Description:

Special All-Day Workshop – What is hypnosis? What is the Ericksonian difference? How do you help clients elicit a constructive trance experience? What is the most effective way to strengthen messages? In experiential workshop, participants will learn how to elicit a trance state and how to enhance responsiveness. Powerful hypnotic language forms can be tailored so that a trance is developed in an appropriate and efficient way for each client. Demonstration inductions, and work in small groups to induce and experience hypnotic states. Targeted to the beginner. No previous experience necessary. This is a one-day workshop and attendees are expected to attend all sessions.

Educational Objectives:

1. Explain the phenomenology of trance.
2. Describe the three-stage “skeleton” of an Ericksonian induction sequence.
3. Describe the use of responsiveness to minimal cues. List six hypnotic language forms.
4. Given a client, indicate how to use hypnotic language forms.
5. Given a client, create an Ericksonian induction.

*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*