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Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm EST

Format: Hybrid

  • Livestream via Zoom, or
  • In person: UNC School of Social Work, 325 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516

CE Credit: 6 CEs, read for full information on credit types awarded.
Fees: $90 (scholarships available)

Description: 

Hypnosis is a powerful clinical tool that empowers clients to access their subconscious minds, enhancing the impact and transformative potential of therapeutic interventions. In this comprehensive workshop, Laurie Emmer-Martin will teach and demonstrate hypnosis techniques such as imagery, suggestion, and subconscious exploration, and how to integrate these within cognitive and mindfulness approaches. She will walk participants through each step of the hypnotic process, explore trance work and testing, and provide psychoeducation for clients and consideration for their safety throughout. With a focus on treating anxiety and trauma symptoms, participants will learn how clinical hypnosis can expand clients’ capacity to navigate entrenched thoughts, emotions, and past experiences. The training will include a mix of instructional, experiential, and interactive practice.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the training participants will be able to:

  1. Define and explain the application of clinical hypnosis.
  2. Describe the hypnotic process with clients and liability/abreactions.
  3. List and explain at least three components of integrative hypnosis combined with CBT and mindfulness.
  4. Identify clients who would benefit from integrative clinical hypnosis and at least three skills to use with them.
  5. Illustrate the use of hypnotic techniques including trance work.
  6. Discuss at least three ethical considerations for hypnosis as a tool to enhance therapeutic outcomes.
  7. Name and explain two reasons why hypnosis augments therapeutic for anxiety and trauma symptoms.

 

Trainer:Laurie Emmer-Martin, DSW, LCSW, brings a wealth of experience to her current role at UNC School of Social Work as clinical assistant professor. Her career has spanned more than 25 years, practicing as a therapist and supervisor in EAP settings, child welfare, hospitals, and community mental health, as well as in policy development and academia. Proficient in a wide range of therapeutic modalities, Laurie holds certifications in hypnosis, trauma, anxiety, among other areas. In addition to her academic role at UNC, Laurie currently runs a private practice, specializing in providing compassionate support to individuals navigating challenges such as anxiety, trauma, depression, and OCD.

 

References:

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