Giving Misery the Finger: Ideomotor Signals for Diagnosis and Healing

When Good Trances Go Bad: The Importance of Dehypnosis or Alerting in Protecting Hypnotic Subjects Against Adverse Outcomes

 

Medical, dental, and mental health professionals who utilize hypnosis are generally enthusiastic about this modality and alert to appreciate its therapeutic potential. They may practice self-hypnosis, finding it helpful and benign. They have been taught that hypnosis may be associated with complications and adverse outcomes, but in recent years most cautions have focused on the politically-charged issues associated with memory and its vicissitudes. Warnings about the complications of routine therapeutic hypnosis have not been addressed with equal intensity and fervor. While the dangers of stage and lay hypnosis remain important concerns to hypnosis organizations whose membership is composed of licensed medical, dental, and mental health professionals (i.e., ASCH, SCEH, Division 30 of the American Psychological Association), these groups have generally not made equally critical assessments of their own workshops and the approaches to hypnosis taught in those workshops. This presentation will review examples of complications resulting from inadequate dehypnosis in the workshops of the most respected American hypnosis organizations, describe efforts made to correct the problems that made such complications more possible, and propose additional protective measures. Thereafter the clinical implications of these findings and efforts to address them will be discussed. Permissive and structured/directive approaches to dehypnosis will be reviewed and contrasted. Specific approaches to assist the subject who is "stuck" in hypnosis will be taught.

 

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will learn three types of adverse outcomes associated with inadequate dehypnosis.

2. Participants will be able to contrast the opportunities and the potential problems associated with permissive vs. structured /directive approaches to alerting.

3. Participants will be taught three approaches to assist the subject "stuck" in trance.

 

Program Schedule:

6:30 - 7:15 P.M. Buffet Dinner (see Dinner Reservation Form on page 3)

7:15 - 7:30 P.M. GPSCH Business Meeting and Election of 2006-2008 Board of Governors

7:30 - 8:30 P.M. Presentation

 

Richard P. Kluft, M.D. practices psychiatry and psychoanalysis in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Temple University School of Medicine, and has served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School as a Lecturer, Visiting Lecturer, and guest faculty member for many years. He is also on the faculty of the Philadelphia Center for Psychoanalysis. He has published over 225 scientific papers and book chapters. He is the Editor of Childhood Antecedents of Multiple Personality, Treating Victims of Sexual Abuse, and Incest-Related Syndromes of Adult Psychopathology. He and Catherine G. Fine, Ph.D. co-edited Clinical Perspectives on Multiple Personality Disorder. He was Editor-in-Chief of the journal Dissociation for ten years, and has served on the editorial boards of several journals. He is currently Clinical Forum Editor of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and Advisory Editor of the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. He has presented over 700 scientific papers and workshops. Dr. Kluft has been President of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation. He is currently President-Elect of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. He has received numerous awards for his research, clinical, and teaching contributions, and has delivered many honorific lectures. These include a special award for excellence in teaching from the American Psychiatric Association and, most recently, the Pierre Janet Distinguished Lecture to the International Society for the Study of Dissociation. He has had many Visiting Professorships, including at the Menninger Clinic and Rush Medical College in the United States and the Bakirkoy Hospital at the University of Istanbul in Turkey. Dr. Kluft has taught workshops on the treatment of the traumatized throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, as well as in Israel, Turkey, and Australia. He has spent 30 years studying and treating dissociative disorders and post-traumatic conditions. He has extensive experience in treating victims of sexual exploitation by psychotherapists, and has served as an expert witness in several malpractice cases involving boundary violations. Dr. Kluft is currently preparing a novel and a text on the treatment of dissociative identity disorder.

Target Audience: This program will be of interest to health care professionals such as physicians, psychologists, nurse practitioners, nurses, marriage and family therapists, and social workers who are interested in providing effective and responsible hypnosis treatment.

Psychology Continuing Education: This program is offered for 1 CE hour for psychologists. This program is co-sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis and Margolis Berman Byrne Health Psychology, P.C. Margolis Berman Byrne Health Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer Continuing Education for psychologists and maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

For those who wish to obtain 1 CE credit, the fee is $10 for GPSCH members and $20 for non-members (payable by check only). There is no advance registration, but you must pay for the CE credits on-site. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided on-site. You also need to sign the Acknowledgement and Release form, which will be provided on-site. No credit is awarded for partial attendance.

Credits toward ASCH Certification or Re-certification: There is no charge for those who wish to obtain 1 hour of continuing education applicable to ASCH certification or re-certification.

Special Needs: The Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis and Margolis Berman Byrne Health Psychology, P.C. are committed to providing access and support to persons with special needs who wish to participate in the programs we sponsor. If you have any questions, or if you require reasonable accommodations for a disability in order to participate fully in this continuing education activity, please call Noreen Spota, GPSCH Administrative Director, at 215-248-9168 or e-mail nmspota@aol.com.

Mark Your Calendar: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 (meeting), Self-Hypnosis for the Surgical Patient, presented by Scott M. Fried, D.O. (7:00 to 9:00 PM) at Roxborough Memorial Hospital

Psychotherapy as conceived in this presentation is primarily aimed at facilitating our patients' more skillful use of their own inner resources. This session will explore how hypnosis and EMDR, viewed as information processing models, can expand the patient's own power for healing at the mind-body level. Specific examples will be presented of how hypnosis and EMDR can successfully facilitate one another, including a case referred by an M.D. specializing in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and a case of an eating disorder with unusual origins.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will learn the format of Ernest Rossi's ideodynamic accessing model of hypnosis and how it can be usefully combined with EMDR.
• Participants will be able to determine when and how to combine hypnosis and EMDR and which method to use first based on the blueprint presented.

Program Schedule:

10:30 - 10:45 A.M. ........................ Registration, Coffee, and Refreshments
10:45 - 11:00 A.M. .........................GPSCH Business Meeting
11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ..................Presentation

Suzanne Bjick, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice in the Binghamton, New York area. She was an English major as an undergraduate and holds graduate degrees from Yale and Temple Universities. Dr. Bjick is a member of APA and PPA and has been a member of GPSCH and a member and consultant with ASCH. Her article, "Accessing the Power in the Patient with Hypnosis and EMDR," appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 43 (3, 4), 2001 and she received the Crasilneck Award in 2002. She meets regularly with a group of colleagues who have all been ASCH members to discuss hypnosis, the energy therapies, and relevant research. Dr. Bjick is current Chair-Elect of the Harpur Forum, a group bringing together some 300 people who are leaders in the business and professional community with leaders of Binghamton University. She has a regular yoga practice and enjoys her book club, walking with friends, and bicycling with her family.

