North Carolina Society of Clinical Hypnosis

Thursday

9:00-9:15
WORKSHOP WELCOME – (Wagaman)

9:15-9:30
WELCOME TO INTERMEDIATE/LEVEL 2 – (Dickens)

9:30-10:30
REFINING SKILLS: FORMULATION OF HYPNOTIC SUGGESTION – (Wagaman)
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Describe two methods of rapport enhancement and utilization including tailoring to the particular patient/client.
• Demonstrate the ability to structure two direct and two indirect suggestions
• Define a truism and be able to develop three truisms to construct a “yes set”

10:30-10:45
BIO AND STRETCH BREAK

10:45-11:15
GROUP EXPERIENCE – (Wagaman)
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Describe the use of hypnotic language and suggestions utilized in the group experience

11:15-11:30
PROCESS GROUP EXPERIENCE – (Dickens, Wagaman)

At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Describe the use of hypnotic language and suggestions utilized in the group experience

11:30-11:45
BIO AND STRETCH BREAK

11:45-1:00
APPLICATIONS OF HYPNOSIS: INSIGHT AND EXPLORATORY TECHNIQUES WITH DEMO – (Wagaman)
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Identify prerequisites for the use of hypnotic exploratory techniques
• Identify two clinical situations contraindicated for exploratory work
• Describe and apply three insight-oriented techniques

1:00 - 1:30
BIO AND LUNCH BREAK

1:30-2:30
REFINING SKILLS: EGO STRENGTHENING (Dickens) At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Describe direct and indirect therapeutic strategies to enhance ego strength of patients
• Discuss discipline-relevant ways in which ego strengthening strategies might be particularly useful and how they might be applied.

2:30-3:45
REFINING SKILLS: IDEOMOTOR TRANCE FACILITATION AND DEMO – (Dickens, Wagaman)
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Define and demonstrate three uses of ideomotor phenomena
• Demonstrate two ideomotor trance facilitations

3:45-4:00
BIO AND STRETCH BREAK

4:00-5:30
SMALL GROUP PRACTICE #1: EGO STRENGTHENING AND IDEOMOTOR TRANCE FACILITATION — (Dickens, Wagaman)

5:30-5:45
REVIEW, CLARIFY; FACULTY CHECKOUT

Friday

9:00-9:15
REVIEW AND Q&A

9:15-11:00
APPLICATIONS OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS: HABIT DISORDERS, WITH DEMO (Dickens)
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Discuss research literature on hypnosis in the treatment of habits.
• Design an effective therapeutic intervention for two common habit disorders

11:00-11:15
BIO AND STRETCH BREAK

11:15-1:00
APPLICATIONS OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS: CLINICAL HYPNOSIS AND PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN, WITH DEMO (Wagaman)
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Identify the risk factors in using hypnosis prior to a medical and psychological evaluation of a pain problem.
• Outline precautions in using hypnotic methods for pain relief.
• Discuss how hypnotic phenomenon such as amnesia, time distortion, and dissociation can be helpful in the hypnotic management of pain.

1:00-1:30 BIO AND LUNCH BREAK

1:30-3:00 EXPERIENTIAL SMALL GROUP SKILL PRACTICE # 2: CHRONIC PAIN (Dickens, Wagaman)
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Demonstrate as the operator and personally experience as the subject a hypnotic trance.
• Utilize a new hypnotic skill or application learned from the preceding lectures and demonstrations about managing pain

3:00-3:15
BIO AND STRETCH BREAK

3:15-5:00
REFINING SKILLS: REFINING TRANCE ELICITATIONS AND INTENSIFICATION; DEMOS – (Wagaman)
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Describe three types of advanced inductions.
• Describe three signs of increased hypnotic capacity / trance state.
• Describe at least three advanced methods for intensification of hypnotic trance.

5:00-5:15
REVIEW; CLARIFY; FACULTY CHECKOUT

Saturday

9:00-9:15
CHECK-IN AND REVIEW (Wagaman, Dickens)

9:15-10:30
REFINING SKILLS: CLINICAL HYPNOSIS AND METAPHOR
SKILL DEVELOPMENT: METAPHORICAL APPROACHES, WITH DEMO - ( Wagaman)
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Explain the concept of utilization in the creation of metaphors.
• Describe two metaphorical inductions

10:30-1100
SKILL DEVELOPMENT: PRACTICE CONSTRUCTION OF METAPHORS (Dickens, Wagaman)
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Demonstrate as the operator and personally experience as the subject a hypnotic trance.

• Utilize a metaphorical elicitation along with a new skill or application learned from the preceding lectures and demonstrations on the utilization of metaphors.

11:00-11:15
BIO AND STRETCH BREAK

11:15-12:30
APPLICATIONS OF HYPNOSIS – CLINICAL HYPNOSIS AND ANXIETY WITH DEMO – (Dickens)
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Review principles stemming from research data on the treatment of anxiety and phobic disorders.
• Explicate a minimum of 3 hypnotic techniques for treating anxiety and phobias and be able to provide a rationale for using each method.

