He is currently a licensed psychologist with Spectrum Behavioral Health in Arnold, MD. His clinical interests include anxiety disorders, psychological trauma, and behavioral health management. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychological Hypnosis (ABPH), and he is a Fellow and on the teaching faculty for the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). His approach is solidly based on multicultural and holistic principles.

Learning Objectives:

After taking this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify two hypnotic strategies for use in pain management.
• Describe two of Erickson’s principles of induction.
• Describe at least two hypnotic techniques for intensification or deepening of trance.
• Cite at least two examples of hypnoprojectives that might be used with clinical problems.
• Demonstrate three types of techniques and types of suggestions that might be used with common behavioral problems.

Why is This Workshop Important?

The second step in certification training is to strengthen skills, strategies, and applications of clinical hypnosis. Level 1 (Basic) taught "how to" do clinical hypnosis, and part two builds upon this skill set and furthers development, adding the when, why, and where to the "how to." Level 2 increases skills and builds confidence in the use of hypnosis and prepares you 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. 

Program Schedule

Friday, October 16:

• 4:00 pm - Welcome and Introduction
• 4:15 pm - Neurophysiology of Hypnosis and Meditation (Damis)
• 5:15 pm - Refining Skills of Elicitation and Intensification (Otani)
• 6:00 pm - Group Experience 1 and Processing (Otani)
• 6:45 pm - Refining Skills of Hypnotic Communication and Suggestion (Damis)
• 7:30 pm - Group experience and processing (Damis)
• 8:30 pm - Insight and Exploratory Techniques (Damis)
• 9:00 pm - Evaluations; Adjourn

Saturday, October 17:

• 8:30 am - Applications of Hypnosis: Habits (Damis)
• 9:15 am - Adverse Reactions to Hypnosis
• 9:45 am - Small Group 1
• 11:15 am - Applications of Hypnosis: Ego Strengthening (Otani)
• 11:45 am - Demonstration/Review (Damis, Otani)
• 12:00 pm - Lunch Break
• 1:00 pm  - Applications of Hypnosis: Pain (Damis)
• 2:00 pm - Glove Anesthesia (Damis)
• 2:30 pm - Small Group 2
• 4:00 pm - Skill Development with Metaphorical Approaches (Otani)
• 5:00 pm - Group Practice Developing Metaphors (Otani)
• 5:30 pm - Evaluations; Adjourn

Sunday, October 18:

• 8:30 am - Applications of Hypnosis: Sleep (Damis)
• 9:30 am - Applications of Hypnosis: Anxiety and Phobias (Otani)
• 10:30 am - Small Group 3
• 12:00 pm - Lunch Break
• 1:00 pm - Treatment Planning and Practice (Otani & Damis)
• 2:30 pm - Questions and Further Elaborations
• 3:30 pm - Ethics (Damis & Otani)
• 4:15 pm - Certification, Training, and Wrap-up (Otani & Damis)
• 5:30 pm - Evaluations; Adjourn

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, nursing, or other medical fields, 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 attendees must have previously taken an ASCH approved Basic Hypnosis course or workshop.

Continuing Education Credit

We offer 20 Florida CEU's for licensed psychologists under 490 (Provider #50-774, Exp. 5/22); clinical social workers, mental health counselors, and marriage and family therapists under 491 (Provider #50-774, Exp. 3/21), and all our workshops count toward ASCH certification requirements. We automatically report to CEBroker.

Location

From the comfort of your home, a Zoom webinar!

Registration Fees

 Note: if you are a graduate student FSCH member, inquire about the Mutter Scholarship 40% discount.