2026 Advanced Workshop

Please join the Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis in welcoming Kathryn Rossi, PhD for our Advanced Annual Workshop via Zoom on Sunday, June 14, 2026. Join Dr. Rossi to learn about Fail-Safe Indirect Approaches in Therapeutic Hypnosis.

This presentation will be recorded and available for four weeks after the presentation.

This MN Society of Clinical Hypnosis conference is designed to meet continuing education requirements for many clinical disciplines. We are requesting CE approval from the following boards and organization:

• MN Board of Marriage & Family Therapy
• MN Board of Psychology
• MN Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy (LPC & LPCC)
• American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

Professionals in other related clinical disciplines, as well as those working outside of Minnesota can submit CE certificates to their corresponding boards for independent approval. Actual CE amounts will be dependent upon your specific licensure board and attendance.

Date	June 14, 2026
Time	9 AM – 4:30 PM CST
Location	ZOOM
CEUs	6
MSCH Member Cost	$85
ASCH Component/ASCH Member Cost	$100
Non-Member Cost	$125

*Scholarship support is available to attend this workshop,
please visit the Heather Klein Scholarship Fund for more information and to apply.
Heather Klein Scholarship Assistance

Register to attend virtually or to view the recording

Registration Deadline 06/12/2026

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Description

Many clinicians learn a wide range of hypnotic techniques and interventions. While these tools are valuable, technique alone does not always translate into a psychotherapy process that feels fluid, responsive, and reliably effective. This workshop focuses on the underlying fundamental principles that allow therapeutic hypnosis to unfold in a way that minimizes the risk of failure for both client and clinician.

Drawing from approaches modeled by Milton Erickson and Ernest Rossi, often demonstrated in practice but less frequently articulated explicitly, we will examine how indirect methods support a dynamic and collaborative therapeutic process. Rather than directing outcomes, these approaches emphasize following the client’s experience, supporting autonomy, and creating conditions in which meaningful and often numinous change can emerge naturally.

Participants will explore how fail-safe principles reduce performance pressure, deepen attunement, and foster client-led transformation. By shifting the focus from technique execution to moment-by-moment responsiveness, therapists can create greater freedom for exploration while maintaining clinical integrity. This workshop is well suited for newer clinicians who want a clear conceptual framework for working indirectly, as well as for experienced clinicians interested in refining their use of subtle and responsive hypnotic processes.

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Agenda – All Times CST

9 – 9:10 AM	Introduction, plan for day, group input
9:10 – 10:10 AM
10:10 – 10:25 AM	Break
10:25 – 11:55 AM
11:55 – 12:25 PM
12:25 – 1:25 PM	LUNCH
1:25 – 2:25 PM
2:25 – 2:40 PM	Break
2:40 – 3:45 PM
3:45 – 4:15 PM
4:15 – 4:30 PM	Discussion and Wrap up

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Objectives

Participants will be able to explain the importance and relevance of fail-safe approaches in psychotherapy, including:

1. Asking questions rather than giving statements.
2. Leaving out the use of “I,” reducing the client’s natural tendency to please the therapist.
3. Following rather than leading the therapeutic process.

Participants will learn the application of sensory modality priorities for individual clients, including:

4. Identifying how each client most naturally learns and processes experience, whether through sight, hearing, feeling or proprioception, intuition, taste, or smell.
5. Remaining grounded in the present moment.

Participants will demonstrate the ability to follow the client’s lead through careful attention to minimal cues, including:

6. Understanding how to notice, read, and utilize subtle body and breath cues.
7. Supporting client independence and self-directed change.

Finally, participants will examine the principle that the Burden of Responsibility in Effective Psychotherapy ultimately belongs to the client, and how indirect hypnotic methods naturally reinforce this orientation.

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Biography

Kathryn Rossi is a licensed Clinical Psychologist who has edited or co-authored 20 books, and 35 chapters in the field of psychotherapy including co-editing 16 volumes of The Collected Works of Milton H. Erickson with Ernest Rossi and Roxanna Erickson-Klein. She has authored 80 peer reviewed scientific papers on Psychosocial Genomics, and therapeutic hypnosis along with other current topics of social and spiritual significance. She is passionate about bringing innovative body-mind therapies into the field of psychotherapy including Story Yoga. She enjoys helping people overcome addictions. Kathryn has taught innovative psychotherapy internationally for more than 35 years.

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