12:30-12:45
BIO AND STRETCH BREAK

12:45-2:15
EXPERIENTIAL SMALL GROUP SKILL PRACTICE # 2: ANXIETY (Dickens, Wagaman )
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Demonstrate as the trance facilitator anxiety and/or habit directed and personally experience as the subject a hypnotic trance.
• Utilize a new trance facilitation and intensification technique along with a new skill or application learned from the preceding lectures and demonstrations on anxiety and ego-strengthening.

2:15-2:45
BIO AND STRETCH BREAK

2:45-3:45
INTEGRATION OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS INTO CLINICAL CARE; REQUESTED FACULTY DEMONSTRATIONS AND PARTICIPANT PRACTICE (Dickens, Wagaman)
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Describe situations of uncertainty that might occur as clinical hypnosis is included in practice and identify strategies for managing/resolving such;
• List at least three uses of hypnosis to your discipline that you have been taught and are ready to apply and three applications of hypnosis that require more training
• Describe three ways that he or she will begin to incorporate hypnotic communication, hypnosis, and hypnotic techniques into his/her practice

3:45-4:00
BIO AND STRETCH BREAK

4:00-4:30
ETHICS AND CLINICAL HYPNOSIS REVIEW (Wagaman)
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Identify pertinent ethics standards and concerns with respect to the clinical use of hypnosis
• Describe two specific ethical issues and standards for professional conduct in using hypnosis clinically

4:30-5:00
ASCH CERTIFICATION, MEMBERSHIP, AND FUTURE TRAINING (Dickens)
At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:

• Identify the opportunities available for further training, membership and certification

5:00 - 5:15
CHECK-OUT GROUP WITH FACULTY / ADJOURN

G. Lane Wagaman, EdD; Hollywood, SC

Member, Approved Consultant, Chair, Education Committee, Regional Workshop Committee, Chair, Certification Committee; Member, Ethics Committee; Co-Chair, Refining Skills Workshop, Advanced Workshops (2016), Refining Skills Workshop (2017), Level 1 Workshop (2018) (2019) (2020), ASCH Annual Meeting Program Committee; Member, Society for Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH); Diplomate, Academy of Integrative Pain Management; Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology and Interjurisdictional Practice Certificate; Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards; Member, American Psychological Association (APA): Society for Psychological Hypnosis; Society for Health Psychology; Psychology-Law Society; Society of Counseling Psychology; Life Member, North Carolina Psychological Association (NCPA) and NCPA Division of Independent Practice; Life Member, Fellow, Past APA Council Representative, Past President, West Virginia Psychological Association; Member, Past President, Supervisor Chair, West Virginia Board of Examiners of Psychologists; Clinical Associate Professor and Preceptor, Family Medicine Residency Program, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV; Allied Health Staff, Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Ronceverte, WV; Independent Practice, Carolina Rehabilitation and Surgical Associates, Cary, NC, and HRC Behavioral Health and Psychiatry, PA, Raleigh, NC.

Maggie Dickens, MS, LPC, LCDC

Maggie is the Clinical Director of Behavioral Health Services at Sprintz Center for Pain and Sprintz Center for Recovery. Maggie is part of a small cohort of psychotherapists specializing in chronic pain and chronic health conditions while also being seasoned addiction specialist. Maggie holds a Master of Science degree in Substance Abuse and Clinical Counseling as well as a Master of Science in Rehabilitation and Career Counseling. Both degrees were earned at East Carolina University in her home state of North Carolina. She completed a graduate internship in Chicago, IL prior to moving to Los Angeles, CA for a short detour from counseling.

In 2013, Maggie became integral in the development of Texas’ only inpatient chronic pain and addiction department by applying her background creating curriculum and knowledge of treating with persons with addiction and chronic health conditions, including chronic pain. Throughout the following 3 years, Maggie recognized a how important it is to seek out and utilize all therapeutic and medical techniques available to provide patients with a truly individualized care plan. Thus, Maggie received extensive training with the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). Presently, she sits on several ASCH committees including the Regional Workshop Committee, Standards of Training Revision Committee, Mentoring & Outreach Taskforce, and Annual Workshop Committee 2018, 2019 & 2020. She is also regular ASCH faculty member teaching the principles of utilizing clinical hypnosis throughout the nation. Her enthusiasm and extensive involvement in ASCH which have led to a Nomination for ASCH 2019-2020 Executive Committee: Master at Large, ASCH Merit Award (2017), & ASCH Early Career Achievement Award (2019). Maggie has also presented to various professional organizations including the 2017 Annual Employee Assistance Professional Association Conference and the 2019 Annual American Society of Addiction Medicine Conference.

While chronic pain and the opioid epidemics are a relatively new focus for many, Maggie has been diligent in implementing new chronic pain treatment protocols and breaking the boundaries within the medical and psychological communities for most of her career. Currently, Maggie is using her education, training, experience, and passion to develop the only comprehensive behavioral health department housed in a prominent pain management clinic. Sprintz Center for Pain is proving this innovative approach is greatly needed and highly effective at restoring a person’s life despite chronic pain syndrome and/or chemical dependency.

For Maggie suffering isn’t an option, and neither is the status quo. Which is why when she is not at work, Maggie can be found traveling the world and spoiling her “fur-baby” Trixie Mae.