12-Day Intensive Training in Clinical Hypnosis and Strategic Psychotherapy

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1 Melbourne 2018 Sponsored by Dr. Yapko & Associates Perth Day Intensive Training in Clinical Hypnosis and Strategic Psychotherapy Sponsored by The Australian Psychological Society (APS)-Western Australia Branch for dates, location, costs, and a video description of this training.

2 Dear Colleague, An Open Letter from Dr. Michael Yapko In this ever quickening age we live in, it seems an obvious truth that some things simply cannot be hurried or instantly acquired. Clinical skills take years of education and training to evolve. So does good clinical judgment. Building on the foundation you have already developed as a clinician, you can now take specialized training in the dynamic and fascinating methods of hypnosis, a domain of professional practice that encompasses empowering and effective approaches to psychotherapy (such as skill building and resource accessing) and behavioral medicine (such as pain management). The field of hypnosis has moved to the forefront of objective research in striving to understand subjective experience. High quality neuroscientific research into changes in the way the brain and mind interact during hypnosis offer compelling evidence that there is much more to hypnosis than meets the eye. As you will happily discover, the old hocus- pocus days are long, long gone! Thus, this hypnosis training is probably much more diverse in its considerations and practical in its approaches than you might expect. This four part, 12 day intensive training provides participants with the skills essential to the competent and ethical practice of clinical hypnosis. Each part builds progressively on the part before, and the two- month space in- between parts 2 and 3 allow for ample time to incorporate clinical hypnosis into your practice. By the time you complete the 12- day program, you will know an impressive amount about diverse ways to use hypnosis for the benefit of your clients. Hypnosis allows hidden resources we all have to be far more accessible, Vivamus et metus. greatly empowering individuals in the process. In this respect, hypnosis may well be regarded as the original Positive Psychology, for anyone who practices hypnosis recognizes that people have many more resources than they realize. The empirical evidence for the merits of these approaches will be on display in this training. Beyond what the science tells us, though, is the reality that therapy involves at least as much artistry as science. This is the greater focus of the training; the small group and structured program assure you of having lots of time to address your individual needs. In whatever ways you may wish to apply hypnosis in your clinical practice, you ll be sensitively guided each step of the way to evolve the artistry you ll need as well as the scientific underpinnings for those skills in an environment that is both supportive and challenging. I have dedicated my professional life to advancing the field of clinical hypnosis. I have learned a great deal and I have contributed a great deal. It has been a privilege. I hope you ll plan to attend so I may have the chance to show you what makes the study of hypnosis both fascinating and clinically powerful. More details about the program are provided elsewhere in this announcement as well as on my website With best wishes, Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist 2

3 Why Study Hypnosis? Why Study Hypnosis with Dr. Michael Yapko? 3 There are so many excellent reasons to study hypnosis. Here are just a few of them: Suggestion is an inevitable part of any treatment. Learning hypnosis allows you to better understand how you currently use suggestive language in your treatment approaches and how to increase and diversify your range of skills in suggesting therapeutic possibilities. Hypnosis provides deeper insights into how people generate their experiences, including symptomatic ones, making your therapy more strategic, focused and effective. Empowering people is an essential part of any therapeutic intervention, and there simply is no approach more empowering to the individual than hypnosis. By learning hypnosis, you will be able to tap into peoples innate strengths in ways beyond what they may think is possible. Amplifying peoples strengths is often more clinically effective than trying to diminish peoples weaknesses. People learn best through experience. Hypnosis is a vehicle of focused, experiential learning. Research on the effectiveness of hypnosis highlights the fact that hypnosis reliably enhances treatment outcomes. By learning hypnosis, you will acquire a desirable additional treatment tool to help market your practice both to clients and other health professionals who will seek out your area(s) of expertise. He is the author of the leading text in the field, called Trancework: An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis, now in its 4th edition. Trancework has been the premier text in the field for nearly 30 years, endorsed by professional hypnosis societies all over the world, and reflects both the science and art of clinical hypnosis. He has received lifetime achievement awards from the International Society of Hypnosis as well as from the Milton H. Erickson Foundation. In 2012 he also received the award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Hypnosis from the American Psychological Association's Division 30, the Society of Psychological Hypnosis. He has received major honors from the two primary professional associations in the United States: the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. He has been teaching some of the most highly rated workshops at national and international professional conferences for more than 30 years. People appreciate his structure and style of teaching. He is clear, supportive, and makes learning fun. His depth and breadth of knowledge about hypnosis is evident in his writings and teachings; in fact, beyond the 15 books he authored, he was honored to be asked to write the authoritative section on hypnosis for the Encyclopedia Britannica Medical and Health Annual. He will describe the hypnotic underpinnings to diverse forms of effective treatment. His emphasis in this 12 day program is on a more naturalistic (rather than ritualistic) style of hypnosis, what many refer to as Ericksonian hypnosis. However, all models of hypnosis will be considered so participants will have a broad base of understanding and experience with hypnosis.

