The power of expectations to influence both the onset of symptoms as well as the quality of clinical response to treatment is will established in the literature. In this workshop, we will explore how expectancy influences experiences of all types, and how hypnosis can be used to help establish positive expectancy of treatment success.
Hypnosis can be described as the original positive psychology. After all, anyone who studies hypnosis learns that people have a wealth of positive personal resources that can be amplified and employed in the service of living well. In this keynote address, I will explore what it means to be deeply absorbed in optimism, hopefulness, and mindfulness, and how hypnosis can inform good decision-making, catalyze the acquisition of important life skills, and help people become values contribu- tors to others’ lives as well as their own.