Professional Education in Clinical Hypnosis
Here are some examples of seminars and workshop formats that I have used successfully. I am most interested in composing a professional educational experience that best fits your needs.
Participation in clinical hypnosis training is restricted to licensed health care professionals with a minimum of a Master’s degree, in accordance with the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Standards of Training and Code of Conduct. Trainees enrolled in a Masters degree or higher level program may participate with the approval of their Program Director. We do not support the training of unlicensed practitioners in hypnosis and the healing arts.
Seminars
60-90 minute Lectures with discussion introducing clinical hypnosis, biofeedback especially with children. These have been delivered at University Grand Rounds, Continuing Medical Education programs and as part of multi-disciplinary professional workshops. Examples include:
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Putting Hypnosis into Practice: fundamentals of hypnosis and biofeedback and how they can be integrated into clinical pediatrics. |
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Paying Attention to Tension: basic psychobiology of stress and how stress reduction techniques can be integrated into clinical pediatrics. |
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Minding Habits: Behavioral strategies that help children help children change their habits. |
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The Physiology of Fascination: What the latest neuroscience tells us about how hypnosis and creativity change our brains and it’s implications for clinical practice. |
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Finding Comfort: Hypnosis for children and adolescents with acute, procedural and chronic pain. |
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Coping with Chronic Disease: Using hypnosis, biofeedback and relaxation therapies to help children and adolescents with chronic disease develop healthy coping strategies for symptom management and to modulate physiological stress. |
1-Day Workshops
A six-hour Workshop typically includes a combination of lecture, demonstration, clinical case discussion and role playing centered around any of the Seminar Topics, above. A typical Workshop has a faculty:participant ratio of 1:8 and the following schedule:
| 8:30 - 10:00 |
Introductory Lecture |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 |
Videotape presentation/demonstration with discussion |
| 12:00 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 2:30 |
Lecture on clinical strategies and technique |
| 2:30-2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45 - 4:00 |
Role-playing, experiential training |
| 4:00 - 4:15 |
Break |
| 4:15 - 5:00 |
Ongoing education, professional organizations |
3-Day Workshops
These are introductory level workshops on hypnosis with children and adolescents using an American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH)-approved curriculum. When completed with a signed certificate, participants are eligible for membership in ASCH providing other membership requirements are met. These workshops are Directed by Dr. Sugarman and usually taught by a team of his colleagues as faculty in order to maintain a faculty:participant ratio of 1:8. Co-faculty have included, Daniel P. Kohen, MD, Ran Anbar, MD, Julie Linden, Ph.D., Howard Hall, Psy.D., Karen Olness, MD, Robert Deutsch, Ph.D. These events are usually sponsored by a university or a professional organization.
A typical schedule is:
Introductory Workshop Schedule
Day 1: Introduction
| 3:00-4:00 PM |
Registration. Pretest |
| 4:00-4:30 |
Faculty introduction. Course overview |
| 4:30-5:15 |
Introduction to hypnosis |
| 5:15-6:00 |
Introducing Hypnosis to Young People and Their Families |
| 6:00-7:00 |
Buffet Dinner. |
| 7:00-7:45 |
Group experience. Discussion. |
| 7:45 |
Adjourn for evening |
Day 2: Basic Skills
| 7:30-8:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30-9:00 |
Language and hypnosis. |
| 9:00-9:30 |
Induction techniques, intensification, resuming awareness. |
| 9:30-10:30 |
Demonstrations. |
| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45-11:00 |
Introduction to Experiential Training (ET)*. |
| 11:00-12:30 PM |
ET-1: Induction, intensification, resuming usual awareness. |
| 12:30-1:30 |
Lunch (provided). Video: “No Fears, No Tears: 13 years Later”, produced and directed by Leora Kuttner, Ph. D. |
| 1:30-2:15 |
Developmental aspects of pediatric hypnosis. |
| 2:15-3:00 |
Formulating suggestions, communication in hypnosis. |
| 3:00-3:15 |
Break |
| 3:15-4:45 |
ET-2: Adding suggestions, communicating in hypnosis. |
| 4:45-5:30 |
Teaching & learning self-hypnosis. |
*ET – Experiential training in small groups with a maximum of 8 participants and 1 faculty member.
Day 3: Putting Hypnosis into Practice
| 7:00-8:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00-8:45 |
Integrating Hypnosis into Therapy of Young People with Problem Habits and Enuresis |
| 8:45-9:30 |
Integrating Hypnosis into Therapy of Young People with Chronic Disease. |
| 9:30-9:45 |
Break |
| 9:45-11:15 |
ET-3: Adding hypnotic phenomena. |
| 11:15-12:15 PM |
Lunch (provided). Video: “Imaginative Medicine: Hypnosis in Pediatric Practice”, by Laurence Sugarman, MD. |
| 12:15-1:00 |
Hypnotic Phenomena and Pain Management |
| 1:00-1:45 |
Integrating Hypnosis into Therapy of Young People with Anxiety |
| 1:45-2:00 |
Break |
| 2:00-3:30 |
ET-4: reinforcement and review of skills |
| 3:30-4:15 |
Ethics, Organizations, Getting started in Practice, Ongoing Education, Post-test, discussion, closing. |
This workshop curriculum and format, when directed by Laurence Sugarman, M.D., has been approved by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) as meeting their requirements for an Introductory Workshop in Clinical Hypnosis. Completion of an approved introductory level workshop is required for regular membership in ASCH. Participants completing the entire workshop and meeting other membership requirements may use the documented credit hours for application to ASCH as Full Members. In addition, these workshop hours can be credited towards Certification of Training and Certified Consultant Status programs through ASCH.
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Praise from
Workshop Participants
“A transforming learning experience. This will forever change how I practice.”
“I really enjoyed Dr. Sugarman's passion and enthusiasm for teaching this material.”
“How wonderful to know that there are ways to empower kids to help themselves.”
“The small group sessions were daunting at first, but the warmth and support of the faculty made them powerful learning experiences.”
“The best professional workshop I have ever attended.”
“I realize now that I have always done hypnosis with my patients, just without knowing how to do it well.”
“Not only will this enrich my clinical work, but the self-hypnosis will really help me!” |
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