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    • Saturday, March 22, 2025
    • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    • VIRTUAL
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    The Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey is pleased to welcome Sharlene DeMartini-Guth, Psy.D.

    Please join us on Saturday,  March 22, 2025 as Sharlene presents:  "Exploring and Applying Tarot & Oracle Cards to Hypnotic Techniques." This program will be held virtually on Zoom from 11AM to 1PM EDT.

    The Clinical Conversations are free to members of ASCH, its component sections, SCEH, and ISH.  There is a $15 fee for nonmembers.  All proceeds go to fund the Stephen R. Lankton Scholarship Award.


    Program Description:

    Tarot and Oracle Cards have become increasingly popular in our culture. No longer just of interest to those in the realm of the occult, more people are turning to these decks to explore themselves as they seek to understand their world. Tarot and Oracle cards hold a mystery and a mystique making them a perfect tool to utilize when working hypnotically. This conversation will use the traditional Tarot cards as well as some more recently created oracle decks to explore how to apply these cards to multiple hypnotic techniques.


    About the Presenter

    Sharlene DeMartini-Guth, Psy.D. is a psychologist in private practice in Tabernacle, NJ.  She is a generalist treating a variety of mental health issues including depression, anxiety, and trauma. Sharlene has been a hobbyist with Tarot cards for over thirty years and has taken it into the professional realm in the last few years. She received training in clinical hypnosis through the Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey.


    • Sunday, April 27, 2025
    • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    • VIRTUAL
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    The Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey is pleased to welcome David Reid, Psy.D.

    Please join us on Sunday,  April 27, 2025 as David presents:  "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to an Induction: When Humor Enhances Hypnosis"

    This program will be held virtually on Zoom from 11AM to 1PM EDT.
    The Clinical Conversations are free to members of ASCH, its component sections, SCEH, and ISH.  There is a $15 fee for nonmembers.  All proceeds go to fund the Stephen R. Lankton Scholarship Award.


    Program Description:

    It has been said that, "Laughter is the best medicine." There is ample empirical evidence that humor promotes immune functioning, enhances quality of life in cancer patients and nursing home residents, and minimizes symptoms of depression and anxiety (Bains et al., 2015; Ko & Youn, 2011; Kuru & Kublay, 2017; Morishima et al., 2019; Takeda et al., 2010). Yet there is limited consideration or research regarding the inclusion of humor during hypnosis sessions (Thomson, 2022). This (two hour) conversation will review the healing properties of humor for medical and psychological disorders, and more specifically, encourage participants to consider embedding (i.e., interspersing) humor during hypnosis sessions with their clients. Case examples and demonstrations will highlight the pairing of humor with hypnosis for enhancing "ego strengthening," embedded metaphors, story-telling, age regression/progression, and post-hypnotic suggestions.

    About the Presenter

    David B. Reid, Psy.D., is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Fellow and Approved Consultant of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). He is an Award Winning author of Hypnosis for Behavioral Health: A Guide to Expanding Your Professional Practice (Springer Publishing Company), and co-author of Habit Control: Practitioners’ Guide to Using Hypnosis and Other Alternative Health Strategies. Dr. Reid has received numerous Presidential awards from ASCH and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH) for his contributions to both societies. He has also been honored with awards for his peer-reviewed publications on clinical hypnosis (Milton H. Erickson Award, Ernest R. Hilgard Award, and the William S. Kroger Award). In 2021, Dr. Reid was the recipient of the Erica Fromm Award for Excellence in Teaching from SCEH. Dr. Reid is an adjunct professor at Saybrook University and Past President of Division 30 (Psychological Hypnosis) of the American Psychological Association.

    • Saturday, May 17, 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
    • VIRTUAL
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    Rescripting Trauma Memories with Memory Reconsolidation: Protocols for Updating Implicit Beliefs and Patterns


    Live, Interactive, Virtual

    Saturday, May 17, 2025 

    9:00AM - 4:30PM EDT


    The Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey is pleased to welcome Courtney Armstrong, LPC/MHSP, ASCH Approved Consultant, for one of the two advanced workshops CHSNJ will offer this year.   


