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AAMFT Summer
Institutes for Advanced Clinical
Training
August
10-14, 2008
Vancouver,
Washington
 Hypnotherapy
for Pain, Anxiety, and Habits: The Basics and Beyond
Gary R. Elkins, PhD
In the
ever-changing mental health environment, many marriage and
family therapists are seeking ways of enhancing their
practices with new clinical skills. Taught by one of the most
respected leaders in the field of clinical hypnosis, this
course will focus on clinical hypnotherapy methods, pain and
stress management, and treatment of an array of clinical
problems. Topics will include: pain management, anxiety
management, PTSD, smoking cessation, weight management,
self-hypnosis for labor and delivery, and brief
interventions. Reimbursement strategies, ethics and
development of new practice areas will be interwoven
throughout the course.
Participants will learn the essentials of clinical hypnosis,
methods of hypnotic induction, the effective use of
hypnotherapy as a mind-body intervention and a wide range of
applications in clinical practice. The course will include
multiple demonstrations, practice and case consultation, in
addition to didactic material and an update on clinical
research.
The
course will cover:
·
how to
integrate methods of hypnotherapy in clinical practice.
·
how to
utilize clinical hypnosis for pain management.
·
effective methods of hypnotic communication.
·
criteria for selection of clients for intervention in clinical
hypnotherapy.
·
use of
clinical hypnosis for:
- pain
management
-
anxiety and stress management
- PTSD
-
weight management
-
smoking cessation
-
labor and delivery hypnosis
·
how
to plan and integrate methods of hypnotherapy into your
existing practice.
·
how
to market clinical hypnosis to enhance practice effectiveness.
Course Schedule:
Monday, August 11 - Thursday, August 14, 2008
8 a.m.—1 p.m. each day
This
course has been pre-approved to count toward the American
Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) Certification/Approved
Consultant in Clinical Hypnosis. It provides 20 hours of
continuing education.
Gary
R. Elkins, PhD,
ABPP, ABPH is the Director of the NIH funded Mind-Body Health
Research Program at Baylor University where he is also a
Professor of and Director of the Clinical Psychology Program.
He is a renowned expert in clinical hypnosis and
Past-President of both the American Society of Clinical
Hypnosis and the American Board of Psychological Hypnosis.
Elkins holds the Diplomate in Clinical Hypnosis from the
American Board of Psychological Hypnosis (ABPH) and the
Diplomate in Clinical Health Psychology from the American
Board of Professional Psychology. He has served as Vice-Chair
of the International Society of Hypnosis.
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