32nd Annual Accredited Basic Hypnosis Training
Basic Hypnosis: A Hands-On Workshop

13 Continuing Education Hours

Southern California Society of Clinical Hypnosis (SCSCH) Faculty

Courtyard Marriott
in Sherman Oaks, CA

• Overview of Workshop:
  Saturday
  8:30 am Registration and coffee
  8:55 Welcome
  Jessica Schairer, Ph.D., President, SCSCH
  9:00 Introduction and Overview:
  Definitions, History and Theories of Hypnosis
  Myths and Misconceptions
  David Gordon, PhD
  9:30 Basic Components of Trance Experience
  Ben Pomerantz, LCSW
  10:15 Break.
  10:30 Introducing Hypnosis to Patients
  Demonstration: Rapid Inductions and Other Hypnotic Phenomena
  Randi Riffkind, Ph.D
  11:15 Small Group Supervision Practice Session I:
  Initial Inductions
  Faculty
  12:00 Lunch
  1:00 Formulating Hypnotic and Post-Hypnotic
  Suggestions, Re-alerting
  Demonstration:
  Norma Barretta, Ph.D. and Phil Barretta, M.A., M.F.T.
  2:00 Trance Deepening Inductions
  Demonstration:
  Jessica Schairer, Ph.D.
  2:45 Break
  3:00 Small Group Supervision Practice Session II:
  Initial Inductions, Combining Inductions, Deepening, Re-alerting
  Faculty
  4:45 Sign-out and Adjourn for Day
  
  Sunday(6.5 CE Units)
  8:30 Second Day Sign-in and Coffee
  9:00 Ethics and Professional Conduct
  Jessica Schairer, Ph.D.

• 9:30 Assessing Hypnotic Susceptibility and Choosing Treatment Strategies
  Cye Hoffman, Ph.D.
  10:30 Break
  10:45 Small Group Supervision Practice Session III
  Induction, Deepening, Re-alerting
  Faculty
  12:00 Lunch
  1:00 Hypnotic Pain Management in
  Medical and Dental Settings: Videos and Lecture
  Gary J. Wood, Ph.D., LCSW
  2:00 Integrating Hypnosis into Clinical Practice:
  Clinical Examples
  Karin C. Meiselman, Ph.D.
  3:00 Break
  3:15 Small Group Supervision Practice Session IV:
  Continued Practice, Special Applications
  Faculty
  4:30 Concluding Remarks
  David Gordon,PhD
  4:45 Evaluations and Certificates of Attendance
  5:00 Sign-out and Adjourn
  

• Objectives of Workshop:
  Participants will:
  1.Learn the basic elements of hypnosis.
  2. Acquire basic proficiency in self-hypnosis.
  3. Practice three hypnotic inductions.
  

• About the Presenter:
  SCSCH FACULTY
  
  Norma Barretta, PhD Board of Governor’s Representative to ASCH. Faculty: Erickson Congress and ASCH. Private practice.
  
  Philip Barretta, MA. MFT Special member of ASCH and SCSCH. Faculty: Erickson Congress and ASCH.
  
  
  
  Stefan Bughi, MD Past President SCSCH. Assist. Prof., Clinical Medicine,
  USC School of Medicine, Fellow, American Institute of Stress.
  
  Barbara S. Freedman, Psy.D. SCSCH Representative to ASCH. Faculty: ASCH. Private practice.
  
  David S. Gordon, PhD, Private practice. Assoc. Clinical Professor, UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics.
  
  John W. Hedenberg, PhD Past President SCSCH. Assist. Clinical Professor, UCLA/NPI. Private practice.
  
  Cye Hoffman, PhD Past President SCSCH. Private practice. ASCH Consultant.
  
  Ronald M. Kaminishi, DDS Clinical Professor, USC. Asst. Clinical Professor,
  Loma Linda University and UCI School of Medicine. Private Practice.
  
  Karin C. Meiselman, PhD Past President SCSCH. Private practice. ASCH Consultant.
  Author, two books on child sexual abuse.
  
  Caitlin Mullin, PhD, MFT Private Practice.
  
  Shawn Omrani, MD Private practice. Staff member, Century City Hospital
  Member, American Psychiatric Association, So. California Psychiatric Society.
  
  Ben Pomerantz, LCSW Past president, Program Vice pres. SCSCH, Private practice.
  
  Randi Riffkind, PhD Executive Vice President SCSCH. Private practice. Author, Sucessfully Single.
  
  Jessica G. Schairer, PhD Current President SCSCH, Chair LACPA Health Psychologists, Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA School of Medicine. Private practice.
  
  Marc Schoen, PhD Private practice<
  
  Peter Stone, DDS. Past President SCSCH. Assistant Clinical Professor,USC Dental School.
  
  Gary J. Wood. PhD, LCSW Current and Past President SCSCH. Adjunct Assoc. Prof., USC Sch. Of Social Work. Research Assist. Prof., USC Sch.Of Dentistry. Chair, 2005 Annual Workshop. Private Practice.

  Fees:

  Member: $325

  Non-Member: $390

  Student: $195

  To make reservations or for more information contact: 

  Call: 1-888-32-SCSCH
  or
  Email: administrator@scsch.org
  or
  Click here for downloadable registration form

  Mail registration form with your check to:

  SCSCH, 10921 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 504, Los Angeles, CA 90024-4001