Hypnotic Strategies for Evoking the Therapeutic Relationship

Hypnotic Strategies for Evoking the Therapeutic Relationship

Live, Interactive, Virtual

Sunday, June 8, 2025 

9:00AM - 4:30PM EDT

The Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey is pleased to welcome Eric B. Spiegel, Ph. D, for one of the two advanced workshops CHSNJ will offer this year.   

In Hypnotic Strategies for Evoking the Therapeutic Relationship,  Eric will examine with us how hypnosis can be strategically utilized to evoke the three components of the therapeutic relationship: transference, the contemporary (‘real’) relationship, and the therapeutic alliance. 

This workshop is appropriate for Licensed Health and Mental Health Professionals such as: Physicians, Nurses, Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors, Psychologists & others holding a license to practice independently, graduate students currently enrolled and under the supervision of a licensed professional, or Master's level clinicians practicing in a non-profit setting under the supervision of a licensed professional. Students and non-licensed professionals are required to submit proof of their status and supervisor. 

KNOWLEDGE/SKILL LEVEL OF PARTICIPANTS:  While oriented towards an advanced audience, the presenter works hard to make it appropriate for any skill level. 

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Eric Spiegel, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Philadelphia, PA and Gaithersburg, MD, and owner of Attune Therapy Group.  He is certified as an Approved Consultant in clinical hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH).  Dr. Spiegel is a Past-President and Fellow of ASCH.  He is co-author of the book Attachment in Group Psychotherapy, published by the American Psychological Association in 2013.  He has also published on attachment and hypnosis in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (IJCEH) and American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis (AJCH).  Most recently, Dr. Spiegel guest co-edited a special issue of AJCH on Relational Factors of Hypnosis in Psychotherapy.  He specializes in working with anxiety, trauma, and relationship issues.  

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

In this workshop, we will examine how hypnosis can be strategically utilized to evoke the three components of the therapeutic relationship: transference, the contemporary (‘real’) relationship, and the therapeutic alliance. We will review hypnotic strategies from each of these three components with the goal of differentiating when and how to elicit affect, create containment, and utilize rapport from the relationship to guide the treatment process. Participants will learn how hypnosis can serve as an ‘in-between’ state in which elements of this relational matrix can be utilized to great effect in advancing treatment process and outcome.  We will provide applications of hypnosis & the therapeutic relationship in treatment, along with demonstrations.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this workshop, participants will be better able to: 

1. Understand how hypnosis hastens the development of new perspectives, realities, and understanding in the 'in-between'.

2. Formulate 2 hypnotic strategies for evoking transference.

3. Formulate 2 hypnotic strategies for evoking the contemporary (real) relationship.

4. Formulate 2 hypnotic strategies for evoking the therapeutic alliance.

TIMED AGENDA: 6 hours of Education/Instruction

8:45am – 9am Gather and Introduction

9am - 9:30am  Introduction of the tripartite therapeutic relationship & integration with hypnotic strategy 

9:30am - 10:30am Evoking the transference relationship with hypnosis 

10:30am -10:45am Break

10:45am -12:15pm Evoking the 'real relationship' with hypnosis 

12:15pm -1:15pm Lunch

1:15pm - 2:45pm Evoking the 'therapeutic alliance' with hypnosis 

2:45pm - 3:00pm Break

3:00pm - 4:30pm Demonstration and discussion 

430pm Wrap Up, Closing remarks, Instructions

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

Please contact Rob Staffin, PsyD, President of CHSNJ at chsnj1986@gmail.com for information about continuing education credits for social workers, counselors, and psychologists.

Certificates of attendance are included in the cost of the workshop.

Certificates of attendance will be emailed to professionals who attend the entire program, provide their license number and complete a course evaluation.  For questions about CEs, please email chsnj1986@gmail.com.

CANCELLATION POLICY:  

A full refund less a $50. cancellation fee will be granted up to 14 days prior to the workshop. After that no refunds are available.

This workshop will be held virtually. Individuals requiring special accommodations should contact the society at chsnj1986@gmail.com.

All grievances must be in writing to Robert Staffin, PsyD, ABPH at drstaffin@gmail.com. A reply will come within 14 days.

"New Jersey social workers not pleased with a grievance resolution provided by the Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey may appeal to the approving entity or their jurisdictional board."