Hypnosis for Trauma & PTSD Experiential Course

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Carol Kershaw, EdD Related seminars and products

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Dr. Carol Kershaw, EdD worked as a licensed clinical psychologist for over 35 years helping clients suffering from trauma, anxiety, stress, and depression. She is an author, international trainer and frequent presenter on trauma and neuroscience. In addition to lecturing internationally, Dr. Kershaw has presented workshops and lectures at numerous Evolution of Psychotherapy conferences, Erickson Congresses, and annual scientific meetings of ASCH and AAMFT.

Dr. Kershaw has been sought out for her expertise in trauma treatment by organizations throughout the world, including leading a team of medical professionals in trauma intervention efforts in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Kershaw has been featured on numerous media outlets including ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC regarding her work. She is an invited author for Family Therapy Magazine and the co-author of the books Brain Change Therapy: Clinical Interventions for Self-Transformation and The Worry Free Mind: Train Your Brain, Calm The Stress Spin Cycle, and Discover a Happier, More Productive You.

Dr. Kershaw is the co-director of the Milton Erickson Institute of Houston and Board Certified in Biofeedback. She is an approved supervisor for the AAMFT and a member of the American Psychological Association.
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Carol Kershaw is the co-director of the Milton Erickson Institute of Houston. She is an author and receives royalties. Dr. Kershaw receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Carol Kershaw is a member of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, the American Psychological Association, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, the International Society for Hypnosis, and the International Society for Neurofeedback and Research.

Bill Wade, MDiv, LPC, LMFT Related seminars and products

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Bill Wade, MDiv, LPC, LMFT, is a licensed professional counselor and marriage and family therapist, author and international trainer. Co-director of the Milton Erickson Institute of Houston he is also a co-author of Brain Change Therapy: Clinical Interventions for Self-Transformation and The Worry-Free Mind: Train Your Brain, Calm The Stress Spin Cycle, and Discover a Happier, More Productive You. Bill has taught extensively in the states on neuroscience and has also taught meditation and given Dharma lectures at various Buddhist temples.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: J. William Wade is a trainer with Tatra Training and the Milton Erickson Institute of Houston. He receives royalties as a published author. J. William Wade receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: J. William Wade is a member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, the American Counseling Association, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the Houston Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and the International Society of Hypnosis.

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Outline

• Impact on the nervous system
• Impact of trauma on the brain
• Impact of stress on the brain
• Vagal Nerve Activation-Stephen Porges

• Intense and prolonged trauma
• Developmental trauma
• Seizure activity with trauma

• Attachment styles
• Trauma and dissociation style attachment
• Attachment and relationships

• Body/Mind as frequency, light and innate healing abilities
• Discovery of filament structures in body carrying information
• Cellular biophoton release
• Limitations with research

• Symptoms of limbic over arousal: Anxiety, startle response, panic, obsessive-compulsive patterns, anger, insomnia
• Symptoms of limbic under arousal: Depression, negative thinking and altered perception of experiences

• Definition of hypnosis as resource activator
• Focused attention and suggestion
• Hypnotic language
• Conversational hypnosis
• Psychotherapy as hypnosis
• EEG hypnosis

• Simple Inductions
• Changing Mental States
• Strategies to Interrupt Rumination
• Strategies for Anxiety, Depression, Calming the Nervous System
• Experiential exercises to practice the skills learned
• Demonstration: EEG Hypnosis

• Retrieval and disruption
• How to move a memory from short term to long term
• State dependent memory and learning

• How optical system may play a role in symptom formation and removal
• Focus on “nothing” helps eliminates negative thought

• Heartmath HRV training
• Temperature training
• Breath training and meditation
• Galvanic skin response training

• Too much attention on feelings
• Too much emphases on the trauma story

Objectives

1. Breakdown the basics of clinical hypnosis to incorporate into your practice.
2. Analyze the research on hypnosis as it relates to the clinical treatment of trauma.
3. Describe advances in mind/body research as it relates to trauma.
4. Determine the efficacy of focused attention on alleviating symptoms of trauma and PTSD.
5. Analyze the neurophysiology of trauma in relation to assessment and treatment planning.
6. Integrate three hypnotic strategies to facilitate trauma- symptom resolution with clients.
7. Demonstrate how deep hypnotic states can help calm a client’s anxiety, panic and reactivity.
8. Describe how trauma symptoms may act as negative hypnotic trances and how that may affect therapeutic outcomes.
9. Intervene on emotional instability with three hypnotic protocols to improve client level of functioning.
10. Describe how you can alter client’s emotional states with hypnosis to help reduce trauma symptoms.
11. Determine how the differences among secure, ambivalent, anxious and disorganized attachment categories can better inform clinical assessment of trauma.
12. Modify attachment patterns with hypnosis to help move clients forward in clinical treatment.

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