Eric K. Willmarth – 2-Day Training on Clinical Hypnosis: Transform Your Treatment of Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Addiction and Chronic Pain

Outline

Discover the Core Skills of HypnosisDiscover the Core Skills of Hypnosis

• Brief history of clinical/medical hypnosisBrief history of clinical/medical hypnosis
• Ethics of clinical hypnosisEthics of clinical hypnosis
• When should hypnosis be used in therapy?When should hypnosis be used in therapy?
• Hypnotic change language for cliniciansHypnotic change language for clinicians
• Intrapersonal and interpersonal dynamicsIntrapersonal and interpersonal dynamics
• How to disrupt patterns to encourage flexibilityHow to disrupt patterns to encourage flexibility
• Hypnosis as an adjunctive techniqueHypnosis as an adjunctive technique
• The neurophysiology of HypnosisThe neurophysiology of Hypnosis

Methods to Elicit a Trance Experience: Methods to Elicit a Trance Experience: Increase Focus and Relaxation to Intensify TherapyIncrease Focus and Relaxation to Intensify Therapy

• Assess for willingness and hypnotic abilityAssess for willingness and hypnotic ability
• Hypnotic phenomenaHypnotic phenomena
• Three-stage “skeleton” of an induction sequenceThree-stage “skeleton” of an induction sequence
• Relaxation techniquesRelaxation techniques
• Visualization to recall positive memoriesVisualization to recall positive memories
• Countdown breathingCountdown breathing

How to Structure a Hypnosis SessionHow to Structure a Hypnosis Session

• How to use hypnosis across modalities How to use hypnosis across modalities
  • RelaxationRelaxation
  • RapportRapport
  • InductionInduction
  • DeepeningDeepening
  • WakingWaking
• Hypnotic techniques to work with resistancesHypnotic techniques to work with resistances
• Apply hypnosis methods without a formal tranceApply hypnosis methods without a formal trance

Hypnosis Skills and Techniques for Specific Disorders and ConditionsHypnosis Skills and Techniques for Specific Disorders and Conditions

Trauma: Trauma: Restore Control and Process Traumatic MemoriesRestore Control and Process Traumatic Memories

• How hypnosis works with exposureHow hypnosis works with exposure
• Hypnosis techniques to restore control to clientsHypnosis techniques to restore control to clients
• Regression for processing traumatic memoriesRegression for processing traumatic memories
• Practices to alter distorted beliefsPractices to alter distorted beliefs
• Hypnotic suggestions to foster greater emotional controlHypnotic suggestions to foster greater emotional control

Anxiety: Anxiety: Shift Clients to Calm with Hypnotic SuggestionShift Clients to Calm with Hypnotic Suggestion

• Strategies to get to the root of your client’s anxietyStrategies to get to the root of your client’s anxiety
• Hypnosis and metaphor to redefine anxietyHypnosis and metaphor to redefine anxiety
• Exercises to manage the energy of anxietyExercises to manage the energy of anxiety
• Hypnotic techniques to improve sleep in anxious clientsHypnotic techniques to improve sleep in anxious clients

Depression: Depression: Breaking the Cycles of DepressionBreaking the Cycles of Depression

• Combining hypnosis and CBT for mood controlCombining hypnosis and CBT for mood control
• Using hypnotic age regression and progression for depressionUsing hypnotic age regression and progression for depression
• Mesmer, music, mood and movementMesmer, music, mood and movement
• Using creative stories to reconceptualize depressionUsing creative stories to reconceptualize depression

Acute and Chronic Pain: Acute and Chronic Pain: Interventions to Change Clients’ Minds and PainInterventions to Change Clients’ Minds and Pain

• Altering the perception of painAltering the perception of pain
• Hypnotic interventions to dissociate clients from the reality of painHypnotic interventions to dissociate clients from the reality of pain
• Shift clients’ attention from painful sensationsShift clients’ attention from painful sensations
• Forgetting about the pain with amnesiaForgetting about the pain with amnesia
• Expand time and expand comfortExpand time and expand comfort
• Elicit vivid memories to obviate painElicit vivid memories to obviate pain

Addiction: Addiction: Release Clients from Addictive Behavior PatternsRelease Clients from Addictive Behavior Patterns

• How to use hypnosis to create a different perspectiveHow to use hypnosis to create a different perspective
• Hypnotic suggestions to strengthen willpowerHypnotic suggestions to strengthen willpower
• Self-hypnosis to overcome addictive urges and cravingsSelf-hypnosis to overcome addictive urges and cravings
• Ease withdrawal symptoms with hypnosisEase withdrawal symptoms with hypnosis

Experiential Workshop: Experiential Workshop: Elicit a Trance State for Enhanced Responsiveness in TherapyElicit a Trance State for Enhanced Responsiveness in Therapy