[Audio] BT12 Short Course 42 – Emotion- Focused Hypnotherapy for Coping with Pain – Jeffrey Feldman, PhD

Description:Description:

This short course will introduce a treatment approach that targets the affective dimension of pain. The emotion specific wording and elicitation of positive state dependent learning can be used in a brief therapy approach whether or not patients’ feelings of anger, sadness, or anxiety are associated with physical pain.This short course will introduce a treatment approach that targets the affective dimension of pain. The emotion specific wording and elicitation of positive state dependent learning can be used in a brief therapy approach whether or not patients’ feelings of anger, sadness, or anxiety are associated with physical pain.

Educational Objectives:Educational Objectives:

1. Use a heart-focused self-hypnotic technique for themselves and their patients.Use a heart-focused self-hypnotic technique for themselves and their patients.
2. Identify words associated with the most commonly presenting emotions of anger/irritability, sadness/ depression, and anxiety/fear.Identify words associated with the most commonly presenting emotions of anger/irritability, sadness/ depression, and anxiety/fear.
3. Identify five potential sources of positive state dependent learning to utilize in modifying affect.Identify five potential sources of positive state dependent learning to utilize in modifying affect.

*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality**Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*