    In Rescripting Trauma Memories with Memory Reconsolidation: Protocols for Updating Implicit Beliefs and Patterns, Courtney will explore the phenomenon of memory reconsolidation and how clinical hypnosis can be used as an adjunct in treatment to facilitate it.

    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 professional are required to submit proof of their status and supervisor. 

    KNOWLEDGE/SKILL LEVEL OF PARTICIPANTS: Intermediate, Advanced (It is recommended that participants have some basic hypnosis training equivalent to Level 1 ASCH or SCEH training).


    About the Presenter

    Courtney Armstrong, LPC/MHSP is a licensed professional counselor with 25 years’ experience who specializes in grief and trauma recovery. She is an ASCH approved consultant and the Founder of the Institute for Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy which developed a successful national hypnosis training program for the United States Veterans Health Administration and trains mental health professionals worldwide. In 2024 she was given the Presidential Award from the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis for her innovative contributions in teaching hypnosis. She has also contributed to several professional publications and is author of the books Rethinking Trauma Treatment: Attachment, Memory Reconsolidation and Resilience, The Therapeutic “Aha!” and Transforming Traumatic Grief.


    PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Reprocessing traumatic memories can be a tough task, due to the stubborn persistence of painful emotions, thoughts, and patterns woven into the memory at both conscious and subconscious levels. Fortunately, neuroscience has revealed how clinicians can more effectively help their clients reprocess traumatic memories by harnessing the mechanisms of memory reconsolidation. 


    Memory reconsolidation refers to the brain's inherent ability to update a memory network with new information when the person encounters a new experience that is emotionally significant enough for the brain to change the memory’s meaning, context, and associations.


    In this webinar, we will explore the phenomenon of memory reconsolidation and how clinical hypnosis can be used as an adjunct in treatment to facilitate it. Participants will learn why hypnosis can be an effective tool for eliciting memory reconsolidation and get several tools they can use to help clients rescript trauma narratives, repair attachment wounds, and foster a positive post-trauma identity.


    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

    1.Evaluate recent neuroscience discoveries regarding memory reconsolidation and their clinical implications for treating trauma. 

    2.Describe the steps of the RECON protocol, an imaginal rescripting technique to help clients reduce distress related to memories of traumatic events.

    3.Describe how to integrate cognitive reframing techniques with hypnosis to rescript the client’s trauma narrative and beliefs associated with the traumatic event.

    4.Identify at least two ways to help clients avoid re-traumatization while reviewing traumatic memories. 

    5.Discuss at least two strengths and two limitations of the research on memory reconsolidation and clinical hypnosis in trauma treatment. 

    TIMED AGENDA: 6 hours of Education/Instruction

    8:45am – 9am Gather and Introduction

    9am - 10:30am Trauma, memory, and the brain

    10:30am -10:45am Break

    10:45am -12:15pm Hypnosis and memory reconsolidation in trauma treatment

    12:15pm -1:15pm Lunch

    1:15pm - 2:45pm Hypnosis techniques for rescripting memories & implicit beliefs

    2:45pm - 3:00pm Break

    3:00pm - 4:00pm Hypnosis techniques for attachment trauma

    4:00pm - 4:30pm Cultural considerations, limitations, and false memory debates

    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."





    • Sunday, June 08, 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
    • VIRTUAL
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    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."





