Clinical Hypnosis in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
Presented by David B. Reid, PsyD
Recorded on Friday, April 12, 2024
Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page
Anxiety is a universal human emotion that alerts us to potential threats and motivates us to prepare for anticipated life challenges. Anxiety can be an appropriate reaction to a stressful circumstance, yet for many, excessive anxiety becomes counterproductive, and at times debilitating. As a diffuse mood state, anxiety involves unpleasant emotional experiences marked by a significant degree of apprehension about the potential appearance of future aversive or harmful events (Barlow & Cerny, 1988).
Clinical hypnosis, whether facilitated by another or self-directed (i.e., self-hypnosis), has been shown to be an effective means of for treating anxiety disorders. Numerous controlled studies have been conducted that provide ample support of hypnosis as an evidence-based intervention for treating anxiety associated with dental procedures (Glaesmer et al., 2015; Huet et al., 2011), surgery and medical interventions (Akgul et al., 2016; Lang et al., 2008) test-taking and performance situations (Boutin & Tosi, 1983; Stanton, 1994; Wojcikiewicz & Orlick, 1987), as well as general anxiety (Allen, 1998; Stanton, 1984; Whitehouse et al., 1996). In the first meta-analysis quantifying the efficacy of hypnosis for treating anxiety Valentine et al. (2019) demonstrated that individuals treated with hypnosis improved more than about 79% control subjects.
This workshop will provide attendees with an overview of the evidenced-based data supporting the use of clinical hypnosis for treating anxiety disorders. Furthermore, this workshop will offer strategic applications through case studies of clinical hypnosis interventions for treating specific anxiety disorders including panic and phobias.
This program, when attended in its entirety, offers 1.5 CEs for Psychologists, 1.5 IL CEUS for Counselors and Social Workers, or 1.5 BBS California CEUs for LPCCs, LPSW, and LMFTs.
Anxiety is a universal human emotion that alerts us to potential threats and motivates us to prepare for anticipated life challenges. Anxiety can be an appropriate reaction to a stressful circumstance, yet for many, excessive anxiety becomes counterproductive, and at times debilitating. As a diffuse mood state, anxiety involves unpleasant emotional experiences marked by a significant degree of apprehension about the potential appearance of future aversive or harmful events (Barlow & Cerny, 1988).
Clinical hypnosis, whether facilitated by another or self-directed (i.e., self-hypnosis), has been shown to be an effective means of for treating anxiety disorders. Numerous controlled studies have been conducted that provide ample support of hypnosis as an evidence-based intervention for treating anxiety associated with dental procedures (Glaesmer et al., 2015; Huet et al., 2011), surgery and medical interventions (Akgul et al., 2016; Lang et al., 2008) test-taking and performance situations (Boutin & Tosi, 1983; Stanton, 1994; Wojcikiewicz & Orlick, 1987), as well as general anxiety (Allen, 1998; Stanton, 1984; Whitehouse et al., 1996). In the first meta-analysis quantifying the efficacy of hypnosis for treating anxiety Valentine et al. (2019) demonstrated that individuals treated with hypnosis improved more than about 79% control subjects.
This workshop will provide attendees with an overview of the evidenced-based data supporting the use of clinical hypnosis for treating anxiety disorders. Furthermore, this workshop will offer strategic applications through case studies of clinical hypnosis interventions for treating specific anxiety disorders including panic and phobias.
After attending this intermediate-level program, participants will be able to:
- Identify three techniques to address anxiety with clinical hypnosis in their practices.
- Formulate three suggestions used in a hypnotic anxiety technique.
- Generate a treatment plan using hypnosis for treatment of an anxiety disorder
This program meets APA’s continuing education STANDARD 1.1: Program content focuses on application of psychological assessment and/or intervention methods that have overall consistent and credible empirical support in the contemporary peer reviewed scientific literature beyond those publications and other types of communications devoted primarily to the promotion of the approach.
This program meets APA’s continuing education GOAL 1: Program is relevant to psychological practice, education, and/or science.
General Admission: $65.00
SCEH Members: $55.00
Students: $15.00*
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Refund Policy: 100% of tuition is refundable up to 48 hours before the program. Within 48 hours of the program, and at any point in Homestudy format, tuition is nonrefundable.
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Eason, A. D., & Parris, B. A. (2018). Clinical applications of self-hypnosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 6(3), 262-278. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cns0000173
Glaesmer, H., Geupel, H., & Haak, R. (2015). A controlled trial on the effect of hypnosis on dental anxiety in tooth removal patients. Patient Education and Counseling, 98(9), 1112–1115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2015.05.007
Reid, D. B. (2016). A case study of hypnosis for phagophobia: It’s no choking matter. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 58(4), 357-367. https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2015.1048544
Reid, D. B. (2017). Treating panic disorder hypnotically. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 60(2), 137-148.
Reid, D. B. (2023). Hypnosis for anxiety disorders. In L. Milling (Ed.), Evidenced-based practice in clinical hypnosis (pp. 29-46). American Psychological Association.
Reid, D. B., & Christensen, C. (In press). Hypnosis and anxiety. In J. H. Linden, G. DeBenedittis, L. I. Sugarman, & K. Varga (Eds.), International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis. Routledge.
Valentine, K.E., Milling, L. S., Clark, L. J., & Moriarty, C. L. (2019). The Efficacy of Hypnosis as a Treatment for Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 67(3), 336-363.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2019.1613863
David B. Reid, PsyD
Selected and appointed by Governor Mark Warner of Virginia to serve on the Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Trust Fund Advisory Board, a governor-appointed body that administers the funding of ground-breaking medical research and innovative community-based rehabilitation programs in the field of acquired neurotrauma. Elected chairman of the CNI and served in this capacity for eight consecutive
Co-author of “Permanent Habit Control: Practitioner’s Guide to Using Hypnosis and Other Alternative Health Strategies”. The Arthur Shapiro Award winner of the 2013 Best Book on Hypnosis (Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis) for Hypnosis for Behavioral Health: Practitioners’ Guide to Expanding Your Practice.
Book Reviews:
“A welcome aid in this age of ever-changing health care reimbursement . . . an excellent introductory book for any professional who deals with behavioral health issues and would like to add hypnosis to her arsenal of clinical tools.”
— American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
“The charm and value of Reid’s book is that it is very personal . . . Reid’s persona emerges as a warm, generous, and enthusiastic colleague, who is eager to share how he figured this clinical hypnosis stuff out and integrated it into his practice . . . [The book] serves quite well to introduce the uninitiated, and those who wish to guide them, about using the power of trance and therapeutic communication in practical ways to become effective in helping those for whom we care. I wish I had read it in medical school.”
— Laurence I .Sugarman, M.D., F.A.A.P., A.B.M.H.
Annals of Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education
Target Audience: Health professionals and mental health professionals, educators, researchers, hypnosis practitioners, students.
Psychologists. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 1.5 continuing education credits. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is also committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods.
Counselors/Clinical Counselors. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available 1.5 hours of continuing education. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to provide continuing education programming for counselors and clinical counselors. License Number: 197.000159
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