Target Audience: This program will be of interest to health care professionals such as physicians, psychologists, nurse practitioners, nurses, marriage and family therapists, and social workers who are interested in providing effective and responsible hypnosis treatment. You do NOT need to notify our office in advance if you plan to attend this meeting.

Psychology Continuing Education: This program is offered for 2 CE hours for psychologists. This program is co-sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis and Margolis Berman Byrne Health Psychology, P.C. Margolis Berman Byrne Health Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer Continuing Education for psychologists and maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

For those who wish to obtain 2 CE credits, the fee is $20 for GPSCH members and $40 for non-members. There is no advance registration, but you must pay for the CE credits on-site. A Certificate of Attendance will be mailed to you. You would also need to sign the Acknowledgement and Release form, which will be provided on site. No credit is awarded for partial attendance.

Credits toward ASCH Certification or Re-certification: There is no charge for those who wish to obtain 2 hours of continuing education applicable to ASCH certification or re-certification.

Special Needs: The Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis and Margolis Berman Byrne Health Psychology, P.C. are committed to providing access and support to persons with special needs who wish to participate in the programs we sponsor. If you have any questions, or if you require reasonable accommodations for a disability in order to participate fully in this continuing education activity, please call Noreen Spota, GPSCH Administrative Director, at 215-248-9168 or e-mail nmspota@aol.com.

Mark Your Calendar: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 (meeting), Advancing Mind-Body Medicine with the Neuro-Emotional Technique (NET), presented by Daniel A. Monti, M.D. (7:00-9:00 PM, 2 CEs for psychologists)

From the Main Line / Valley Forge Area: Take the Schuylkill Expressway (1-76) east bound. Exit at the Belmont Exit (Exit 338). Turn left at the bottom of the ramp and cross the Schuylkill River. Go up Green Lane to the top of the hill. At the first traffic light, turn right onto Ridge Avenue. The hospital is just past the third traffic light (about 6 blocks). Turn left past Roxborough onto Jamestown Street. The parking lot is on the right.

From Center City: Take the Schuylkill Expressway (1-76) west to Exit 340 A (Lincoln Drive-Kelly Drive). Stay in the right lane and take the ramp leading to Ridge Avenue West. The hospital is on the right side of Ridge Avenue, five traffic lights after exiting 1-76.

From Northeast Philadelphia: Take Route 1 South to the Ridge Avenue exit. Turn right and follow Ridge Avenue for five traffic lights. The hospital is on the right side of Ridge Avenue after the Walnut Lane intersection.

From North Philadelphia: Take Broad Street to Roosevelt Blvd. and follow the same directions as "From Northeast Philadelphia."

From Mount Airy: Take Washington Lane to Wayne Avenue. Turn left onto Wayne Avenue. Follow to Walnut Lane. Turn right onto Walnut Lane and drive about three miles (over Wissahickon Avenue and Henry Avenue) to Ridge Avenue. Turn right onto Ridge Avenue. The hospital is one-half block up Ridge Avenue.

Parking is in the hospital parking lot on Jamestown Street, and it costs $1.00 (paper or coin operated machine, for unlimited duration). Street parking is limited but free. We will meet in the Wolcoff Auditorium, a separate building (pink-red brick) on the hospital campus. It is just a short walk from the parking lot along the service drive.

The undersigned acknowledges that he/she has volunteered to participate in an academic activity/workshop in which he/she may be induced into a hypnotic trance with other participants and faculty.

The undersigned does not have any medical problems or other special conditions that may prevent him/her from fully and beneficially participating in all academic/workshop activities, except as have been disclosed to faculty members.

The workshop provides an opportunity to participate in academic discussions. The workshop GPSCH offers is not supervision. The undersigned agrees that individual participant practitioners shall respectively retain sole and exclusive responsibility for the treatment of their patients and clients.

The undersigned acknowledges that he/she is free to disclose or not disclose personal information about himself/herself. The undersigned agrees to not disclose personally identifiable information concerning his/her patients/clients, or other recipients of his/her services, and he/she agrees to take reasonable steps to disguise the persons discussed during the course of academic activities/workshop.

The undersigned agrees to hold harmless The Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis, its Board of Governors, employees and members, the faculty and other participants in today's academic activity/workshop, and to indemnify them from and against any and all possible claims, damages, and costs arising from the undersigned's participation in today's academic activity/workshop.

