One of the most important components of addiction is the uncontrollable urge to engage in the addictive behavior – unconscious motivation “run wild.” Participants will learn how to elicit the unconscious perceptual components of this compulsion and use these process variables to eliminate it. A second step redirects attentions more usefully.
In this workshop, Drs. Accaria and Appel will discuss their use of energy-based medicine techniques and how they integrate them into their clinical and hypnotherapy practices. Topics addressed will include: how to introduce energy-based methods to clients; how to determine with which clients to use these methods; how the clinician might market/advertise his/her use of energy-based techniques.
Whenever asked, “What is the most important aspect of using hypnosis?", Milton Erickson usually responded, ”observation.” He would say, “Look for what they don’t tell you.” We will include some observation-sharpening activities and some revealing experiences we have had with non-verbal information.
Let’s rework and reframe natural life transitions as positive. Disease models have no place in natural processes. Explore these aspects of change on the deepest levels of gene expression and brain plasticity during mind-body communication and healing in psychotherapy. Let’s explore how we can optimize our lives in an age of unprecedented scientific advances.
The expectation of change is central to doing Very Brief Therapy work. The theory and background of doing Very Brief Therapy will be given with many illustrations and examples. A variety of approaches for this work will be presented. The process will be illustrated with a volunteer.
The whole information of the Universe lies in each one of its parts. My Wise Part is more than my Unconscious Mind. I am that Universal Wisdom, the Good inside me; Creative Forces of the Universe. Participants will get in contact with their Inner Wisdom and learn to enhance and utilize it.
This workshop will demonstrate how we can start with the symptom and discover new ways to use hypnosis for diseases like phobias, panic disorders and depression. Dr. Bauer will describe interpersonal techniques to help these patients.
This workshop will enhance your abilities to energize yourself while improving the function of your immune system. Techniques presented will help you focus the power of your unconscious mind through specific suggestions that target optimal immune response. Participants also will learn several strategies to prevent chronic stress and boost energy levels often depleted by the demand of clinical work.
Though heavily defended, personal identity is contextually reframable. This paradox is utilized for treating otherwise resistant and regressive post-traumatic and personality disorders. Patients are respectfully challenged to define who they are, what they stand for and where they’re heading. This methodology proves effective, cost efficient and safe.
A blend of sculpting and hypnotic language is an effective tool to move a client, a couple, a family, or an organization out of an impasse. You can sculpt any idea, family pattern, group process, hope, dream, obstacle or relationship by putting it outside the self and observing it, which re-organizes and metabolizes it on new levels.