Pediatric Clinical Hypnosis: Skill Development Workshops and 10th Reunion! - Weaving a Tapestry of Pediatric Hypnosis: Connecting a Community

Skill Development Workshops and 10th Reunion! - Weaving a Tapestry of Pediatric Hypnosis: Connecting a Community is organized by National Pediatric Hypnosis Training Institute (NPHTI) and will be held from Sep 26 - 28, 2019 at Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America. 

Target Audience:
• Doctoral Degree in Medicine, Psychology, Nursing or Dentistry
• Masters Degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical or Counseling Psychology
• Masters Degree in Nursing or Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (e.g., CPNP, CNS)• Other Advanced degree clinicians (e.g. Occupational & Physical Therapists, Speech & Language Pathologists, et al.)
• Child Life Specialists holding a Doctoral, Masters, or Bachelors degree
• Full-time Interns/Residents/Fellows or Graduate Students enrolled in an accredited program leading to these clinical degrees will be accepted when they provide a letter from their department on letterhead, attesting to their current full-time status, and specifying month & year of anticipated training completion

Accreditation:
The Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Minnesota Medical Association designated this live activity for a maximum of 23.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Description:
These intensive workshops feature a combined lecture-demonstration-experiential training format with a developmental perspective in the use of clinical hypnosis & its empirically supported applications for children and teens with various medical & mental health conditions and challenges. Both research-based and pragmatic hypnotic interventions are taught

Three levels of Extensive experiential learning:
• Fundamentals;
• Utilization & Expanded Clinical Applications; &
• Individualized Consultation

Educational Objectives:
At the completion of the Fundamentals Workshop, learners should be better able to:
• List the stages of hypnosis
• Describe hypnosis as a process of therapeutic communication
• Describe three pediatric hypnosis “invitation” methods
• Demonstrate three appropriate “invitation” techniques
• Describe methods for intensification of and re-alerting from hypnosis
• Outline applications for pediatric hypnosis
• Describe and demonstrate the use of hypnosis for pain control for procedures and for chronic, recurrent pain
• Describe and demonstrate how to teach a child/parent the skill of self-hypnosis and how to practice it regularly
• Describe and demonstrate a hypno-therapeutic approach for sleep onset insomnia/anxiety and for circadian rhythm disorders in teens
• Outline a strategy for getting started using hypnosis in clinical practice
• Using therapeutic language, design a hypnotic suggestion for children and teens with clinical anxiety

At the completion of the Utilization & Hypnosis Skills Workshop, learners will be able to:
• Refine therapeutic language skills to be used during hypnosis sessions
• Identify individualized and specific hypnosis goals and design and deliver goal-driven suggestions
• Utilize a patient’s resources and needs when designing an individualized treatment plan
• Apply hypnotic utilization techniques: conversational invitations, pacing & leading, talking in trance, fractionation, reframing, and age progression & regression
• Apply hypnosis strategies to more complex and mental health issues (such as anxiety disorders, stress, fears, palliative care, pain, respiratory, gastro-intestinal symptoms)
• Incorporate hypnotic self-regulation strategies during hypnosis sessions

At the completion of the Individualized Consultation Workshop, learners will be better able to:
• Reflectively evaluate one’s own clinical skills/language through video review, critique, and discussion with colleague advanced learners and carefully matched faculty mentors.
• Problem-solve challenging clinical situations regarding application of hypnotic strategies with colleagues advanced learners and carefully matched faculty mentors.
• Review, evaluate and offer guidance regarding (others’) clinical hypnosis encounters with (their) patients/clients with colleague advanced learners and carefully matched faculty mentors.