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Workshop Description: This workshop will present both the beginning and more experienced clinical hypnotherapist with the history and theory of applying hypnotic approaches to medical conditions. The results of hypnotic interventions in the medically ill will be discussed, with particular attention to recent developments in the mainstream utilization of hypnosis as adjunctive treatment for medical conditions. Recent important research on hypnotic interventions for specific medical problems such as insomnia, anxiety, nausea and vomiting, and psychophysiological disorders will be explored. Special consideration will be given to hypnotic pain management, as well as the power and unique effectiveness of hypnotic applications in end-of-life care and in serious medical situations. Specific techniques will be demonstrated through videotaped case material, and an opportunity for supervised group practice of hypnotic interventions will be provided with the goal of encouraging participants to engage more comfortably in the care of such responsive and grateful patients. Target Audience: Physicians, psychologists, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and other qualified health care providers interested in providing effective and responsible hypnosis treatment for the chronically and/or severely ill. Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Education and Research Foundation (ASCH-ERF). The ASCH-ERF is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The ASCH-ERF designates this educational activity for up to 6 hours in Category I toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Physicians should claim only those hours of credit actually spent in the educational activity. The ASCH-ERF adheres to ACCME Essential Areas and policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Commercial support for the program and faculty relationships within the industry will be disclosed at the activity. Speakers will also state when off-label or experimental use of drugs or devices is incorporated in their presentations. Psychology Continuing Education: Margolis Berman Byrne Health Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer Continuing Education for psychologists and maintains responsibility for this program. This program is offered for 6 CE hours for psychologists. No credit is awarded for partial attendance. Americans with Disabilities Act / Special Needs: The Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Education and Research Foundation, and Margolis Berman Byrne Health Psychology P.C. are committed to equality of educational opportunity and do not discriminate against applicants, students, or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veterans status, or sexual orientation. If you require reasonable accommodations for a disability in order to participate fully in this continuing education activity, you must call 215-248-9168 no later than March 25, 2005 and attach a note to your registration form. Certificates of Attendance will be mailed following completion of the workshop. Learning Objectives: The participant shall, upon completion of the workshop, be able to: Part 1: 1. Better understand the results of scientific study of hypnotic applications in medicine including: efficacy and clinical meaningfulness of results; possible implications of findings in areas such as pain, management of immunological abnormalities, cancer management, anxiety, and sleep problems. Part 2: 2. Understand and utilize rapid induction techniques that may be applicable in medical situations. 3. Better understand the utility and choices of hypnotic deepening techniques, and their relative importance in managing medical problems or symptoms. 4. Formulate a brief induction, deepening, and suggestions relevant to problems such as anxiety, insomnia, and pain management. 5. Understand and utilize hypnotic and imagery techniques with proven efficacy for psychophysiological disorders. 6. Understand the three basic types of pain, and the primary pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments for pain. 7. Understand and utilize four primary hypnotic pain approaches, and appreciate which situations would predict their successful application. Part 3: 8. Understand the fundamental differences between acute, chronic, and terminal symptoms, and formulate treatment plans with appropriate hypnotic suggestions for each. 9. Understand the transformative potential in incurable disorders and conditions, and facilitate transformation of problems into opportunities. 10. Utilize naturalistic inductions in order to provide effective suggestions and education in end-of-life situations, and in challenging or malignant clinical situations. Workshop Outline: 8:30 - 9:00 AM --- Registration, Coffee 9:00 - 10:30 --- Topic: An update on hypnosis in the medically infirm - anxiety, insomnia, nausea, and psychophysiological disorders. 10:30 - 10:45 --- Break 10:45 - 12 Noon --- Topic: Hypnotic pain management - acute, procedural pain. Noon - 1:00 PM --- Lunch (provided) 1:00 - 3:00 --- Topic: Hypnotic pain management (continued). 3:00 - 3:15 --- Break 3:15 - 4:20 --- Topic: Hypnotic approaches for incurable conditions - indications, techniques, and caveats. 4:20 - 4:30 --- Workshop Evaluation 4:30 --- Adjourn Dan Handel, M.D. Biography: After receiving his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland in 1978, Dr. Handel completed a Family Practice residency at the University of Minnesota in 1981. He holds board certifications in Family Practice and Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and is a Diplomat of the American Academy of Pain Management. He holds Fellowships in the American Academy of Family Practice and American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, is a Past President of ASCH, and is a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and AAFP. Dr. Handel has held assistant professorships in Family Practice and Community Medicine at medical colleges in Texas and Minnesota, and is a staff member of the Clinical Research Center of the National Institutes of Health. He serves as a consulting review member for the National Cancer Institute's review board. Dr. Handel has accepted a permanent position at the National Institutes of Health in the Pain and Palliative Care Service where he provides and directs patient care, while participating in palliative care and mind/body research. He also directs the Palliative Medicine Fellowship training program at the NIH. Dr. Handel has served as medical director for nonprofit hospices since 1989, and previously served as President and Medical Director of a multidisciplinary, nonprofit medical institute devoted to pain management and research from 1994-2000. His practice is now restricted to palliative care and pain management. Dr. Handel also served as the founding Medical Director of the Palliative Care Service at Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital, and as the founding medical director of a free-standing inpatient hospice hospital serving pain and end-of-life care needs. With special interests in pharmacological and mind/body pain management strategies, Dr. Handel has presented nationally and internationally in these areas and has authored several book chapters and journal articles on pain management, palliative care medicine, complementary medicine, hypnosis, and mind/body medicine.

END OF YEAR MEETING: WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2004

Complimentary Dinner: 6:30 P.M. Meeting: 7:30 P.M.

Please R.S.V.P. no later than Monday, May 10

ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WOLCOFF AUDITORIUM

5800 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

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PERSONALITY DISORDERS IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE:

ARE THEY POSSIBLE? ARE THEY LIKELY? ARE THEY "LEGAL"?

 

Presenter: Arthur Freeman, Ed.D.

 

Clinicians typically see children and adolescents who meet criteria for personality disorders in both inpatient and residential settings. It is not simply a case of adolescents having a birthday and upon reaching the age of majority (typically 18) being rewarded with graduation from school, enrollment in the military, a new car, and the official designation of a personality disorder. This presentation will explore the clinical reality of personality disorders in childhood. For some children and adolescents, the disorder may cause severe discomfort and dysfunction; for others, it is ego syntonic, but the distress is from others (family, peers, school). For still others, the disorder is functional; for example, the compliant, dependent, obsessive compulsive, hard-working, success-driven/demanding child will be seen as a hard worker and a superior student who wins many awards for academic performance. This presentation will address some of the diagnostic factors, the differential diagnosis with disorders that may manifest in similar ways, and some goals for treatment. Participants will be able to:

 

1. Identify four factors for allowing the diagnosis of personality disorders in children and adolescents.

2. Differentiate between personality disorders and similarly-appearing problems of ADD and AD/HD.

3. Describe three possible treatment foci for children with personality disorders.

 

Dr. Arthur Freeman is Professor and Chair-Emeritus of the Department of Psychology at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. A graduate of Teachers College-Columbia University, he studied at the Alfred Adler Institute in New York under Drs. Kurt and Alexandra Adler, the Institute for Rational Living under Dr. Albert Ellis, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania under Dr. Aaron T. Beck. Dr. Freeman has published over 50 book chapters, reviews, and journal articles, and 40 professional books including: Treating Borderline Personality Disorder (patient workbook and therapist manual, with Gina M. Fusco, 2004), Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders, 2nd ed. (with Aaron T. Beck, 2004), Clinical Applications of Cognitive Therapy, 2nd ed. (2004), Cognitive Behavioral Approaches to Crisis Intervention (with Frank Dattilio, 2003), and Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescents, 2nd ed. (with Mark Reinecke and Frank Dattilio, 2003). Dr. Freeman has published two popular books, Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: Overcoming Mistakes and Missed Opportunities (with Rose DeWolf) and The Ten Dumbest Mistakes Smart People Make, and How to Overcome Them (with Rose DeWolf). His work has been translated into nine foreign languages. He is certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in clinical, family, and behavioral psychology. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Academy of Clinical Psychology, and the Pennsylvania Psychological Association (PPA). He is a past president of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy and is the president of the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy. In 2000, the PPA named Dr. Freeman recipient of its award for "Outstanding Contribution to the Science and Practice of Psychology." He has lectured in 25 countries for over two decades.

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GPSCH meetings count for 1.5 hours of continuing education applicable to ASCH certification or re-certification.

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DINNER RESERVATION FORM

 

You and your guest(s) are invited to join us for our end-of-the-year buffet dinner and meeting. Please help us to determine the appropriate amount of food to order by letting us know whether or not you and your guest(s) plan to attend. Send this reservation form to: Ms. Noreen Spota, 19 Station Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118-2939, e-mail nmspota@aol.com, or call GPSCH voicemail (215) 248-9168 no later than Monday, May 10, 2004.

 

______ Yes, I will attend the May 19, 2004 dinner meeting and I will bring ______ guest(s).

 

Your Name (please print): _______________________________________________________________________

 

Telephone Number: (______) ___________________ E-Mail Address: ________________________________

 

 

Depression is the most common mood disorder affecting Americans, a problem that is still growing steadily across all age groups. Depression is also one of the more treatable disorders, as long-term therapy and follow-up studies indicate. Despite the overstated and oversimplified view that suggests depression is caused by a neurochemical imbalance in the brain, the clinical and research evidence make it quite clear that depression is about much more than just "bad chemistry." In fact, depression can have many causes, and there are many factors, including psychosocial ones, that can influence its course and prognosis.

 

Our knowledge of depression has greatly improved in recent years, firmly establishing the essential role of psychotherapy in treatment Simply put them are things therapy can do that no medication will ever be able to do. Whenever psychotherapy is indicated, so am specific identifiable patterns of hypnotic influence, since the two am fundamentally inseparable. Hypnosis is a means for absorbing clients in new and different ways of dih*jng about and relating to their own internal experience. Thus, integrating hypnosis with empirically validated treatments for depression (such as cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal therapies) is not only possible but desirable. In this one-day clinical training, we will consider those treatment in= and approaches most relevant to individual approaches to therapy, including cognitive, behavioral, and strategic approaches to treatment Our focus will be on integrating hypnosis into the treatment process, emphasizing the merits of hypnosis as a vehicle of teaching those skills known to reduce and even prevent depression. Approaches will be modeled, and there will be some opportunity for structured practice of specific techniques.

 

This workshop reaffirms the value of good psychotherapy employing hypnotic and strategic approaches. Depression has proven to be highly treatable with directive, active, and experiential interventions, like hypnosis.

 Topics to be Addressed:

• Models of depression, models of hypnosis
• Biology and psychology on a collision course
• Epidemiology as an informant
• Content, process, solutions
• Patterns of depression and therapy as pattern interruption
• Rigidity as the problem, flexibility as the solution
• Video demonstration: hypnosis and proactive interventions for depression
• Accessing client resources as a means of empowerment
• Coping styles and depression
• Attributional styles and negative expectancy
• Temporal orientation, hypnosis, and depression
• Hypnotically building expectancy
• Designing hypnotic and strategic interventions
• Hypnosis as a means of "seeding" homework
• Learning to think in terms of risk factors and prevention.

  EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:

  1. Identify key patterns that cause and maintain depression.

  2. List and describe the role of attributional style patterns as depressive risk factors.

  3. Develop specific active hypnotically-based intervention strategies for facilitating recovery.

  4. Design structured homework assignments to facilitate the development of fife-enhancing skills to reduce relapses.

  5. Identify opportunities for hypnotically implementing preventive strategies.

PROGRAM

8:00 A.M. ................. Coffee, Registration

8:30 A.M. ................. Morning Program

10:15-10:30 A.M. ................. BREAK

11:45 A.M. ................. Lunch

12:45 P.M. ................. Afternoon Program

2:15-2:30 P.M. ................. BREAK

4:00 P.M. ................. Closing; Evaluations

Workshop Faculty:

Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and marriage and family therapist in private practice in Solana Beach, California. He is internationally recognized for his work m depression and outcome-focused psychotherapy, routinely teaching to professional audiences all over the world. To date, he has been invited to present his ideas and methods to colleagues in 25 countries across six continents, and all over the United States. Dr. Yapko has had a special interest that spans nearly a quarter century in the intricacies of brief therapy, the clinical applications of hypnosis and directive methods, and treating the disorder of major depression. He is the author of numerous books, book chapters, and articles on the subjects of the brief therapy of depression and the use of strategic psychotherapies. These include his newly-revised classic hypnosis textbook, Trancework. An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis (3rd edition), the award-winning Treating Depression With Hypnosis, and these other well-known works: Hand-Me-Down Blues., How to Stop Depression From Spreading In Families; Breaking the Patterns of Depression; and Hypnosis and the Treatment of Depressions. Dr. Yapko is a member of the American Psychological Association, a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine's Division of Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine (in England), a member of the International Society of Hypnosis, and a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. He is a recipient of The Milton H. Erickson Award of Scientific Excellence for Writing in Hypnosis. Dr. Yapko was honored to be chosen to write the authoritative sections on depression, brief therapy, clinical hypnosis, and the repressed memory controversy for the 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 Encyclopedia Britannica Medical and Health Annuals. On the personal side, Dr. Yapko is happily married to his wife, Diane, a pediatric speech-language pathologist. Together, they enjoy hiking m the great outdoors in their spare time.

 

PARASYMPATHETIC PATHWAYS TO HEALTH: THE AUTONOMIC MODEL OF HYPNOSIS

 

Five years ago, Dallas clinical psychologist Reginald B. Humphreys began to offer accredited continuing education workshops outlining a comprehensive scientific and clinical model for understanding the nature and benefits of hypnosis, "The Autonomic Model of Hypnosis". Several Philadelphia members attended Dr. Humphreys' recent advanced workshop at the ASCH Annual Meeting in March, and subsequently the Executive Board arranged for Dr. Humphreys to provide for Philadelphia clinicians a full-day in-depth workshop on the Autonomic Model of Hypnosis.

 

MULTIMEDIA LECTURE

Dr. Humphreys has created over 300 diagrams and animations for large-screen video illustration of autonomic nervous system dynamics. In bringing the multimedia lecture format to GPSCH, he will provide Philadelphia-area clinicians with access to presentations previously available only at annual meetings of ASCH and SCEH. This format will also allow Dr. Humphreys to demonstrate his newly-created methodology for inducing trance using "full synchronization mind-body video."

 

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:

1. To provide participants with basic understanding of the presenter's autonomic model of hypnosis, including understanding of sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system, their relation to mind-body circuits and the brain, and their functioning during illness and symptomatic states, and trance states such as hypnosis.

2. To provide participants with an understanding of the neurodynamic approach to hypnosis and psychotherapy, which describes how psychodynamics, autonomic dynamics, and brain dynamics act in concert (with coherence), and how states of P-A-B (psychodynamic-autonomic-brain) coherence and integration can be facilitated using hypnosis and other altered states of consciousness, and by lifestyle modification.

3. To provide participants with a broad array of clinical methodologies for fostering P-A-B coherence with hypnosis, including specific methods (scripts and treatment protocols), and tables and decision trees matching common presenting clinical problems with methods indicated by the autonomic/neurodynamic approach.

PROGRAM

8:30 A.M. ................. Coffee, Registration

9:00 A.M. ................. Morning Program

10:15-10:30 A.M. ................. BREAK

12:00 P.M. ................. Lunch

1:00 P.M. ................. Afternoon Program

2:15-2:30 P.M. ................. BREAK

4:30 P.M. ................. Closing; Evaluations

Write checks payable to "GPSCH." Mail your registration form and payment by November 10, 2003 to GPSCH, C/O Ms. Noreen Spota, 19 Station Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118-2939. Fees may be refunded, less $15 administrative fee, prior to November 15, 2003.

Workshop Faculty:

Reg Humphreys, Ph.D. has been involved in the teaching of clinical hypnosis to fellow health care professionals throughout his 20 years of clinical practice in Dallas. Among his credentials:

B.A., M.A. - Southern Methodist University

Ph.D. - University of Texas Southwestern Medical

Past President, North Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis

Founder, accredited workshop programs, NTSCH

Fellow, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

Provider of over 200 separate workshop presentations for ASCH, SCEH, ISH, & NTSCH

 

This presentation explores the possibilities of bringing a multi-modal approach to clinical practice, specifically, the combined use of an art process with hypnosis. An overview of art therapy theory will be provided, as well as an opportunity for the audience to experience the combined approach. Clinical examples will be shared to highlight the value of working in this way.

 

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will learn six benefits that art can bring to hypnosis.

2. Participants will experience a guided hypno-art therapy technique.

3. Participants will be able to evaluate the usefulness of incorporating artwork as an ancillary modality into their own clinical practices.

 

Karen Clark-Schock, Psy.D., ATR-BC is a licensed psychologist and board-certified art therapist with extensive training in hypnosis, having completed all requirements for ASCH certification (except the paperwork!). She earned her master's degree in art therapy from Hahnemann Medical School and her doctorate from Immaculata University. Her doctoral dissertation, Hypno-Art Therapy, provided her with a vehicle to better understand and utilize the combined possibilities of these two powerful treatment modalities. Dr. Clark-Schock has worked within a wide variety of settings, including an inpatient psychiatric unit, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program, a health psychology group practice, and her own consultation firm, which offered personal and professional development workshops to corporations. Currently, she maintains a private practice in Paoli, Pennsylvania, and specializes in women's issues, imagery for health and pain relief, stress management, and optimizing creativity as a resource and strategy for problem-solving and life transitions. She is Associate Professor and Director of Art Therapy at the University of the Arts as well as Assistant Professor at the Hahnemann Creative Arts in Therapy program, now at Drexel University. Dr. Clark-Schock has had several publications in professional journals. In her spare time, she creates hand-built forms in clay.

 

  This is an open meeting limited to professionals and students in the fields of dentistry, medicine, psychology, and social work. GPSCH meetings count for 1.5 hours of continuing education applicable to ASCH certification or re-certification. Complimentary refreshments will be served.

** The 6.30 P.M. consultation session is designed to allow beginners and others to ask experienced clinicians about issues and problems in the use of clinical hypnosis. Dr. Karen Clark-Schock will serve as the consultant.

Mark your calendar: Workshop on Saturday, November 22 on "The Nervous System and Hypnosis: Underlying Influences of Stress and Treatment" will be presented by Reginald B. Humphreys, Ph.D.

MEETING: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2003

Time: 7:30 P.M.

Consultation Group: 6:30 P.M. (see below**)

 

ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WOLCOFF AUDITORIUM

5800 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

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NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES (NDEs):

Personal, Types, Usual Stages, Case Reports, Research Studies,

Spiritual Explanation, Possible Scientific Explanations

 

Presenter: Donald R. Morse, D.D.S., Ph.D.

 

First I will describe my partial NDE in 1983. Then I will consider the four types of NDEs with the usual stages. Some outstanding case reports will be presented, followed by research studies. A spiritual hypothesis and 12 scientific hypotheses and rebuttals of these will then be given.

 

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will learn what an NDE is and under what circumstances it usually occurs.

2. Participants will be able to evaluate the case reports and research studies.

3. Participants will be able to make a choice about whether or not an NDE is a brain phenomenon or a spiritual encounter.

 

Donald R. Morse, B.S., M.A., M.A., D.D.S., Ph.D. is a Professor Emeritus at Temple University in Philadelphia. He has graduate degrees in dentistry, endodontics, microbiology, clinical psychology, and clinical nutrition. Dr. Morse has been the principal investigator in many research projects involving endodontics (root canal therapy), oral medicine, oral pathology, oral pharmacology, oral physiology, forensic dentistry, oral microbiology, nutrition, pain management, stress management, hypnosis, meditation, acupunture, brain wave synchronizers (BWS), parapsychology, and spirituality. He has written over 200 scientific articles and 15 books, including 12 non-fiction, seven of which are about stress and its management. Dr. Morse was President of the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis for two years and Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Psychosomatics for 10 years. He is presently Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Religion and Psychical Research and President of the Academy of Religion and Psychical Research. Dr. Morse has given courses in dentistry, endodontics, oral microbiology, oral pharmacology, oral pathology, oral physiology, forensic dentistry, hypnosis, meditation, BWS, relaxation therapy, pain management, stress management, nutrition, spirituality, and overcoming death anxiety throughout the United States and in 30 other countries.

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This is an open meeting limited to professionals and students in the fields of dentistry, medicine, psychology, and social work. GPSCH meetings count for 1.5 hours of continuing education applicable to ASCH certification or re-certification. Complimentary refreshments will be served.

 

** The 6:30 P.M. consultation session is designed to allow beginners and others to ask experienced clinicians about issues and problems in the use of clinical hypnosis. Dr. Donald Morse will serve as the consultant.

Mark your calendar: Next meeting on Wednesday, October 22 at 7:30 P.M. on "Hypno-Art Therapy" will feature Karen Clark-Schock, Psy.D., ATR-BC. A workshop on Saturday, November 22 on "The Nervous System and Hypnosis: Underlying Influences of Stress and Treatment" will be presented by Reginald B. Humphreys, Ph.D.

