Hypnotic Applications Across Phase Oriented Treatment for Trauma & Dissociative Disorders

July 18, 2025

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Abstract
This session aims to boost your confidence and improve your ability to integrate hypnotic techniques into the treatment of trauma-related disorders, including dissociative identity disorder. Hypnotic applications across the phases of trauma treatment, with emphasis on language that keeps multiplicity in mind will be provided. Thus, the session will include applications for safety, stability, and skills; for accessing and exploring the unconscious or unconscious parts for the cause, maintenance, or solutions to common clinical concerns and/or symptom resolution. In addition, developmental repair, and strategies that promote integrated functioning will be provided. Helpful metaphors and a review of how to utilize hypno-projectives will be reviewed.

This session assumes you have had training in clinical hypnosis and/or intend to get formal training. The training will not be covering how to elicit trance. However, the applications and language may be useful without the use of formal hypnotic elicitations given those with dissociative disorders are often in auto/self-induced trance states. In addition, much of what we do in trauma work is the ‘undoing’ of no longer useful self-suggestions and/or suggestions from others.

Target Audience

Intermediate

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the importance of phase-oriented treatment in trauma therapy
  • Explain and incorporate Lemke’s P-principles for ‘safely’ navigating the unique needs of each client and all their parts throughout trauma treatment
  • Employ hypnotic language and strategies that emphasize safety effectively throughout the phases of trauma treatment
  • Demonstrate hypnotic applications for exploring the unconscious and/or unconscious parts of self
  • Demonstrate the effectiveness and provide examples of at least two metaphors useful when working with dissociative disorders
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.00 APA
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • 6.00 ASWB ACE
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2024 – 08/20/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 6.00 continuing education credits.
  • 6.00 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 6.00 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program. No certificate of completion is generated for this type of credit.
Course opens: 
03/01/2025
Course expires: 
08/31/2025
Event starts: 
07/18/2025 - 9:00am EDT
Event ends: 
07/18/2025 - 5:30pm EDT
ISSTD Member cost:
$299.00
Your Price:
$349.00
Part of: 
Expanding Conceptual Foundations and Advanced Techniques in the Treatment of Complex Trauma and Dissociation (2025 Chicago Regional Conference)
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Faculty

Presenter: Wendy Lemke, MS Licensed Psychotherapist
Presenter Bio:  Wendy is a licensed psychologist with a clinical and consulting practice. She also serves as adjunct faculty for St. Cloud Technical Community College. She is an American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) certified approved consultant, current secretary, and a former Vice President for ASCH. She is also an active member of the Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis (MSCH) and has served on the Board and various committees for both organizations as well as teaching basic, intermediate, and advanced workshops at regional and annual conferences.

She has received numerous awards including a journal award for publishing, a Merit award, and most recently a Presidential award for her continued efforts to expand clinical hypnosis education to the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. She was also honored with the Daniel P. Kohen M.D. Outstanding Clinician Award in recognition of outstanding leadership in the clinical practice, teaching, and utilization of therapeutic hypnosis by the Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis.She is a fellow and an active member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD).

She has published articles in the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, and the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. She also wrote and produced: You’re Not Crazy & You’re Not Alone: Inside the Inner World of Dissociative Identity Disorder as well as two Self-hypnosis CD’s: Self-hypnotic Mental Vacations, and Peaceful Mind, Peaceful Sleep.

Accreditation

Available Credit

  • 6.00 APA
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • 6.00 ASWB ACE
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2024 – 08/20/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 6.00 continuing education credits.
  • 6.00 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 6.00 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program. No certificate of completion is generated for this type of credit.

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Price

ISSTD Member cost:
$299.00
Your Price:
$349.00
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Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be received in writing via email or fax. A processing fee of $45 will be charged for cancellations received on or before June 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET. No refunds will be issued for no-shows. Refund requests will not be accepted after June 25, 2025. Not all requests will be granted. Substitutions for attendees are accepted until June 30, 2025.

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ISSTD is fully committed to conducting all activities in strict conformation with the APA and ASWB grievance procedures.

During this conference, conference organizers, presenters and staff will address any concerns that arise. Every effort will be made to address the concerns during the conference when possible. If these individuals are unable to address the participant’s concerns, the complaints and grievances shall be presented in writing to ISSTD Headquarters at cfas@isst-d.org. These will be forwarded on for review by the Virtual and Regional Conference Committee.

Social Workers: Should social workers have a specific grievance, these grievances will be addressed by D. Michael Coy, LICSW. In situations where the social worker would have a conflict of interest, then, Christine Forner, MSW will review the grievance.

ISSTD strives to resolve grievances in a manner that is in the best interest of the participant. All complaints and grievances are reviewed within 5 working days. Formal grievances are required to be written and emailed as directed above and will be responded to within 15 business days.

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