Presented by Mark P. Jensen, PhD This program was recorded on Friday, March 6th, 2020 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page This 1.5-hour webinar will provide an overview of hypnotic strategies and suggestions for helping individuals better self-manage chronic pain conditions. It will begin with a discussion of the neurophysiology of nociception and pain, focusing on nine specific processes…
Presented by Giuseppe DeBenedittis This program was recorded on Friday, February 10th, 2023 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a functional pain syndrome characterized by chronic musculoskeletal widespread pain associated with fatigue, non-restorative sleep and cognitive dysfunction (fibrofog). Recent evidence supports the notion that hypnosis, combined with a standard medical treatment and a daily practice…
Presented by Lindsey McKernan, PhD, MPH and Elizabeth G. Walsh, PhD Friday, November 14, 2025 9am-10:30am PT/ 11am-12:30pm CT/ 12pm-1:30pm ET Event held online via Zoom, link to access provided upon registration. Chronic pelvic pain and lower urinary symptoms are under-addressed and at times debilitating symptoms that predominate presentations of common pain conditions such as chronic pelvic pain, endometriosis, interstitial…
Presented by Donald Moss, PhD, Lisa Lombard, PhD, and Janna Henning, JD, PsyD Friday, August 1, 2025 9am-10:30am PT/ 11am-12:30pm CT/ 12pm-1:30pm ET Event held online via Zoom, link to access provided upon registration. Many professionals are curious about hypnosis and consider utilizing it for their patients. Yet many also have a narrow idea of the potential applications of hypnosis.…
Presented by Daniel Radesca, MD This program was recorded on Friday, March 10, 2023 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page When a patient’s condition has evolved to the point where there is no return, they may be struggling with symptoms that can be physically, psychologically, and spiritually burdensome. As therapists or physicians, we need tools for assessing these symptoms…
Presented by Darlene Viggiano, PhD (MFT) Recorded on Friday, April 07, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Advanced students of hypnosis and/or psychotherapy will learn to tease out any ethical dilemmas inherent in choosing between the use of hypnosis and/or psychedelic therapy in the clinical setting. Students will learn determining factors for decision making when offering options…
Presented by Lynn Lyons, LICSW This program was recorded on February 21, 2021 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page Using hypnosis with children teaches skills and helps children experientially discover their own resources and “super-powers.” With anxious children, hypnotic interventions can immediately demonstrate the mind-body connection, help with somatic regulation, and offer relief. But many clinicians focus on relaxation…
Presented by Ian E. Wickramasekera II, Psy.D. This program was recorded on Friday, January 12th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The tradition of Dzogchen meditation has been practiced by both the Bonpo and the Buddhist communities of Tibet for at least the last 1,500 years. The term Dzogchen refers to hypnotic-like methods of meditation (such as mindfulness…
Presented by Robert Staffin, PsyD, ABPH Recorded on Friday, September 8th, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Ask a group of clinicians, even those with advanced training in hypnosis, “What is hypnosis?” and you will get a variety of descriptions ranging from neurophysiological to socio-cognitive. In addition to how one conceptualizes hypnosis, the term itself is used…
Presented by Eleanor Laser, Ph.D. This program was recorded on September 24, 2021 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page To successfully induce the hypnotic state/deliver suggestions, it’s key to understand belief, imagination, concentration, expectation and desire. This knowledge helps you craft the induction necessary for hypnosis to reach the optimal desired state. There are hundreds of inductions therapists can…
Presented by Irina Zlatogorova-Shulman, Ph.D. Recorded August 10, 2023 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page This webinar will provide information on how faculty and educators can use mindfulness practice to improve their mental health. Mindfulness is a quality that individuals can display while being fully aware of their immediate surroundings and noticing all things happening based on the five…
Presented by Geoff Bathje, PhD Recorded on Thursday, September 12, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Ketamine can amplify emotional experience and access to memory, while disrupting defenses, creating what has been called a "pivotal state" where change is possible in a therapeutic set and setting. Yet, ketamine is often administered without the inclusion of psychotherapists, who are…