Most dysfunctional behaviors are anxiety based, and they are coping behaviors originally invoked to reduce anxiety. Initially imprinted in the unconscious by some form of trauma, and further imprinted by habitual repetition, these behaviors become labeled as dysfunctional and negative when they are consciously recognized as a problem. "Empty habits," or "simple negative behaviors," can be removed in a single therapeutic session without symptom substitution and usually do not require the teaching of self-hypnosis. However, when dysfunctional behaviors, such as overeating, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive rituals, and alcohol and drug use, continue because the original or new stressors are present, they undergo a process of evolving complexity if not treated. These "complex habits," or "complex negative behaviors," require more than a single session and usually involve teaching self-hypnosis.

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the principles of the Brief Cognitive Hypnosis model.

2. Apply this model within the clinician's method of practice to facilitate the change of dysfunctional behavior.

3. Adapt the new change protocols into existing clinical practice.

4. Learn a single-session model for smoking cessation.

PROGRAM

8:30 A.M. ................. Coffee, Registration

9:00 A.M. ................. Morning Program

10:15-10:30 A.M. ................. BREAK

12:00 P.M. ................. Lunch

1:00 P.M. ................. Afternoon Program

4:30 P.M. ................. Closing; Evaluations

Workshop Faculty:

Jordan Zarren, MSW, DCSW, DAHB is the current president of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH), an ASCH Approved Consultant, and Diplomate in Clinical Social Work. He is past president and Diplomate of the American Hypnosis Board for Clinical Social Work, past president of the Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and a life member of the Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. Mr. Zarren is an advisory scientific editor for the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis and an editorial consultant of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. He is primary co-author, with Bruce Eimer, of Brief Cognitive Hypnosis: Facilitating the Change of Dysfunctional Behavior and maintains his private practice in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Bruce Eimer, PhD, ABPP is a licensed psychologist and Board Certified Diplomate in the specialty of behavioral psychology. He is an ASCH Approved Consultant in clinical hypnosis, and is certified in school psychology, pain management, medical psychology, and vocational neuropsychology. Dr. Eimer has authored Pain Management Psychotherapy: A Practical Guide, and is the co-author, with Jordan Zarren, of Brief Cognitive Hypnosis: Facilitating the Change of Dysfunctional Behavior. He is an adjunct faculty member of several Philadelphia area universities and he maintains his practice in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.

This presentation will describe what tinnitus is, who is likely to present for treatment for this disorder, and audiological and psychological treatments.

1. Participants will learn about the physiological mechanisms of tinnitus.

2. Participants will learn how to conduct three audiological treatments for tinnitus.

3. Participants will learn how to conduct three hypnotic interventions for tinnitus.

Gail B. Brenner, Au.D. has a clinical doctorate in audiology. She has been a practicing audiologist for 22 years, and has had a private practice for the past 10 years. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and a member of the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists. Gail has established the Tinnitus and Sound Sensitivity Treatment Center of Philadelphia, and also serves as the current director of the Tinnitus Association of Philadelphia. She practices in Center City and Bala Cynwyd.

 

Simone Gorko, M.S. is a psychologist in private practice in Narberth and Allentown. She treats the psychological aspects of tinnitus as part of her practice. She has been a frequent presenter at the Tinnitus Association of Philadelphia and has made previous presentations to GPSCH on fear of flying and disaster mental health. Simone specializes in the treatment of trauma, both short-and long-term, including holocaust survivors and their adult children, survivors of accidents and disasters, and childhood trauma survivors. She is certified in clinical hypnosis by ASCH and has advanced training in EMDR.

Description of Workshop: Dreams have been used by mankind in ways that are parallel to hypnosis and trance states. In addition to solving personal dilemmas, dreams have inspired the practical creations of Beethoven, Paul McCartney, Ingmar Bergman, William Blake, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Salvador Dali as well as the sports inspirations of Jack Nicklaus and Marion Jones. Two Nobel Prize winners, and the inventors of the anti-aircraft gun, the sewing machine, and insulin injections, have also credited dream for their ideas, In this workshop, Dr. Deirdre Barrett will offer a rich collection of examples showing how some of the world's most creative people have used revelations of their dream life to inform their work, and she will draw lessons on the applications of dreaming to our problems great and small.

 

Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D., teaches at Harvard Medical School. She is the author of The Committee of Sleep. How Artists, Scientists, and Athletes Use their Dreams for Creative Problem Solving--And How You Can, Too (Crown/Random House, 2001). She also wrote The Pregnant Man and Other Cases from a Hypnotherapist's Couch (Times/Random House, 1998). Dr. Barrett was editor of the book Trauma and Dreams (Harvard University Press, 1996). She is past president of the Association for the Study of Dreams, editor-in-chief of the international journal Dreaming, and the author of numerous professional articles and chapters on dreams, imagery, and hypnosis. Dr. Barrett has lectured on dreams and hypnosis at the Smithsonian, at universities across the United States, and in Russia, Kuwait, Israel, England, and Holland.

 

 

• discuss research findings on dreams and creativity;
• describe techniques to enhance the likelihood of dreams aiding emotional and objective waking endeavors;
• present parallel techniques with hypnosis including the "hypnotic dream" as a projective technique;
• outline hypnotic suggestions to influence the recall or content of nocturnal dream; and
• discuss the overlap of lucid dreaming with hypnosis, and provide time for experiencing and practicing these techniques.

Write checks payable to "Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis." Return registration form and check by November 4, 2002 to:

GPSCH

c/o Ms. Noreen Spota

19 Station Lane

Philadelphia, PA 1 9118-2939

Fees refunded, less $15 administrative fee, prior to March 20, 2002

Program co-sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis and Margolis Berman Byrne Heath Psychology. Margolis Berman Byrne Heath Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing Education for psychologists and maintains responsibility for the program. This program is offered for 6 CE hours for psychologists. No credit is awarded for partial attendance. For further information, please call 215-248-9168.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND RELEASE

The Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis

 

Name of Workshop: The Committee of Sleep: Hypnosis and Dreams Date: Saturday, November 16, 2002 Location: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The undersigned acknowledges that he/she has volunteered to participate in a workshop in which he/she may be induced into a hypnotic trance, and that workshop participants and faculty may be present during this session.

The undersigned does not have any medical problems or other special conditions, except as have been disclosed to faculty members.

The undersigned agrees to hold harmless the Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis, their employees and members, the faculty, and other participants in the above described workshop, and indemnify them from and against any and all claims, damages, and costs arising from the undersigned's participation in the workshop described above.

