NPHTI 14th Annual Skill Development Workshops in Pediatric Clinical Hypnosis

National Pediatric Hypnosis Training Institute (NPHTI) 14th Annual Skill Development Workshops in Pediatric Clinical Hypnosis is organized by National Pediatric Hypnosis Training Institute (NPHTI), Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) and will be held from Oct 09 - 11, 2025 at Minneapolis Marriott Northwest, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America.

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 to children and teens with various medical & mental health conditions and challenges. 

• Cutting edge presentations include faculty videos, highlighting therapeutic communication, goal setting and goal-driven suggestions, and other hypnosis strategies.
• Faculty: Our multi-disciplinary, seasoned pediatric clinician-educators have expertise in pediatric hypnosis and are considered the most renowned leaders-teachers-researchers-authors in this field.
• Three levels of workshops: Fundamentals; Utilization & Expanded Clinical Applications; and Individualized Consultation.
• Extensive experiential learning: activities during presentations, and abundant supervised practice of hypnotic techniques within supportive small groups with a high faculty-to-trainee ratio (1:6).
• Registration fees include: presentations materials, online syllabus, small group exercises, CME/CEU credit (at no extra charge), comprehensive bibliography, generous breakfast and morning and afternoon refreshments. Special needs such as dietary restrictions, lactation room, etc. should be indicated in advance. Requests cannot always be honored on site.

Fundamentals Workshop:

• 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 our wonderful key element! 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.

Utilization and Clinical Applications Workshop:
NOTE: We welcome any and all licensed health professionals who have completed a Fundamentals all pediatric-specific hypnosis training workshop (20+ hours) with NPHTI, SDBP, or equivalent approved pediatric hypnosis training and who are using clinical hypnosis with pediatric patients on a regular basis. Please indicate the year of your Fundamentals or Introductory/Basic Pediatric Hypnosis Workshop on your Registration.

• Workshop emphasizes experiential learning and how to set personalized hypnosis goals and create appropriate hypnosis suggestions.
• Learn how to incorporate Ericksonian Utilization principles in your hypnosis approach.
• Refine and expand existing hypnosis skills and develop individualized hypnotic treatment approaches for your patients.
• Faculty videos and case vignettes are integral throughout the workshop.
• Supervised exercises: augment your confidence and utilization skills (conversational invitations, pacing & leading, constructing goal-driven suggestions, talking in trance, self-regulation strategies, and other person-centered strategies) within thoughtfully clustered small groups (with high faculty to trainee ratios).
• Select two “mini-intensive” (90 minutes each) clinical applications for Hypnosis Skill Development.

Individualized Consultation Workshop: Personalized and Peer Mentoring:

• Provides extensive half day dedicated  individualized mentor consultation to clinicians ready to enhance their knowledge and expertise in the use of pediatric hypnosis.
• Fulfills partial requirements for attaining ASCH Certification in Clinical Hypnosis and/or an ASCH-Approved Consultant.
• Unique format: Clinicians consult in a small group (max = 6) with faculty who are matched to the case. 

Note: Registration for the Individualized Consultation Workshop is by invitation only. Those invited to participate in this workshop will be sent a registration link.