
Hipponosis: Helping Children Help Themselves with Hypnosis
Presented by Linda Thomson, PhD, APRNN, ABMH, ABHN, FASCH
Friday, September 12, 2025
9am-10:30am PT/ 11am-12:30pm CT/ 12pm-1:30pm ET
Event held online via Zoom, link to access provided upon registration.
The webinar will describe hypnotic interventions that can be used with children and adolescents with medical or psychological challenges. Hypnosis not only gives the child a tool to better cope with or solve a problem, but also increases self-esteem, bolsters a sense of accomplishment and gives the child a valuable skill that he can adapt to many new situations throughout life.
How to match hypnotic strategies to the developmental level of the child will be illustrated by using video clips. The principles and practice of integrating hypnosis into clinical encounters in child and adolescent healthcare for a variety of common pediatric habit disorders, anxiety and pain will be presented.
Zoom link will be available on course page in “My Courses” upon event registration.
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, LPSWs, and LMFTs.
The webinar will describe hypnotic interventions that can be used with children and adolescents with medical or psychological challenges. Hypnosis not only gives the child a tool to better cope with or solve a problem, but also increases self-esteem, bolsters a sense of accomplishment and gives the child a valuable skill that he can adapt to many new situations throughout life.
How to match hypnotic strategies to the developmental level of the child will be illustrated by using video clips. The principles and practice of integrating hypnosis into clinical encounters in child and adolescent healthcare for a variety of common pediatric habit disorders, anxiety and pain will be presented.
After attending this intermediate-level program, participants will be able to:
- Describe how to match hypnotic strategies to the developmental level of the child that enhance mastery.
- Cite and explain three (3) values of integrating hypnosis into common clinical encounters with children and adolescents.
- Speak to increased skills in a child-centric approach to effect behavioral change through hypnosis and utilization of trance.
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*
(Please email [email protected] for coupon code)
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.
Linda Thomson, PhD, APRNN, ABMH, ABHN, FASCH, Hypnosis for Health and Healing, Ludlow, VT
Dr. Linda Thomson has been a pediatric nurse practitioner for nearly 50 years. She is a Past-President and Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and also served as Moderator of the ASCH Board of Governors. Linda is an Approved Consultant in Clinical Hypnosis, the first nurse to ever have been awarded Diplomate status on the American Board of Medical Hypnosis, and is a Diplomate and Past President of the American Board of Hypnosis in Nursing. She is the current President of t heNortheastern Mountain Society of Clinical Hypnosis and past President of the New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis. She is also on the Council of Representatives of the International Society of Hypnosis and a member of Hypnosis Without Borders.
Linda was awarded the prestigious William Wester Award for her significant contributions to the field of hypnosis as applied to the treatment of children and research in the application of hypnosis with children. Linda received the Josephine Hilgard Award for Best Paper on Pediatric Uses of Hypnosis. She has also been the recipient of four President’s Awards from ASCH and the ASCH Award of Merit on two occasions. From Hartwick College, Linda has received Outstanding Young Alumna Award, Distinguished Nursing Alumna Award, and President’s Award for Liberal Arts in Practice from Hartwick College.
Linda has published on a wide variety of subjects in professional journals in the United States, Europe and Australia and has contributed book chapters for both nursing and hypnosis texts. She is the author of the popular Harry Hypnopotamus Tales Volumes 1 & 2 and the creator of Harry Hypnopotamus Imagination cards. “Stress Free Surgery: A Self Relaxation Program to Help you Prepare for and Recover from Surgery” is a CD program she created to help surgical patients. Linda was also the creator of Harry Hypnopotamus Imagination Cards, Learning the Lingo of Language Cards, COVID 19, a Hypnopotamus and You, and Harry Goes to Help the Children of Ukraine.
She is co-founder of Hypnovations: Clinical Hypnosis Education and Training Programs and the sole proprietor of Hypnosis for Health and Healing. Linda has lectured and taught workshops across the country and around the world and has been an integral part of ASCH’ education and regional workshop committees.
Kohen, D. P., & Olness, K. (2022). Hypnosis with children (5th edition). Routledge.
Thomson L. (2019). Combining Hypnosis and Biofeedback in Primary Care Pediatrics. The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 61(4), 335–344. https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2018.1511409
Thomson L. (2019). The Evolution of Hypnosis in the Profession of Nursing: We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, and Still Have a Long Way to Go. The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 61(4), 370–393. https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2018.1500879
Thomson L. (2022). Hypnotherapy for complex regional pain syndrome. The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 64(3), 195–205. https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2021.1943298
Thomson, L. (2022). The talking trees. Tellwell Talent.
Thomson L. (2023). Humor, hypnosis and kids. The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 1–9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2023.2249533
Target Audience: Healthcare providers, mental health providers, pediatric clinicians and researchers, educators, students.
Psychologists. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 1.5 continuing education credits. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 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 for 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
Social Workers. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 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 social workers. License Number: 159.001036
MFTs, LPCCs, and LCSWs. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LPCCs, and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. If you are licensed outside of California please check with your local licensing agency to to determine if they will accept these CEUs. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to offer continuing education programming for MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is an accredited or approved postsecondary institution that meets the requirements set forth in Sections 4980.54(f)(1), 4989.34, 4996.22(d)(1), or 4999.76(d) of the Code.
Non-Psychologists. Most licensing boards accept Continuing Education Credits sponsored by the American Psychological Association but non-psychologists are recommended to consult with their specific state-licensing board to ensure that APA-sponsored CE is acceptable.
*Participants must attend 100% of the program in order to obtain a Certificate of Attendance.
If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address questions, concerns and any complaints to [email protected]. There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants, or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.