“Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Integrating Somatic and Ego State Techniques”
The Minnesota Society for Clinical Hypnosis is delighted to welcome Dr. Janina Fisher as our speaker for the 2022 MSCH Annual Conference. Dr. Fisher is interested in the use of hypnosis in somatic and ego state techniques in the treatment of trauma. Dr. Fisher will present via ZOOM. This presentation will be recorded and available for two weeks after the presentation.
| Dates | June 16, 17, & 18, 2022 |
| Times | See Agendas Below (all times CST) |
| CEUs | 13.5 CEUs, additional 3 in-person training hours (not pre-approved CEUs) for those who join us in person **. This presentation will be recorded and will be available for two weeks after the presentation. |
| Location | Dr. Fisher will be presenting via Zoom. You may either 1) Register to see her presentation in your own location via Zoom, or 2) Join us in Minnesota at the Wilder Center, St. Paul, MN to view her presentation on screen, with live break-out groups, three hours of extra live presentations, and networking breakfasts and lunches. |
**This MN Society of Clinical Hypnosis conference is designed to meet continuing education requirements for many clinical disciplines. The following boards are expected to provide 13.5 CEH approval:
- American Society of Clinical Hypnosis – Approved
- MN Board of Marriage & Family Therapy
- MN Board of Psychology – Approved
Professionals in other related clinical disciplines, as well as those working outside of Minnesota can submit CEH certificates to their corresponding boards for independent approval. Actual CEH amounts will be dependent upon your specific licensure board and attendance.
MSCH 2022 Annual Conference
Janina Fisher, PhD
Description
Dr. Fisher will present via ZOOM on the use of hypnosis with ego state and somatic techniques in the treatment of trauma.
In the context of abusive parenting, the ability to dissociate or alter consciousness offers a survival strategy that maintains children’s attachment to caregivers by disowning themselves as “bad” or “unlovable.” This deeply painful failure of self-acceptance is adaptive in childhood but results in lifelong shame and self-loathing, difficulty self-soothing, and complications in relationships with others. Without internal compassion and some sense of worth, it is difficult to take in the compassion and acceptance of others.
To overcome alienation from self, therapy must focus on cultivating clients’ mindful awareness of their disowned ego states and disowned experience. As clients discover their trauma-related younger selves and bring them “home,” they spontaneously begin to feel an internal sense of safety that changes their felt sense of abandonment and betrayal. By integrating somatic strategies inspired by Sensorimotor Psychotherapy with ego state techniques, we will explore the therapeutic power of fostering internal secure attachment to our clients’ most deeply disowned selves.
Objectives
- Describe 3 specific effects of early attachment trauma on the relationship to self
- List 3 symptoms caused by trauma-related dissociative splitting
- Identify 2 effects of autonomic dysregulation on the ability to focus and calm
- Identify 3 signs indicative of disowned dissociated ego states
- Describe 2 manifestations of internal conflicts between parts
- Identify 2 mindfulness-based techniques that increase awareness across different ego states
- Articulate 2 advantages to using parts language with fragmented clients
- Describe “blending” as a hypnotic state
- Identify 2 interventions for facilitating dual awareness
- Articulate 2 techniques for initiating internal dialogue between ego states
- Identify 2 uses of hypnotic suggestion for facilitating internal compassion
- Describe 3 specific techniques for working with suicidal and self-destructive parts
- Describe 3 somatic interventions that increase hypnotic connection to young ego states
- Articulate 2 uses of hypnotic suggestion that evoke increased compassion for young ego states
- Identify 2 interventions that foster “earned secure attachment” as the outcome of attachment bonding between clients and wounded ego states
Biography
Janina Fisher, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and a former instructor, Harvard Medical School. An international expert on the treatment of trauma, she is an Advisory Board member of the Trauma Research Foundation. Dr. Fisher is the author of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Self-Alienation (2017), Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: a Workbook for Survivors and Therapists (2021), and The Living Legacy Instructional Flip Chart (2022). She is best known for her work on integrating mindfulness-based and somatic interventions into trauma treatment. More information can be found on her website: www.janinafisher.com.
Eligibility & Target Audience
This conference is ideal for health professionals who have had previous formal training in clinical hypnosis. Participants should have previous experience in performing hypnotic inductions and facilitating hypnotic phenomena.
Agenda
Note: This is an approximate schedule that will be updated over time.