4 Group Size and Structure This program is structured to be an intensive training opportunity for health care professionals only. There will be a limited number of professionals allowed to participate in order to enhance the learning experience. Group members will each commit to attending the full 12 days (84 hours) together as a group. New members will not be added later, thus adding both continuity and group cohesiveness to the training experience. This training program is hands- on and highly practical. There will be didactic sections, as well as the modeling and demonstration of approaches. The larger goal is clinical competence in designing and delivering hypnotically based interventions, skills that will be developed primarily through numerous structured practice sessions. You will be doing and experiencing a lot of hypnosis in this program. This comprehensive training program is provided in a concentrated format of two 6- day segments. These are spaced two months apart in order for participants to take their skills back to their clinical practices and further develop them in- between phases. Part 1 meets for three days and then you have a day off to rest and give your mind and body a break. After a day off, you return for another 3 days of work in Part 2 of this training. After Part 2, we take a couple of months to allow participants to integrate their new skills and begin to utilize them in their respective clinical contexts before returning for parts 3 and 4. These parts again meet for 3 days on, one day off and then 3 days on. The training hours are from 9:00-5:30 pm each day. Is the goal of treatment to reduce pathology or expand wellness? Hypnosis generally focuses on and amplifies peoples strengths, beginning with the premise that people have more resources than they realize. Hypnosis allows us to connect with and enhance the best parts of human experience. Best of all, the scientific literature shows clearly that hypnosis enhances the treatment process in ways we are just beginning to understand. Michael D. Yapko 4

5 Parts 1 and 2 Parts 3 and 4 The Foundations of Hypnosis: Concepts and Basic Methods Applying Hypnosis in Strategic Psychotherapy and Behavioral Medicine In this comprehensive beginning to intermediate level training, you will learn the principles of hypnosis as well as general ways hypnosis can be applied clinically. The first two parts of this intensive training provide a strong foundation to build upon whether you re new to hypnosis or have been integrating it in your practice for years. More specifically, you ll learn: the nuts and bolts of hypnotic suggestion and ways to fit them to your clients needs, modern perspectives of hypnosis, the nature of hypnotic phenomena, contextual considerations in applying hypnosis, the social psychology of hypnosis, clinical versus research findings, suggestion structures and styles, methods of induction, finding and using client strengths, assessing client self- organization, structuring hypnosis sessions to build therapeutic momentum, mindfulness as a close cousin, and more You ll learn enough hypnosis in just these first two parts of the training to start using it skillfully in your clinical practice. Please visit for dates, location, costs, and a video description of this training. The foundational skills acquired in the first two parts of the training and subsequently practiced will be guided in the direction of evolving artistry in performing hypnosis in psychotherapy. The ability to use hypnosis to build client receptivity to new ideas and possibilities in order to begin to transform his or her experience in some meaningful way is an essential step in any treatment process. In the third and fourth parts of this training, you will learn: interviewing strategies for uncovering the symptom formation process, cognitive style and treatment responses, key patterns of self- regulation, sequencing stages of therapeutic interaction, building discrimination skills, thinking strategically about treatment, creating and offering goal- oriented hypnosis sessions, treating depression, managing anxiety, pain management, the use of indirection in treatment, habit modification, the interface between hypnosis and assigning therapeutic homework, designing and delivering therapeutic metaphors in hypnosis, seeding of growth- oriented changes even after formal treatment ends, and more By the time you ve finished this intensive 4- part training, you ll have evolved into a knowledgeable and experienced hypnosis practitioner! 5

6 REGISTRATION Online: Phone: Cancellation/Refund Policy Varies with the sponsor/location of the training. All programs sponsored by Dr. Michael Yapko and Associates clearly articulate the cancellation/refund policy on the website registration page. ADA Accommodations All programs sponsored by Dr. Michael Yapko and Associates honor the Americans With Disabilities Act. The training site provides full accessibility for people with disabilities. If you require any special ADA accommodations, please contact Diane or ) 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the training so we can meet your individual needs. CONTINUING EDUCATION After teaching clinical hypnosis courses of varying lengths and intensities all over the world for most of my professional life, in recent years I have chosen to offer this 4 part, 2 phase, 84-hour program format. Allow me to explain why. Hypnosis is a complex subject encompassing many related disciplines, from neuroscience to social psychology to clinical psychology. Learning how to do a simple induction process isn t usually all that difficult. The real test of skill lies in what you say next to someone in distress who is hanging on your every word hoping you ll say something that truly makes a difference. What would you say to someone who is immobilized by depression, or racked with excruciating pain, or paralyzed with crippling anxiety? In this program, addressing such challenging issues sensibly is just some of what we ll cover. Learning to design and deliver skillful interventions with hypnosis is a process that evolves over time. If you truly want to be both scientifically informed as well as clinically competent, you ll need much more than just a weekend workshop! So, I have designed this training program to facilitate that competence-building process in the best way I can. Past participants from all over Australia have routinely called it life changing. This program is intense in its integration of both the science and the artistry, assuring you that you will know more about hypnosis when we re done than most of the people who call themselves hypnotherapists. That s my promise to participants. I know the program is costly in terms of both time and money. I hope the reason for the time commitment is now apparent to you. The costs of putting on a program of this length and intensity with a small group is probably self-evident, and if you think about it in detail you ll likely realize how reasonably priced the program really is. People often pay much more to be anonymous in a packed lecture hall. You won t be anonymous in our program, I can assure you! Please join us for this wonderful training opportunity. Psychologists, MFT s, LPCs and LCSWs: Dr. Yapko & Associates is an approved provider by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Dr. Yapko & Associates maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Participants will receive 84 CE credits. Nurses: Dr. Yapko & Associates is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider# These hours count towards the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) education hours for their certification. For courses outside the U.S., please contact the relevant organization to determine what credit is received for attending this course.