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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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