ZOOM ONLINE OPTION
ZOOM ONLINE OPTION (All times CST)
CEUS: Applying for 13.5 hours ASCH Approved for those attending online
| THURSDAY JUNE 16, 2022 | |
| 6:00 PM CST | Sign On |
| 6:30 – 6:45 PM CST | Welcome, overview of conference, introduction of Dr. Fisher |
| 6:45 – 9:00 PM CST | Janina Fisher/ Lecture/Demonstrations |
| FRIDAY JUNE 17, 2022 | |
| 7:40 AM – 8:10 AM CST | Annual Board Meeting |
| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST | Janina Fisher Lecture/Demonstration |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM CST | Janina Fisher Lecture/Demonstration |
| 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM CST | Break |
| 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST | Janina Fisher Lecture/Demonstration |
| SATURDAY JUNE 18, 2022 | |
| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST | Janina Fisher Lecture/Demonstration |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST | Lunch (12:45 Awards Ceremony) |
| 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM CST | Janina Fisher Lecture/Demonstration |
| 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM CST | Break |
| 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST | Janina Fisher Lecture/Demonstration |
IN PERSON OPTION
IN PERSON OPTION (All times CST)
Dr. Fisher will be presenting via Zoom. You may join us in Minnesota at the Wilder Center, St. Paul, MN to view her presentation on screen, with live break-out groups, three hours of extra live presentations, and networking breakfasts and lunches.
CEUS: Applying for 13.5 hours ASCH Approved, 16 hours total if attending in person
| THURSDAY JUNE 16, 2022 | ONLINE FROM HOME |
| 6:00 PM CST | Sign On |
| 6:30 – 6:45 PM CST | Welcome, overview of conference, introduction of Dr. Fisher |
| 6:45 PM – 9:00 PM CST | Janina Fisher/ Lecture/Demonstrations |
| FRIDAY JUNE 17, 2022 | IN-PERSON |
| 7:30 AM – 8:15 AM | Breakfast/Social Time |
| 7:40 AM – 8:10 AM | MSCH Annual Board Meeting |
| 8:10 AM – 8:15 AM | Announcements |
| 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM | CAPs: Angie Gwiazdon, MSE, LMFT Integrating Hypnotic Techniques with Polyvagal Theory |
| 9:45 – 10:00 AM | Break |
| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Janina Fisher Lecture/Demonstration |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Janina Fisher Lecture/Demonstration |
| 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Janina Fisher Lecture/Demonstration |
| 4:30 – 5:30 PM | Reception |
| SATURDAY JUNE 18, 2022 | |
| 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM | Breakfast/Social Time |
| 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM | Announcements/Raffle |
| 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM | CAPs: Alfred Clavel, MD Mark Weisberg, PhD, ABPP Headache & Trauma: Current Perspectives & Hypnotic Strategies |
| 9:45 – 10:00 AM | Break |
| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Janina Fisher Lecture/Demonstration |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch (Awards Ceremony at 12:45) |
| 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Janina Fisher Lecture/Demonstration |
| 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Janina Fisher Lecture/Demonstration |
| 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM | Wrap-up, Raffle |
Faculty
Alfred Clavel, MD – Faculty
Dr. Clavel serves as the Medical Director of the Hennepin County Pain Clinic and Research Center and directs the Acute Pain Consultative Service, located at the Hennepin County Medical Center. In addition to his medical training, Dr. Clavel completed a four-year residency in Neurology at the University of Minnesota and a fellowship in Clinical Electrophysiology and Clinical Pain Medicine. He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Pain Medicine. Dr. Clavel is a co-owner and Medical Director of MN Head & Neck Pain Clinic. He currently sees patients in our Plymouth and St. Paul clinic locations. He also practices at Fairview Palliative and Pain Clinic.
Angie Gwiazdon, MSE, LMFT
For over 25 years, Angie Gwiazdon has helped people discover their preferred path in life. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and board approved supervisor, she brings compassion, curiosity, and humor to her work. She believes in the importance of each individuals unique experience – and how that is expressed and understood through race, gender, sexual orientation, spirituality, and socioeconomic status.
Drawing on her own life experiences and extensive training, Ms. Gwiazdon is fluent in Narrative Therapy, Postmodern approaches, Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, EMDR, and Polyvagal Theory. Her practice also spans a diverse collection of settings, including private practice, residential treatment, day treatment, and on-site mental health in schools.
Her work addresses a wide range of mental health challenges, including depression, anxiety, abuse, addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder, grief/loss. She also has deep experience with parenting issues, couple and family communication and providing supervision and training.
She brings her compassionate, healing work to all ages, working with adolescents, adults, couples and families.
Mark B. Weisberg, PhD, ABPP – Faculty
Mark Weisberg is a Board-Certified Clinical Health Psychologist in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is Adjunct Community Faculty, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and American Academy of Clinical Health Psychology. Additionally, he is a past president of the Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis and past vice-president of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
He has worked at the Minnesota Head and Neck Pain Clinic in St Paul MN for over 30 years and maintains an independent practice in Minneapolis MN.
Dr. Weisberg has been involved in clinical practice and consultation in integrative mind-body medicine and treatment of chronic physical conditions for over 30 years and teaches nationally and internationally on these topics. He has many publications in the medical, dental, and psychological scientific literature. He is the co-author of Trust Your Gut: Get Lasting Healing from IBS and Other Chronic Digestive Problems Without Drugs (Conari Press), a consumer book on integrative treatment of digestive disorders.
Registration Information
This event will be recorded, and the recording will be available for two weeks after the event for those registered.
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Cancellation Policy: Before May 31 Full Refund MINUS $50 Admin fee.
NO REFUNDS AFTER MAY 31, 2022