 

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Few instruments can claim the richness of myth and history of the harp. Harpist Laurie Buchanan, at the University of Texas, Son Antonio, says, "I always use selections from Nature Suite when performing in the operating room and for hospice patients. Vital signs stabilize and the need for pain medication and sedation is consistently reduced by more than 30 percent when I play this music. It also provides stress relief for the, staff." This presentation will provide an historic review of music as a healing tool and will emphasize the therapeutic value of harp music. Participants will be introduced to musical selections from Nature Suite. Participants will learn some basic principles of vibroacoustic harp therapy, which include promoting awareness, positive reframing or integration of previously repressed materials, and/or emotional catharsis while using harp music.

 

Sarajane Williams, M.A. is a licensed psychologist, professional harpist, harp teacher, composer, author of The Mythic Harp and editor of the Harp Therapy Journal She has over 30 years of experience in various roles in the holing arts, including nurse, cardiopulmonary technologist, director of a cardiac catheterization laboratory, and biofeedback therapist in a chronic pain center. Since 1991, Ms. Williams has been using heir harp in her psychology practice, located at Planet Harp in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to provide vibroacoustic harp therapy for clients who suffer from chronic pain, stress, anxiety, and depression. She was the first person to document the use of an acoustic instrument in conjunction with vibroacoustic therapy (VAT), thereby pioneering a new approach called vibroacoustic harp therapy (VAHT). Her seminal article, "Harp therapy: A psychoacoustic approach to treating pain and strew," appeared in the Winter 1993 issue of the American Journal of Harp Therapy, Vol.. 14, 2. Ms. Williams served as past chairperson of the Board of Healing Harps from 1996 to 1998, and has lectured at the First International Colloquium on the Healing Nature of Sound (1993), the 1996 World Harp Congress, egional harp conferences across the United States, the First (1999) and Second (2000) International Harp Therapy Conferences, the 2000 AHS National Coaftence, and the 2000 Eastman School of Music Summer Workshop, as well as other professional gatherings.

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This is an open meeting limited to professional and students in the fields of dentistry, medicine, psychology, and social work. GPSCH meetings count for 1.5 hours of continuing education applicable to ASCH recertification. Complimentary refreshments will be served.

 

** The 6.30 P.M. consultation session is designed to allow beginners and others to ask experienced clinicians about issues and problems in the use of clinical hypnosis. Ms. Williams will serve as the consultant.

 

Recently ethical attention has focused on developments in genetics including cloning and the mapping of the human genome and other important microbial genomes. There is certainly plenty of reason to concentrate on the moral challenges raised by developments in genetics. But there has been parallel explosion of knowledge about the human brain. New knowledge about the structure, function and biochemistry of the brain will raise a number of exciting possible uses in the near future. But in areas such as criminology, police work, employment screening and the testing of children and babies this knowledge may be used in ways that raise moral concerns. This talk will examine the moral and social issues that accompany the revolution in our knowledge of the human brain.

 

Dr. Arthur Caplan is Emanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics and chairperson of the Department of Medical Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the Director of the Center of Bioethics and a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Caplan has authored or edited 23 books including, Finding Common Ground: Ethics and Assisted Suicide (2001); Ethics and Organ Transplants (1999); Am I My Brother's Keeper (1998); Due Consideration: Controversy in an Age of Medical Miracles (1997); Prescribing Our Future: Ethical Challenges in Genetic Counseling (1993); If I Were a Rich Man Could I Buy a Pancreas and Other Essays on Medical Ethics (1992); and, When Medicine Went Bad: Bioethics and the Holocaust (1992). He has written over 475 articles and reviews in professional journals in philosophy, medicine, health policy, and the biological sciences. He is the chairman of the Advisory Committee to the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Control and Food and Drug Administration on Blood Safety and Availability. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of Gulf War Veterans' and member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Holocaust Museum. He is a winner of numerous awards, notably the Brandies University Alumni Achievement Award (1995), McGovern Medal from the American Medical Writers Association (1998) and he is a recipient of five honorary degrees from colleges and universities. He was named "Person to Watch in 2001" by USA Today. He writes a regular column on Bioethics for MSNBC.COM.

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GPSCH meetings count for 1.5 hours of continuing education applicable to ASCH Recertification.

 

You and your guest(s) are invited to join us for our traditional end-of-the year buffet dinner and meeting. Please help us to determine the appropriate amount of food to order by letting us know whether or not you and your guest(s) will be attending. Return the bottom portion of this flier or call GPSCH voicemail (215) 248-9168 no later than May 10, 2002.

In these times of sub-specialties in the treatment of illness, it is hard to keep the view that the organism, body and psyche are one. It is only through the proper understanding of this unity, and how it functions to maintain balance, that we can expect the best results in our healing methods. Dr. Merizalde will review the concept on integrated medicine through the understanding of the global function of the organism, how this function can be assessed and what approaches can be used to maximize this approach. He will review that various methods available in what is called "complementary/alternative" medicine and his experience of more than twenty years in the practice of medicine with these methods.

 

Dr. Merizalde received his medical degree from the Univeridad del Rosario, in Bogotá, Colombia and received his residency training in psychiatry at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia. He is board certified in adult and adolescent psychiatry, is the medical director for the Family Hope Center, an organization to treat people with special needs, and has a private practice in general medicine and psychiatry with an emphasis on mind-body integration.

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This is an open meeting limited to professional and students in the fields of dentistry, medicine, psychology, and social work. GPSCH meetings count for 1.5 hours of continuing education applicable to ASCH recertification. Complimentary refreshments will be served.

 

** The 6.30 P.M. consultation session is designed to allow beginners and others to ask experienced clinicians about issues and problems in the use of clinical hypnosis. Dr. Merizale will serve as the consultant.

 

 

Many sounds in general, and music in particular, have been used throughout history for the purpose of trance induction. This workshop will introduce a number of Sound Psychology techniques that relate directly to the use of music and sound for the purpose of eliciting trance in clinical settings and enhancing learning in academic settings. Among these, we will examine Musical Entrainment, Rhythmic Synchronicity, Sound Masking, Contextual Cueing and Sound Awareness. Various experiential exercises will be conducted to allow all attendees to learn by sharing their own experiences and exploring some sound-music related trance induction approaches. Please bring a pillow and a blanket to the session.

 

• Define various Sound Psychology techniques that relate to the use of music and sound in clinical hypnosis.
• Choose your own preferred form(s) of music and sound to use as adjunct to hypnotic induction, academic learning, or traditional clinical approaches.
• Discuss how rhythms and other elements of sound and music can induce trance.
• Discuss various musical instruments and natural sounds that are most readily related to trance induction.
• Demonstrate how Pulse Entrainment techniques can be used to synchronize and maintain effective rhythms during patient-therapist relations.