Past events

Saturday, January 25, 2025 Gestures: The unspoken language
Saturday, November 09, 2024 Seeing the Unseen: Beginning to Untangle Complexities of Dissociation and Multiplicity
Saturday, September 21, 2024 Revisioning Dreamwork in Counseling: The Embodied Cognition Theory of Dreaming
Sunday, June 23, 2024 “Retraining the miswired mind: calming the pain brain with trance”
Saturday, May 25, 2024 Mindfulness Meets Hypnosis: A Synthesis for Hypnotically Trained Clinicians
Saturday, April 06, 2024 The Interface of Utilization and Metaphor
Friday, March 29, 2024 Let's Talk: Cultivating Conversational Elicitations
Friday, December 15, 2023 Intermediate Workshop in Hypnosis Level II
Saturday, November 18, 2023 These are a few of my favorite things II
Monday, October 16, 2023 These are a few of my favorite things.
Friday, September 29, 2023 CHSNJ Fundamentals of Hypnosis Level I
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Weaving Hypnotic Principles into EMDR: A tapestry for enhancing psychotherapy
Sunday, May 21, 2023 Resolving Trauma with Acceptance and Integration Training®
Saturday, April 22, 2023 Depotentiating Conscious Sets
Saturday, March 11, 2023 Intuitively Informed Treatment for Trauma: The CORE Approach
Saturday, February 18, 2023 A Gathering of Healers: Incorporating Intuition into Your Clinical Practice
Sunday, January 29, 2023 Hypnotic Repair - What is it and how might you structure it?
Sunday, December 11, 2022 Clinical Conversation: "The Body Keeps the Score” - Treating Trauma with Appropriate Hypnotic Interventions.
Sunday, November 20, 2022 Clinical Conversations: Case Consultations in Treating Patients with Anxiety Disorders
Saturday, October 15, 2022 So you want to learn about Rapid Hypnotic Inductions?
Saturday, September 24, 2022 TEACHING OUR CLIENTS HOW TO FORGIVE
Saturday, June 18, 2022 Clinical Conversation: The Use of Intuition in Clinical Practice
Sunday, May 22, 2022 Clinical Conversation: Hypnotic Suggestions of Intuitive Eating and Body Acceptance vs. Hypnosis for Weight Loss
Saturday, April 23, 2022 Making Hypnosis More Effective by Activating Unconscious Intelligence
Friday, February 11, 2022 Virtual Intermediate Workshop
Friday, December 10, 2021 Virtual Fundamentals of Hypnosis
Saturday, August 07, 2021 The Anatomy of a Conversational (Naturalistic) Trance.
Sunday, June 27, 2021 Session 6 of our 6 Series Clinical Conversations - Naturalistic with Dr. Norma Baretta
Saturday, May 22, 2021 Session 5 of our 6 Series Clinical Conversations - Experiential with Dr. Jeffrey Zeig
Saturday, April 24, 2021 Chronic Pain & the Opioid Crisis: Mind-Body Innovations in Clinical Hypnosis
Saturday, April 10, 2021 Session 4 of our 6 Series Clinical Conversations - Destabilization
Sunday, March 21, 2021 Session 3 of our 6 Series Clinical Conversations - Strategic
Sunday, February 21, 2021 Session 2 of our 6 Series Clinical Conversations - Utilization
Saturday, January 09, 2021 Session 1 of our 6 Series Clinical Conversations - Tailoring
Saturday, April 25, 2020 Clinical Conversation: Ways Hypnosis Can Help
Saturday, February 29, 2020 Clinical Conversation: These are a few of my favorite things
Saturday, January 11, 2020 Clinical Conversation: The use of hypnosis in the conduct of "Past Life Regression Therapy
Friday, November 15, 2019 Intermediate Workshop
Saturday, November 02, 2019 Clinical Conversations: Between a Rock and a Soft Place.
Friday, September 20, 2019 Fundamentals of Hypnosis
Saturday, September 07, 2019 Utilization in the service of "conversational" trance
Saturday, June 08, 2019 Clinical Conversations: Facilitating Age Regressions
Saturday, May 04, 2019 Advances in Children's Trances: We are only young once but we can be immature all our lives.
Saturday, January 26, 2019 Clinical Conversations: Classic Ideomotor Signaling with Muscle Testing Ratification.
Friday, December 07, 2018 Intermediate Workshop
Saturday, November 10, 2018 Clinical Conversations: What we can learn from scripts so that we do not need them.
Friday, September 28, 2018 Fundamentals of Hypnosis
Saturday, August 18, 2018 Clinical Conversations: Tips from a Master: Jeff Zeig's "5 minute therapy tips"
Saturday, June 09, 2018 Clinical Conversation: Using Hypnosis with Children
Saturday, May 05, 2018 Healing the Wounds of Development: Attachment Theory and Hypnosis, An Integrated Approach to Psychotherapeutic Treatment
Saturday, January 13, 2018 Clinical Conversations: What do the words sound like in practice?
Friday, December 01, 2017 Intermediate Workshop
Saturday, October 07, 2017 CHSNJ Clinical Conversations - Saturday October 7th
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