NCSCH 2017 FALL CONFERENCE
Healing the Wounds of Development: Attachment Theory & Hypnosis, An Integrated Approach to Psychotherapeutic Treatment
With Eric Spiegel, PhD
North Carolina Society of Clinical Hypnosis 48th Annual Conference
Friday, November 10 & Saturday, November 11, 2017
Rigmor House at Chapel Hill
Contingent On Approval: 13 CEs Approved By ASCH, NCPA & NBCC
In this two-day workshop, we will consider the role that hypnosis can play in a relationally attuned therapeutic relationship towards facilitating attachment repair in patients with developmental arrests in self-regulation and identity formation. The relational and psychological functions of attunement, representation and mentalization are essential components of a secure attachment experience. The presenter will review the literature and describe how hypnosis can be applied in working with each of these areas of attachment. In its utilization of shared attention, tone of voice, pacing, language and imagery, clinical hypnosis as a state, relationship and technique offers psychotherapists a way of introducing a healthy attachment experience and renewing appropriate developmental functioning in these patients. Through a mixture of didactic and experiential approaches, participants will develop increased competency in (1) understanding how the therapeutic relationship in general, and clinical hypnosis from an attachment frame in particular, can be utilized to re-build developmental structure and re-engage reflective functioning and (2) utilizing specific applications of clinical hypnosis towards this aim.
Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
· Integrate the concepts and principles of attachment theory into psychotherapy practice
· Conceptualize and describe how a hypnotherapeutic attachment approach could be utilized for the purposes of developmental repair
· Articulate how the hypnotic elements of attunement, representation and mentalization can be used to facilitate developmental repair
· Formulate and deliver three hypnotic suggestions which advance the attachment goals of enhancing attunement in the hypnotherapeutic relationship, developing mental representation of a secure attachment figure or ego state, and increasing the capacity for reflective awareness about mental states in developmentally arrested patients
· Integrate attachment and hypnosis into the psychotherapeutic treatment of borderline and narcissistic spectrum developmental arrests
Presenter: Eric Spiegel, PhD
Dr. Eric Spiegel is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Philadelphia. He is certified as an Approved Consultant in clinical hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). A 2012 recipient of ASCH’s Early Career Achievement Award, he was named a Fellow of the Society in 2015 and is the incoming President-Elect. Dr. Spiegel 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). Dr. Spiegel specializes in working with anxiety, trauma and relationship issues. He has taught undergraduate and graduate psychology courses at Drexel University, James Madison University, Lafayette College and the University of Maryland, and enjoys teaching internationally on a wide range of subjects, including attachment and hypnotherapy.
References:
Markin, R., Marmarosh, C., Spiegel, E.B. (2013) Attachment in Group Psychotherapy. Washington, DC: APA.
Spiegel, E.B. (2016a). Attachment-focused hypnosis in psychotherapy for complex trauma: Attunement, representation, and mentalization. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 64(1), 45-74.
Spiegel, E.B. (2016b). Attachment-focused psychotherapy and The Wounded Self. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 59, 47-68.
Itinerary:
Friday, November 10
8:30 AM Introductions and workshop overview
8:45 AM Attachment Theory: Concepts, literature, and research
9:15 AM Attachment-focused hypnosis for developmental repair: Introduction of
the ARM model
9:30 AM Attunement in hypnosis: Processes, goals, and skills
10:00 AM Group induction
10:30 AM Refreshment break
10:45 AM Demonstration 1: Attunement in the hypnotic process
11:15 AM Small dyad practice
11:45 AM Representation in hypnosis: Review of existing hypnotic representational approaches
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Representation: Integrating existing hypnotic approaches with attachment theory
1:30 PM Representation in hypnosis: Processes, goals and skills
2:00 PM Demonstration 2: Representation in the hypnotic process
2:30 PM Refreshment break
2:45 PM Small dyad practice
3:15 PM Case video and discussion
4:30 PM Adjourn
Saturday, November 11
8:30 AM Mentalization: Conceptual review and integrating into a hypnotic approach
9:00 AM Mentalization: Processes, goals and skills
10:00 AM Demonstration 3: Mentalization in the hypnotic process
10:30 AM Refreshment break
10:45 AM Small dyad practice
11:15 AM Borderline spectrum developmental repair: Conceptualization
11:45 AM Application of ARM to Borderline spectrum repair
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Case Discussion 1
2:00 PM Narcissistic spectrum developmental repair: Conceptualization
2:30 PM Break
2:45 PM Application of ARM to Narcissistic spectrum repair
3:15 PM Case Discussion 2
4:00 PM Clinical utilizations, summary and questions
4:30 PM Adjourn
Note: Please be prepared to remain after the conference ends in order to turn in evaluations and receive CE certificates.
Setting: We are fortunate once again to be meeting at Rigmor House, a retreat center just outside Chapel Hill. The casual, intimate atmosphere is highly conducive to collegiality. We encourage you to visit rigmorhouse.com to see this delightful setting. (Also see Lodging below.)
Schedule: Registration begins at 8:00. Workshop schedule is 8:30-4:30. There will be 15-minute breaks mid morning and mid afternoon and one hour for lunch.
Eligibility: Persons holding doctoral degrees in Dentistry, Medicine, Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or Nursing or a Masters Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or Nursing and who are licensed to practice in the state in which they practice. Also, current students of these disciplines are eligible.
Contingent on Approval CEs: Certificates of Attendance provided. Thirteen (13) CEs will be awarded for attending the entire two-day workshop. No credit will be given for those who attend one day only. Credit toward ASCH re-certification has been approved for this workshop at the advanced level. This program has also been approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) for NBCC Credit. NCSCH is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. NBCC Approval No. SP-XXXX. The program has additionally been approved by The North Carolina Psychological Association allowing Psychologists to receive continuing education credit. For those requesting CE certification from NCPA, a $6 fee will be added to the registration fee. (Note: Psychologists licensed in other states should check with their licensing board to make certain that CEs are accepted.)
Target Audience: The workshop is for beginning, intermediate and advanced practitioners. Further training and supervision is recommended.
Contingent on Approval NCPA Statement: This program is co-sponsored by the North Carolina Psychological Association and the North Carolina Society of Clinical Hypnosis. The North Carolina Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The North Carolina Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Attendance Policy: To receive continuing education credit, you must be present for the entire workshop, and you must sign the sign-in and sign-out sheets. No credit will be given to participants who are more than 15 minutes late at the beginning of the workshop. No credit will be given to participants who leave before the close of the workshop. Please note that Internet sources sometimes give incorrect directions to Rigmor House and be sure to plot your route carefully by map without relying on navigation software.
Refund Policy: Refunds available if cancellation before October 30, minus $75 fee. If cancellation occurs between October 30 and November 9, refunds will be given minus a $125 fee. No refunds if cancellation occurs after November 9.
Grievance Policy: Please see our policy at nchypnosis.org under our Fall Conference description.
Lunch: On site, included with registration.
Lodging: For nearby hotels, visit rigmorhouse.com/lodging.
Cost:
2-Day Conference Early Bird After October 9
Member ___ $265 ___ $315
Non-member ___ $340 ___ $390
1-Day Fee (No CEs awarded)
Member ___ $215 ___ $235
Non-member ___ $265 ___ $285
___ $6 CE Fee for certification from NCPA