Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and marriage and family therapist from Fallbrook, California.  He is internationally recognized for his work in advancing clinical hypnosis and outcome-focused psychotherapy, routinely teaching to professional audiences all over the world.  He has presented in 30 countries across six continents, and his workshops are well known for being practical as well as enjoyable.

He is the author of ten books and editor of three others, as well as numerous book chapters and articles on the subjects of hypnosis and the use of strategic psychotherapies, and his Trancework is widely used as the "classic text".  
see www.yapko.com.

Dr. Yapko is a member of the American Psychological Association, a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, a member of the International Society of Hypnosis, and a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.  He is a recipient of The Milton H. Erickson Award of Scientific Excellence for Writing in Hypnosis, and the 2003 Pierre Janet Award for Clinical Excellence from the International Society of Hypnosis, a lifetime achievement award honoring his many contributions to the field. He also received The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Psychotherapy.

Intensive Two Day Sydney Workshop
A Skill-Building Workshop - A Once in a Lifetime Experience
    
The study of the science and art of clinical hypnosis begins with the recognition that influence is inherent in the therapy process. Far more complex, though, are the deeper questions related to how one person can instill a belief in someone else that his or her distressing symptoms can diminish, resulting in a recovery, or how someone can suggest to another that he or she evolve a frame of mind that makes success possible in some desired domain.

Hypnosis is often an astonishing phenomenon: How can someone absorb and integrate a suggestion for an altered perceptual framework for the meaning of an experience, encouraging a greater cognitive and perceptual flexibility that helps make relief from psychological distress possible?
 
This two day course provides many insights into the dynamics of integrating patterns and principles of hypnosis with the core skills of effective psychotherapy. Specifically, we will focus on identifying and developing some of the key skills necessary to design and deliver meaningful psychotherapeutic interventions hypnotically. Following a didactic presentation to establish core principles of the hypnotic framework, participants will observe a live, unrehearsed clinical demonstration.
 
This will provide them the opportunity to observe the process of interviewing for key patterns that regulate a client’s symptoms, then organizing and providing a structured hypnosis session designed to alleviate those symptoms. Then, each participant will have the opportunity to practice interviewing, then designing and delivering a goal oriented hypnosis session in a small group context. This is not only a training in the dynamics of applying hypnosis skillfully, it is also a training in learning to think and intervene strategically.

Workshop Learning Objectives
Attend this workshop and you will learn to:

    •    Recognize and more skillfully use the suggestive elements inherent in any type of therapy
    •    Use hypnosis to increase client responsiveness and enhance treatment efficacy
    •    Use goal-oriented therapeutic metaphors in diagnosis and treatment
    •    Develop therapeutic sequences for the unfolding of the therapy process
    •    Integrate hypnosis with other empirically supported psychotherapeutic approaches


Course Topics:
The course emphasis is on the clinical application of hypnosis in strategic problem resolution. Common themes of therapy will be considered, and strategies for addressing common disorders will be presented. The workshop will be structured flexibly to allow for practice sessions, discussion, and question-and-answer sessions. Thus, topics beyond those mentioned below will also be covered.    

    •    Identifying how (not why) the client generates symptoms
    •    Assessing client patterns of internal organization
    •    Strategy planning for solution-oriented interventions
    •    Designing and delivering hypnotic interventions in therapy
    •    Fostering client independence
    •    Exercises in performing hypnotic strategies
    •    Hypnosis as a symptom-specific strategy of active intervention
    •    Hypnosis as a vehicle of empowerment and skill-building
    •    Constructing therapeutic metaphors

Participant Qualifications
Health professionals who have had previous formal training in hypnosis.   Participants must have previous experience in performing hypnotic inductions and facilitating hypnotic phenomena. This is not a beginning level course.

Approximate Schedule
5th July Day 1:
Morning
    Overview: Dynamics of Employing Hypnosis in Psychotherapy
    Integrating Hypnosis into Goal-Oriented Psychotherapy
    Group Hypnosis: Mobilizing Client Resources
    Deconstruction of Experience
    Experiential Assessment: Patterns of Self-Organization
Afternoon
    Live Clinical Demonstration: Designing and Delivering Interventions
    Deconstruction of the Demonstration

6th July Day 2:
Morning
    Learning to Think Strategically
    Exercise:   Designing and Delivering an Hypnotic Intervention (Rounds 1 and 2)
Afternoon
    Discussion of Problems Presented and Strategies Employed
    Focus on therapeutic Metaphors
    Exercise:   Designing and Delivering an Hypnotic Intervention (Round 3)
     Discussion of Problems Presented and Strategies Employed
    Group Hypnosis: Generativity and Personal Growth

Tuition Fees:

ASCH Members
Very Early Bird $695
Priority Seating (includes lunch)  $795

Before 30th January 2010

Non Members
Very Early Bird $795
Priority Seating (includes lunch)  $895

Before 30th January 2010

ASCH Members
Early Bird $795
Priority Seating (includes lunch)  $895
Before April 30th 2010

Full Price
$1095 After April 30th 2010

Non Members
Early Bird $895
Priority Seating (includes lunch)  $995
Before April 30th 2010

Full Price
$1095 After April 30th 2010

A Small Number of Ezidebit Payment Plans Available


Call the Office on 1300 85 1176 to book Now

Seats are limited

A Joint Venture by the Australian Society of Clinical hypnotherapy and the Australian Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy