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ForwardASCH Training in Clinical Hypnosis (2023)
Enrollment is now closed for the Level I training as we have reached our enrollment cap. If you wish to be added to the waitlist for this training, please do so through the online system or email [email protected].
ISSTD is thrilled to offer another year of training in clinical hypnosis with Reinhild Draeger-Muenke and Wendy Lemke. In 2023, we will offer a Level I and Level II training at the same venue in Arlington, VA. Participants can choose to register for individual levels or for both levels at a discount.
ASCH Level I (Fundamentals) Training in Clinical Hypnosis
At the completion of the training, trainees will have been taught the knowledge and skills to begin the application of clinical hypnosis strategies in the treatment of their patients. Specifically, trainees will be able to identify and demonstrate at least three ways to facilitate hypnotic trance and to competently re- orient a patient from a trance state, demonstrate at least three strategies for facilitating intensification of trance, and describe at least four clinical conditions in which hypnotic strategies can be successfully utilized. Trainees will have been introduced to clinical hypnosis as a neurophysiological phenomenon, a mental state of absorption implicated in neuroplasticity and change, as well as a creative clinical skill set of relationship development in the service of collaboratively facilitating mental and physical health. Upon successful completion of this L1 training in clinical hypnosis, trainees will be eligible for ASCH membership as well as for participation in Level II (Intermediate) and Advanced Level ASCH or ASCH
approved workshops.
ASCH Level II Training in Clinical Hypnosis - Skills and Applications
Attending the second level of training in Clinical Hypnosis is an important step towards proficiency and confidence in offering hypnotic interventions to diverse populations and symptom presentations.
Whether your Fundamental – Level I (Basic) training in Clinical Hypnosis was 6 months or 6 years ago, this training will meet you where you are and help you build on to your “how to” techniques from the Fundamental course, and refresh, solidify, broaden, and refine your hypnotic skills and strategies.
This training is designed to enhance your knowledge and skills in clinical hypnosis. Prior clinical hypnosis training is required such as an approved ASCH Level I course. Focus will be placed on advancing skills and confidence with elicitations, reorienting, and integrating hypnotic applications into practice, along with several supervised practice opportunities. Hypnotic applications include exploratory strategies such as ideomotor signaling, an introduction to ego state therapy, applications for children or child states, trauma, habit disorders, anxiety, and somatic concerns including pain management.
Similar to the Fundamental training, the Level II course will offer you learning through didactic presentations, demonstrations and small-group practices, so that new information can be integrated and become available to you in your clinical practice. Your instructors will be ASCH approved consultants with decades of clinical experience offering hypnosis.
Target Audience
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Level I Syllabus:Schedule ISSTD April 2023.pdf | 39.35 KB |
| Level II ASCH Syllabus:Schedule 2023.pdf | 199.28 KB |
Tentative Program
ASCH LEVEL I Training Schedule
Day One - April 28, 2023
| TIME | BLOCK | SESSION | INSTRUCTOR |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST | ||
| 9:00 - 9:15 AM | Block 0 | Welcome & Orientation | RDM, WL, MW |
| 9:15 - 11:00 AM | Block 1 | Introduction to Level 1 Introduction to Hypnosis | RDM |
| 11:00 - 11:15 AM | BREAK | ||
| 11:15 AM - 1:00 PM | Block 2 | Hypnosis and the Autonomic Nervous System (Neurophysiology) | RDM WL |
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM | LUNCH | ||
| 2:00 - 4:00 PM | Block 3 | Client Assessment for Hypnosis Introducing Hypnosis to the Client Informed Consent/Memory Falliability Rapport, Elicitation, and Reorienting Group Hypnotic Experience | WL |
| 4:00 - 4:15 PM | BREAK | ||
| 4:15 - 5:45 PM | Block 4 | Fundamentals of Hypnotic Suggestions | RDM |
Day Two - April 29, 2023
| TIME | BLOCK | SESSION | INSTRUCTOR |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | BREAKFAST | ||
| 9:00 - 10:00 AM | Block 5 | Client Readiness - Hesitations Introduction to Small Group Practice Demonstration of Inductions Diaphragmatic Breathing Magnetic Fingers | RDM |
| 10:00 - 10:15 AM | BREAK | ||
| 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Block 6 | Small Group Practice 1 Rapport, Elicitation, and Reorienting (Diaphragmatic Breathing, Magnetic Fingers) | ALL |
| 12:15 - 1:15 PM | LUNCH | ||
| 1:15 - 2:15 PM | Block 7 | Intensification (Deepening) with Demonstration Demonstration of Eye Fixation | WL |
| 2:15 - 2:30 PM | BREAK | ||
| 2:30 - 4:30 PM | Block 8 | Small Group Practice 2 Rapport, Elicitation, Intensification, Reorientation | ALL |
| 4:30 - 4:45 PM | BREAK | ||
| 4:45 - 5:45 PM | Block 9 | Ego-Strengthening | WL |
Day Three - April 30, 2023
| TIME | BLOCK | SESSION | INSTRUCTOR |
| 8:00 - 8:30 AM | BREAKFAST | ||
| 9:00 - 9:45 AM | Block 10 | Self-Hypnosis Demonstration of Spiegel Eye Roll. | WL |
| 9:45 - 10:00 AM | BREAK | ||
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Block 11 | Small Group Practice 3 Rapport-Elicitation-Intensification- Ego Strengthening Suggestions-Reorientation | ALL |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | LUNCH | ||
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Block 12 | Ethics. Integration into Practice Demonstration of Arm Levitation and Lowering | RDM |
| 2:00 - 2:15 PM | BREAK | ||
| 2:15 - 4:15 PM | Block 13 | Small Group Practice 4 Rapport-Elicitation-Intensification- Ego Strengthening Suggestions-Reorientation | ALL |
| 4:15 - 4:30 PM | Block 14 | Membership, Certification, Future Training | RDM |
