Spanish 101 for Mental Health Providers
According to Deborah Bailey and Bruce Hogan (2019), while 18% of Americans identify as Hispanic, less than 6% of Psychologists in the U.S. can provide services in Spanish. Even more…
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Pediatric Hypnosis
This workshop will introduce hypnotic approaches for many common physical, emotional and behavioral problems of childhood. Hypnosis not only gives the child a tool to better cope with or solve…
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Managing Anxiety: Cognitive, Mindfulness and Hypnotherapeutic Approaches
Anxiety destroys the normal enjoyment of life through the fear, worry, obsessive thinking and avoidant behavior that anxious people experience. Simple activities like going to the grocery store, taking a…
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Chronic Pain and the Opioid Crisis: Mind-Body Innovations in Clinical Hypnosis
The 2011 Institute of Medicine report Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research estimated that 100 million Americans have chronic pain. Over the last 15 years,…
Counseling LGBTQIA+ Clients with Disabilities: Skills, Strategies, and Approaches
This presentation will focus on practice strategies to best support individuals who identify as LGBTQIA+ and disabled through the lens of intersectionality. Intersectionality is rooted in the notion that everyone…
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Process-Oriented Hypnosis
Just as there are many different models of psychotherapy, each with different foundational philosophies and methods, there are many different models of hypnosis, each with a different theoretical emphasis and…
Mapping Sex Therapy Across the United States: Who, What, & Where Sex Therapy is Happening
This webinar will be discussing the study done by the presenters. The primary purpose of the study was to determine what someone who was interested in obtaining a provider for…
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Suggestion vs Medication in the Treatment of Depression
Antidepressants are supposed to work by fixing a chemical imbalance. However, analyses of the published and the unpublished data that were hidden by the drug companies reveal that most (if…
Ethical and Competent Practice in LGBTQ+ Sexuality and Sexual Wellness
This webinar will address the ethical competencies expected of professional counselors working with LGBTQ+ individuals, particularly in the area of sexuality and sexual wellness. This presentation will integrate applied ethics…
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The Magic Glove In Its Many Forms
Glove anesthesia has a long tradition as a hypnoanalgesic technique to reduce pain and anxiety in anticipation of and during medical procedures. Adapted to Pediatrics over 30 years ago, it…
My Kingdom for an Evidence-based Practice (EBP): Ethical Decision Making in the Sex Therapy Field
Sexual health and wellness topics in therapy are often ignored, deprioritized, or even pathologized by clinicians. Sexual issues are one of the few issues still considered to be so taboo…
A Personally and Scientifically Informed Approach to Clinical Hypnosis
Over the past five decades or so, Dr. Lynn has used hypnosis in clinical practice and studied hypnosis in the laboratory. In this presentation, he will share what he has learned…
The Past, Present, and Future of Counseling Sexology
Since the Association of Counseling Sexology & Sexual Wellness (ACSSW) recently became an Organizational Affiliate of the American Counseling Association, ACSSW is working to embody its mission to be the…
Deconstructing Sex Education: The Whole Truth & Nothing but The Truth
Sex education in the 21 century is evolving. However, the sexualization of black and brown bodies continues to exist in modern day sex education, clinical assessment and intervention. Acknowledging these…
Insurance Claims: Empowering Your Clients for Coverage
Insurance coverage for mental health and substance use treatment has long been a challenge compared to coverage for physical health. While federal and state laws have been implemented over the…
Assessment of Hypnotizability in Clinical Practice
Hypnotizability refers to a person’s ability to experience various aspects of hypnosis such as cognitive, experiential, behavioral, and physiological responses to hypnotic suggestion. Assessment of hypnotizabilty can provide important information…
Rapid Hypnosis for Medical and Dental Encounters
Based on extensive clinical trials and clinic practice, this presentation builds on 25 years of experience with nonpharmacologic means of managing patient anxiety and pain in busy healthcare environments. It…
Universal Sexuality: An Inclusive Approach to Sexuality and Disability
Historically, people with disabilities have been viewed as asexual beings whose sexuality and gender does not factor into identity, partnering, or the human experience. The lack of awareness of people…
Why Study Hypnosis: Enhancing Your Clinical Practice
Hypnosis and hypnotic-like procedures have now been used for hundreds of years and yet myths and misunderstandings still seem to make therapists hesitate to add this useful modality to their…
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The Use of Hypnosis for Complex Health Conditions and in Integrative Medicine Settings
This presentation will discuss the applications of clinical hypnosis in integrative medicine settings, which serve individuals experiencing chronic, and often overlapping complex health conditions. Examples include migraine, irritable bowel syndrome,…