Hypnotic Psychotherapy and
the Art of Balancing Mindful Resources
Please join us on November 15th for the final program of our 2024 training calendar. Current CTSCH members can RSVP by clicking here, and those who wish to join can scroll to the EVENT REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT section at the bottom and make your selection there.
PROGRAM
Psychotherapy is often approached in ways that polarize conscious and unconscious aspects of mind, deepening a problematic dissociation from one’s internal resources. This workshop offers ways to assist clients in accessing unconscious resources and comfortably holding themselves in the experiential field between conscious thought and unconscious process. The presenter uses terms for the unconscious such as Creative Mind, the Dream Mind, and the Poetic Mind. Therapists should consider the space between the minds as a fertile experiential field where greater access to elements of the mind and creativity is available. This presentation will include a demonstration and a brief practice session.
This “mindfield” is but one of the fields a therapist must attend to in their clinical work. A therapist must be ready to work with all the fields of the client, cultural and societal fields, the interpersonal field, and the multiple fields within the therapist. This presentation offers conceptual and practical approaches for helping a client move into the space between the conscious and unconscious fields using a combination of conversational inquiry, direct suggestion, imagery, naturalistic induction, and indirect suggestion. It can be useful to think of the therapist in the role of musical conductor who prompts the client to use and “play with” certain resources, as well as helping the client experiment in a more independent manner with their internal resources.
PRESENTER
George Glaser, MSW, LCSW is in private practice as a licensed clinical social worker in Austin, Texas. George obtained his MSW degree from the Ohio State University School of Social Work in 1975. He is a Past President of ASCH and the Central Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis. He has served as a Guest Editor of the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis for a special issue on the treatment of anxiety and is the Social Work Editor for the journal. He is a co-founder and faculty member of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Austin and has served as a faculty member for ASCH, SCEH, the International Society of Hypnosis, the Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Central Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis and the American Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. He served for served for several years as adjunct field faculty and a lecturer for the University of Texas at Austin-School of Social Work.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: (participants will be able to…)
- Explain the definition of "Experiential Field" as employed by the presenter.
- Describe two methods for inviting a client to leave the safety of the conscious field to explore their field of dreams including nightmares.
- Describe two direct approaches to promote solution-focused processing.
- Describe using the conscious/unconscious experiential field with two current clients/patients.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
This program offers 2 CEUs for licensed professionals in Texas, including social workers and LPCs. Texas psychologists may be able to use the presentation for 2 hours of CEU toward the optional part of their continuing education requirements. Approval of this event is pending by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis for 2 hours of continuing education credit for membership and certification purposes.
EVENT REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT
CTSCH MEMBERS: CTSCH members have full access to all quarterly programs for 2024 and contents of the clinical video library, which still includes two additional webinars. Members can RSVP for this webinar by clicking here.
NON-MEMBERS: Non-member licensed professionals can attend for $45 and $10 for graduate students. You can join CTSCH now with an extended annual membership that carries through the end of 2025 for $85. (this includes access to all recorded clinical videos in the CTSCH video library). Send your RSVP and submit payment by first choosing the Registration Type using the drop-down menu below, then click on the PAY NOW button to submit your payment via PayPal or credit card through the PayPal site.
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QUESTIONS
Contact George Glaser with questions about the program, how to register, or membership in the Central Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
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