ASCH LEVEL II Training Schedule
DAY 1 October 20, 2023
| TIME | BLOCK | SESSION | INSTRUCTOR |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | BREAKFAST | ||
| 9.00 am – 9.30 am | Welcome and Orientation to Level II | ||
| 9.30 am – 10.30 am | Block 1 | Review and Practice of Formal Evocation Techniques | RDM, WL |
| 10.30 am – 10.45 am | BREAK | ||
| 10.45 am – 12.15 pm | Block 2 | Hypnotic Language: Creating Metaphors and Indirect Suggestions for Change | RDM |
| 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm | LUNCH (On Own) | ||
| 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm | Block 3 | Ideomotor Signaling as an Exploratory Technique | WL, RDM |
| 2.30 pm – 2.45 pm | BREAK | ||
| 2.45 pm – 4.45 pm | Block 4 | Small Group Practice 1 Evocation-Intensification Ideomotor Signaling Suggestions for Change Reorienting | ALL |
| 4.45 pm – 5.00 pm | BREAK | ||
| 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm | Block 5 | Hypnotic Strategies Based on Ego State Therapy-Principles for the Treatment of Trauma | WL |
DAY 2 October 21, 2023
| TIME | BLOCK | SESSION | INSTRUCTOR |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | BREAKFAST | ||
| 9:00 am – 10:00 AM | Insight-Oriented and Exploratory Hypnotic Techniques Creativity, Playfulness and Safety for Self-Discovery | ||
| 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | BREAK | RDM, WL | |
| 10.15 am – 12.15 pm | Block 7 | Small Group Practice 2 Arm Levitation/Catalepsy/Drop Evocation Intensification Utilization of an ExploratoryTechnique Reorienting | ALL |
| 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM | LUNCH (On Own) | ||
| 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM | Block 8 | Hypnotic Strategies for Pain Management | RDM |
| 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | BREAK | ||
| 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Block 9 | Small Group Practice 3 Glove Anesthesia-Intensification- Suggestions for Pain Management | ALL |
| 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Processing the Day’s Learnings | ALL |
DAY 3 October 22, 2023
| TIME | BLOCK | SESSION | INSTRUCTOR |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | BREAKFAST | ||
| 9:00 am – 10:30 AM | Block 10 | Hypnotic Interventions for Trauma and Dissociate Symptoms. | |
| 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | BREAK | RDM, WL | |
| 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM | Block 11 | Working With Children and the Child Within | RDM |
| 12:15 AM – 1:15 PM | LUNCH (On Own) | ||
| 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM | Block 12 | Hypnotic Interventions for Anxiety and Habit Disorders | WL |
| 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM | BREAK | RDM | |
| 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Block 13 | Ethical Integration of Hypnosis into Practice | |
| 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Next Steps, Wrap-Up, Certificates | RDM |
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Reinhild Draeger-Muenke, PsyD, LMFT, is a licensed psychologist and licensed family therapist in Private Practice in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. She provides trauma informed psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families across the life span, consultation and training nationally and internationally. She is a certified ASCH approved consultant in clinical hypnosis, past ASCH Moderator, past co-chair and member of the ASCH Education Committee, and has served as chair and faculty of regional and annual ASCH conferences. She has been an active member of the Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis and has served as their President. She is an active member of ISSTD and has chaired the training in clinical hypnosis at ISSTD since 2014.
Wendy Lemke, MS, LP is a licensed psychologist at Lemke Counseling & Consulting. She also serves as adjunct faculty for St. Cloud Technical Community College in MN. She has expertise in the fields of clinical hypnosis, ego state therapy, and trauma related disorders. She is an American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) certified approved consultant, an active member and former Vice President of the ASCH. She is also an active member of the Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis (MSCH). She is a fellow and an active member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) and is a certified therapist and trainer through Ego-State Therapy International (ESTI). She has published articles in the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation and the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. She also produced the documentary, You’re Not Crazy & You’re Not Alone: Inside the Inner World of Dissociative Identity Disorder, and has produced Self-hypnosis CD’s.
Information about continuing education credits for each level is available on the individual level pages. To be eligible for credits, you must attend all three days of each level in full.
Please note that no ISSTD Certificate Program credits are available for this training.
Price
"Your Price" above reflects your final price based on your membership status and registration period.
Early bird registration for Level I only or the combined package will end January 15, 2023 at 11:59 PM US Eastern Time. Prices will increase $100 after the early bird registration deadline.
Early bird registration for Level II only will end July 31, 2023 at 11:59 PM US Eastern Time. Prices will increase $100 after the early bird registration deadline.
CE Credits can be purchased for an additional fee of $100 for the combined package or $50 per level.
ISSTD Cancellation Policy: Cancellations prior to the training are subject to a $45 cancelation fee for individual levels or $75 for the combined package. No refund are provided for no shows. The deadline for cancelations with a refund for Level I or the combined package is March 31 at 5:00pm ET.The deadline for cancelations with a refund for Level II is September 30 at 5:00pm ET.