Spring 2020 Intermediate Workshop - May 1-3 - Orlando

The Spring 2020 Workshop will be a long-awaited 20 CEU's (and credit toward ASCH certification) Intermediate Workshop (ASCH Level 2) which will be presented by our own Louis Damis, PhD, ABPP, and Akira Otani, EdD, ABPH, May 1-3 at Springhill Suites at Millenia in Orlando.  This is a wonderful opportunity for experienced clinicians to refresh their skills, and for those with less experience to expand their knowledge and confidence.

Louis Damis, PhD, ABPP

Louis, the current 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.

Intermediate (ASCH Level 2) Workshop

What are the advantages of more training in Clinical Hypnosis? 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."

Advantages:

• Introduction to a wider range of topics on the utility of clinical hypnosis (e.g., Pain Management; Anxiety and Sleep Disorders; Habit Disorders).
• Learn more techniques for the creative use of the language of suggestion to facilitate change. 
• Learn specific tools (advanced elicitation and intensification techniques) for specific populations (trauma survivors).
• More practice with the feedback of expert faculty.

The Intermediate (Level 2) Workshop increases the learner's skills and builds confidence in their use of hypnosis and prepares them 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. 

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to do the following in their practice:

• Identify two hypnotic strategies for use in pain management. 
• 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.

Program Schedule

PROGRAM SCHEDULE: (morning and afternoon breaks will be included)

Friday, May 1:

• 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)
• 7:00 pm Refining Skills of Hypnotic Communication and Suggestion (Damis)
• 7:30 pm Insight and Exploratory Techniques (Damis)
• 8:30 pm Group experience and processing (Damis)
• 9:00 pm Adjourn

Saturday, May 2:

• 8:00 am Applications of Hypnosis: Habits (Damis)
• 9:00 am Small Group 1
• 10:30 am Applications of Hypnosis: Ego Strengthening (Otani)
• 11:30 am Demonstration
• 12:00 pm Lunch provided by FSCH
• 1:00 pm Applications of Hypnosis: Pain (Damis)
• 2:00 pm Glove Anesthesia (Damis)
• 2:30 pm Small Group 2
• 4:00 pm Adjourn

Sunday, May 3:

• 8:00 am Skill Development with Metaphorical Approaches (Otani)
• 8:30 am Group Practice Developing Metaphors (Otani)
• 9:30 am Applications of Hypnosis: Sleep (Damis)
• 10:30 am Small Group 3
• 12:00 pm Lunch on your own
• 1:00 pm Applications of Hypnosis: Anxiety and Phobias (Otani)
• 2:00 pm Treatment Planning and Practice (Damis & Otani)
• 3:30 pm Ethics (Damis & Otani)
• 4:15 pm Certification, Training, Wrap Up (Damis & Otani)
• 5:00 pm 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

We will be returning to Springhill Suites at Millenia, 5403 Millenia Lakes Blvd., just off I-4 in Orlando, at our very special group rate of only $119 per night, which includes breakfast and WiFi.  Parking is free for the first 25 who reserve rooms; otherwise, it is $5.00 per night.  The hotel is within walking distance of the huge Mall at Millenia with its many restaurants and shops. 

You may book online here: https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1578078459135&key=GRP&app=resvlink, or call 888-287-9400 and be sure to say you are with the Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis Spring Workshop at Springhill Suites at Millenia.  Reservations must be received by April 1st!

Registration Fees

IMPORTANT NOTE: Registrants will receive a PDF file of the slide presentation and handouts in advance of the workshop, however, if you wish to receive a printed workbook, please check the $20 printed workbook option in the registration form.

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