NPHTI Fundamentals of Pediatric Clinical Hypnosis Workshop

NPHTI Fundamentals of Pediatric Clinical Hypnosis Workshop is organized by National Pediatric Hypnosis Training Institute (NPHTI) and will be held from Oct 05 - 07, 2023 at Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth, Minnesota, United States of America.

Description:
This workshop is for clinicians who have NOT YET completed a pediatric-specific hypnosis training (20+ hours) and for clinicians wanting to refresh or solidify their confidence in fundamental pediatric hypnosis skills.
• Foundational skill-building in hypnosis as therapeutic communication and adjunctive intervention for children/teens with various health and behavioral problems.
• Clinical focus: hypnosis adjunctive management of pain, anxiety, fear, and sleep issues for children and teens at different developmental stages.
• State-of-the-art presentations include instructional videos (faculty cases) and case vignettes.
• Experiential learning is a critical focus: over half of total workshop time is spent in very small group practice (6:1 trainee:faculty ratio) and large group exercises focused on the structure and elements of clinical hypnosis with children/teens, using therapeutic language, explaining hypnosis to parents and children, delivering goal-directed hypnotic suggestions, and the use of self-hypnosis.

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 therapeutic hypnosis approach for sleep onset insomnia/anxiety and forcircadian 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