Intermediate Hypnosis Workshop
Developing Your Hypnotic Treatment Skills

20 Continuing Education Hours

SCSCH Faculty

Courtyard Marriott
in Sherman Oaks, CA

• Overview of Workshop:
  Day 1—Friday, February 29, 2008
  5:30-6:00 p.m. Registration
  6:00-7:30 The Hypnotic Patterns of Language—Norma Barretta, Ph.D. and Phil
  Barretta, M.A., MFT
  7:30-7:45 Break
  7:45 – 10:00 Refining Induction and Deepening with Demonstration and
  Practice—Norma and Phil Barretta
  
  Day 2—Saturday, March 1, 2008
  8:30-8:45 a .m. Second Day Sign-in and Coffee
  8:45-10:15 Hypnotic Strategies in Pain Management—Ron Kaminishi, DDS
  10:15-10:30 Break
  10:30-12:00 Hypnosis with Children and Adolescents—Ben Pomerantz, LCSW, and
  David Gordon, Ph.D.
  12:00-1:00 Working Lunch Covering Discussion of Courses and Q and A --Ron
  Kaminishi, David Gordon, and Ben Pomerantz)
  1:00-3:15 Group Supervision Practice Session 1—Ron Kaminishi, Ben
  Pomerantz, and David Gordon. Induction of choice, including use of
  hypnotic patterns of language, deepening and utilization of either a pain
  management strategy, or a strategy used with children or adolescents.
  Include post-hypnotic suggestions for well-being and success.
  3:15-3:30 Break
  3:30-5:00 Insight-Oriented and Exploratory Hypnotic Techniques—Ben
  Pomerantz and David Gordon
  5:00-5:30 Brief Q and A, Closing and Adjourn
  
  Day 3—Sunday, March 2, 2008
  8:30-8:45 Third Day Sign-in and Coffee
  8:45-10:15 Hypnosis and Ego-Strengthening—Karin Meiselman, Ph.D.
  10:15-12:00 Strategies for Managing Performance Anxiety—Karin Meiselman,
  Ph.D.
  12:00-1:00 Working Lunch Q and A—Karin Meiselman and Gary Wood, Ph.D.,
  LCSW
  1:00-2:45 Group Supervision Practice Session 2—Gary Wood, and Faculty
  Induction of choice, including use of hypnotic patterns of language,
  deepening, utilization of a strategy for ego-strengthening and/or
  performance anxiety. Include post-hypnotic suggestions for well-being
  and success.
  2:45-3:00 Break
  3:00-4:15 Hypnosis for Habit and Anxiety Disorders—Gary Wood, Ph.D., LCSW
  4:15-4:30 Brief Q and A, Closing and Adjourn
  
  Objectives:
  1. Discuss two insight-oriented and exploratory hypnotic techniques
  2. Discuss two methods for managing pain
  3. Discuss two methods for engaging children and adolescents in hypnosis
  4. Discuss two hypnotic strategies for dealing with anxiety.
  

• Objectives of Workshop:
  1. Discuss two insight-oriented and exploratory hypnotic techniques
  2. Discuss two methods for managing pain
  3. Discuss two methods for engaging children and adolescents in hypnosis
  4. Discuss two hypnotic strategies for dealing with anxiety.
  

• About the Presenter:
  Norma Barretta, Ph.D. – An internationally renowned presenter, author and clinician, Dr. Barretta is an approved consultant and fellow of ASCH as well as a diplomate of the International Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Counseling and Psychotherapy. She is a member of the APA, ASCH, SCSCH and AHP and is also listed in Who’s Who Among Women in the World. An invited faculty member for the Erickson Foundation Congress, Dr. Barretta specializes in hypnotic work with medically referred patients in her Los Angeles-area based private practice. She is the Moderator of the Board of Governors of ASCH.
  
  Philip F. Barretta, M.A., M.F.T. – An approved consultant of ASCH, Phil Barretta is a frequent faculty member of the Erickson Foundation Congress. In 1989 he received the status of Special Member by ASCH, an honorary member of the SCSCH. Phil Barretta is also a lifetime member of AHP, Phi Delta Phi and Phi Delta Kappa and is a diplomate of the International Academy of Health Care Professionals. A member of the CAMFT, he is listed in Who’s Who in the West. He is an internationally renowned presenter, author and instructor in Ericksonian hypnosis and neurolinguistics
  
  David S. Gordon, PhD. Is a clinical psychologist and hypnotherapist in private practice in West Los Angeles where he works with children, adults, couples an families. He is Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA in the departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry. Dr. Gordon is past president of the Los Angeles Society of Clinical Psychologists and part of the teaching faculty of the Southern California Society for Clinical Hypnosis.
  
  Dyan Haspel-Johnson, Ph.D. obtained her doctorate in health psychology from Saybrook Graduate School and Research Institute. She works as a therapist and has practiced mind/body hypnosis as a specialist for over 10 years in a private therapy practice, medical practice and, previously, at UCLA’s Behavioral Medicine Clinic. Dyan focuses on chronic problems (everything from fibromyalgia to phobias) with the goal of helping empower individuals to transform their weaknesses into strengths. She is the co-chair of programs for the Southern California Society of Clinical Hypnosis. She currently works in private practice using a variety of methodologies to fit each patient, including making individualized hypnosis CD’s that people can listen to on their own as well as doing more traditional therapy sessions.
  
  Ronald Kaminishi, DDS,is a dentist specializing in oral and maxillofacial surgery, TMJ disorders/facial pain, dental implants and dental extractions. His practice is located in Bellflower.
  
  Karin C. Meiselman, Ph.D. has been in private practice in Pasadena since 1979. She is past President of the Southern California Society of Clinical Hypnosis, Treasurer-elect of LACPA, and an Approved Consultant for the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
  
  Ben Pomerantz, LCSW is in private practice in Los Angeles.He is on the adjunct faculty at the USC Graduate School of Social Work and in the Psychology Dept. at Mt. St. Mary’s College. He has also been a guest lecturer in the Behavioral Medicine Clinic in the Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine at UCLA. He is past president of the Southern California Society for Clinical Hypnosis and is on their teaching faculty.
  
  Jessica G. Schairer, Ph.D. (PSY 6590) is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Westwood CA. She is currently the President of the Southern California Society of Clinical Hypnosis and Chair of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association’s Health Psychology Committee. Practice specialties include but are not limited to: creative blocks and other career difficulties, health issues such as IBS and GI disorders, auto-immune diseases, chronic pain, infertility and childbirth, and anxiety, phobias, and depression. She is an ASCH Approved Consultant in Clinical Hypnosis (C9200). She can be reached by email at Jessica@DrSchairer.com.
  
  Gary J. Wood, Ph.D., LCSW is Clinical Associate Professor at the USC School of Social Work and is in private practice in West Los Angeles. He is Past President of the Southern California Society of Clinical Hypnosis and was a recipient of the 2003 Clark L. Hull Award for Scientific Excellence in Writing on Experimental Hypnosis presented by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.

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  Member: $395

  Non-Member: $595

  Student: $255

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