Write checks payable to "Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis." Return registration form and check by March 15, 2002 to:

GPSCH

c/o Ms. Noreen Spota

19 Station Lane

Philadelphia, PA 1 9118-2939

Fees refunded, less $15 administrative fee, prior to March 20, 2002

Program co-sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis and Margolis Berman Byrne Heath Psychology. Margolis Berman Byrne Heath Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing Education for psychologists and maintains responsibility for the program. This program is offered for 6 CE hours for psychologists. No credit is awarded for partial attendance. For further information, please call 215-248-9168.

John M. Ortiz, Ph.D., is the founder and director of The Institute of Applied Psychomusicology. He is a licensed psychologist, consultant, author, musician, certified clinical hypnotist (ASCH), and psycho-educational trainer listed in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. His international lectures on Sound Psychology are based on his books, The Tao of Music: Sound Psychology , a 1998 Small Press Book Awards Finalist in Self Help/ Recovery/ Psychology, and Nurturing Your Child With Music: How Sound Awareness Creates Happy, Smart and Confident Children, (1999). Dr. Ortiz is on the senior faculty of the National Institute of Teaching Excellence at Cambridge College, MA, and maintains a full time private practice in south central PA.

On September 11, 2001, many people watched - in real time - as two planes crashed into the world trade towers and then, stunned, watched those towers collapse. Due to the miracle of videotape and the media, almost everyone else saw the many replays of these horrible events. How have these events, and the media coverage of them, affected our country, our patients and ourselves? What do we need to know to meet patients' needs now and to prepare for any such crises in the future? The events of September 11 have brought the topics of crisis, crisis intervention, trauma and its aftermath to the forefront for mental heath practitioners.

 

In this presentation, we will learn (a) what normal responses to abnormal stress can look like and when these responses become abnormal; (b) definitions of crisis and trauma, methods of crises intervention and the differences between crises intervention and therapy; (c) ways to incorporate these techniques into our practices; and, (d) and how the American Red Cross responded to this disaster, what they have learned from this experience and what they are planning for the future.

 

Patricia Hastie-Lane is a licensed clinical social worker who maintains a private practice in Philadelphia. As a consultant, she serves as the Mental Health Administrator for the SEPA Chapter of the American Red Cross where she oversees the delivery of mental health service to both victims of disasters and the staff and volunteers who assist in disaster response work. Trained in critical incident response, crises management and EMDR, her work includes helping victims of sexual and emotional abuse as well as single incident traumas.

 

Simone Gorko is a licensed psychologist in private practice since 1985 in Narberth and Allentown. She specializes in the treatment of trauma, both short and long term, including Holocaust survivors and their adult children, survivors of accidents and disasters, and childhood trauma survivors. She is certified in clinical hypnosis by ASCH and has advanced training in EMDR. She is the chairperson of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association Disaster Response Network and a mental health volunteer with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross.

 

Adrienne Mendell is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Philadelphia. She has over 25 years of clinical experience with a wide range of clients. Her interest in trauma dates from the 1970s when she began treating rape victims as one of the founding mothers of Women Organized Against Rape. She is trained in critical incident response, certified in clinical hypnosis by ASCH and is a mental health volunteer with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red cross.

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This is an open meeting limited to professional and students in the fields of dentistry, medicine, psychology, and social work. GPSCH meetings count for 1.5 hours of continuing education applicable to ASCH recertification. Complimentary refreshments will be served. ** The 6.30 P.M. consultation session is designed to allow beginners and others to ask experienced clinicians about issues and problems in the use of clinical hypnosis. Adrienne Mendel will serve as the consultant.

 

Mark your calendar: Workshop on Music and Sound as Tools for Trance Induction by Dr. John Ortiz, March 30, 2002, at 9:00 A. M.

This presentation is intended to help participants develop a better understanding of the changes in subjective awareness that can result from the long term practice of meditation and to a lesser degree hypnosis/trance. Such changes can sometimes result in various types of psychological disturbances. Participants will learn how to best assist individuals experiencing meditation/trance related psychological problems and to help them achieve the profound positive changes that meditation/trance practices can produce.

 

More specifically, the participants will learn about: (a) the physiological and phenomenological characteristics of the meditative state; (b) how the meditative state is similar to and different from other altered states, for example, hypnosis; (c) how the meditative state can be considered a fourth state consciousness, that is, pure consciousness; (d) the process by which the meditative state becomes permanent and begins to coexist with the other three states of consciousness, that is, waking, dreaming, and deep sleep; (e ) models of higher states of consciousness and the characteristics that distinguish them from each other and the three "ordinary" states of consciousness; (f) the possible negative effects of meditation practice and the role that mental health professionals can play in helping to deal with these effects; and, (g) how hypnosis maybe used to facilitate the development of higher states of consciousness.

 

Dr. Kevin P. Creegan is staff psychologist at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. He has over 18 years of clinical experience and has worked with a wide range of clients. He has used hypnosis in the treatment of a number of conditions including anxiety, addiction and pain control. He also is an adjunct faculty member of Marywood University, Scranton, PA. At Marywood, he teaches courses in health psychology and behavioral medicine. In addition to his professional work, Dr. Creegan has 29 years experience as a meditation teacher and practitioner.

This is an open meeting limited to professional and students in the fields of dentistry, medicine, psychology, and social work. GPSCH meetings count for 1.5 hours of continuing education applicable to ASCH recertification. Complimentary refreshments will be served.

* The 10:00 A.M. consultation session is designed to allow beginners and others to ask experienced clinicians about issues and problems in the use of clinical hypnosis. Dr. Ronald J. Pekala will serve as the consultant.

Mark your calendar: Next meeting on Wednesday, January 16, 2001, at 6:30 P.M. featuring Robert Roeshman, M.D., on the "Treatment of Headaches."

Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis and Margolis Berman Byrne Health Psychology, P.C. are pleased to offer:

Barbara Labovitz Boik, MA, M.Ed. is a psychotherapist in private practice in Bozeman, MT. She is a Licensed Psychologist in PA, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in MT, and a Nationally Certified Counselor. Ms. Boik is coauthor of Sandplay Therapy: A Step-by-Step Manual for Psychotherapists of Diverse Orientations and has conducted workshops and seminars nationally on such topics as sandplay therapy, play therapy, ther