Presented by Dr. Emmanuel Cherilien This program was recorded on Thursday, November 17, 2022 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page In this fast-changing world, there are growing concerns among employers on accommodating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The absence of DEI has denied segments of the workforce basic rights, social justice, respect, and dignity as human beings. Employees look…
Presented by Rania Awaad, MD, Abdallah Rothman, Ph.D, and Hooman Keshacarzi, Psy.D. This program was recorded on October 15, 2020 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page This particular workshop will provide mental health professionals and students of the behavioral sciences an opportunity to better understand the mental health needs of Muslim populations. The particular cultural and religious factors…
Presented by Recep Şentürk and Asim Yusuf This program was recorded on October 22, 2020 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page This presentation will provide attendees with an exposure to the richness of the Islamic intellectual heritage as it pertains to human psychology, pathology and its treatment. The Islamic intellectual heritage is a long-standing living tradition whose scholarly works…
Presented by Hooman Keshavarzi, Psy.D. This program was recorded on October 29th, 2020. Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page This presentation provides an overview of Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP) which is a therapeutic framework that is an ever-evolving modality of psychological treatment originally published by Keshavarzi, H & Haque, A in 2013. Since then, there has been further…
Presented by Hooman Keshavarzi, Psy.D. and Fahad Khan, Psy.D. This program was recorded on November 5th, 2020. Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The expressions of the symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder vary according to the socio- psychological context of patients. In religiously observant populations, OCD symptoms can interact with religious beliefs and practices, known as OCD scrupulosity. The literature…
Presented by Khalid Elzamzamy, MD This program was recorded on November 12, 2020 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page While modern psychology considers dreams to be the royal road inwards into one’s preoccupations, intrapsychic conflicts, and the unconscious, Islamic scholars have additionally viewed dreams to be a royal road outward into the realm of spiritual inspiration and prophecy. Despite…
Presented by Hooman Keshavarzi, Psy.D. and Bilal Ali, Seminary Degree (ordained Islamic Clergy) This program was recorded on November 12, 2020. Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Mental competency in Islam is an essential precondition for the validity of ritual worship, including ritual prayer, charity, and pilgrimage, and additionally plays an important role in a variety of ethical and social…
Presented by Veronica M. Wanzer, Ph.D. This program was recorded on Thursday, April 13, 2023 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page The goal of this presentation is to educate, elucidate, and encourage growth in the helping profession regarding how we can positively transition to affirmative practices with gender diverse individuals. The presenter will provide a history of professional helping with the gender…
Presented by Carolyn Daitch, PhD This program was recorded on July 15, 2020 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page 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 child to her first day of school, or meeting a…
Presented by Liz Slonena, Psy.D. Recorded live on Friday, June 09, 2023 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page Mindful Hypnosis is an evidence-based modality for integrating mindfulness and hypnosis into clinical and personal practice. Attendees of this experiential webinar will learn the 8-session model of Mindful Hypnotherapy, including practical strategies for integrating mindfulness-based inductions and suggestions into their…
Presented by Akira Otani, EdD, ABPH This program was recorded on Friday, August 11, 2023 Access provided upon registration under "My Courses" page. Mindfulness has become an established paradigm in healthcare over the last 40 years. As its popularity grew, questions began emerging about the nature of mindfulness, its relative efficacy to similar intervention strategies, safety, and, most interestingly, its…
Presented by Eric Garland, PhD, LCSW Friday, March 14, 2025 9am-10:30am PT/ 11am-12:30pm CT/ 12pm-1:30pm ET Event held online via Zoom, link to access provided upon registration. Half of all people with a substance use disorder (SUD) have chronic pain, and more than a third have a co-occurring psychiatric disorder. Unfortunately, there are few evidence-based therapies that can simultaneously treat…