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April 25, 2025
2-hour webinar with Dyan Haspel-Johnson, Ph.D.
1:00-3:00 PM US Central

Half of all adults experience regular sleep disturbances, with significant portions of the population suffering from chronic insomnia, according to Rand’s 2023 Global Report.

Hypnosis can be very helpful with inducing relaxation, releasing anxiety, and controlling the spinning thoughts that often accompany insomnia. However, unless we, as practitioners, understand sleep architecture and the specific components of sleep, we cannot design and deliver the unique suggestions that most effectively target sleep and wake cycles.

To fully address sleep disturbance, we must shift our perception of insomnia, cognitive fog, and fatigue as true issues with sleep per se. Instead, these symptoms should be thought of as challenges to the transitions between states of wakefulness and sleeping.

Because hypnosis is a bridge between the conscious (awake) and unconscious (sleeping) minds, it can be an extraordinary tool for impacting those transitional challenges, between states of being awake and being asleep, in a safe and profound way.

In this workshop, we will discuss the foundations of sleep in the body and brain, explore some of the architecture of sleep and hypnosis, and learn how to address sleep/wake issues using hypnotic metaphors, language, and specific suggestions.

September 19, 2025
1:00-4:00 PM US Central
3-hour webinar with Christine Molina, LCSW
Anita Jung, LPC-S, LPA

Autistic clients commonly experience challenges in hypnosis and psychotherapy when practitioners do not understand their needs and processing style. Unfortunately, current research and knowledge on autism—and the diverse ways it manifests—has not trickled down to all helping professionals.

Many clinicians may be relying on outdated information on Autism and feel ill-equipped to recognize and adapt therapy for Autistic clients—particularly those with “subtle” presentations. This neuro-affirming training is designed to bridge this gap by providing updated information about less-obvious autism as well as practical tools and insights to help therapists support the emotional, relational and processing needs of autistic individuals.

November 21, 2025
1:00-3:00 PM US Central
2-hour webinar with Cameron Alldredge, Ph.D.

Program Description

This presentation will explore a recently proposed theory of hypnosis called the adaptive experiential theory. This new theory is a dual-process model that provides a comprehensive understanding of the rational system and the experiential system. While these two systems work together in synergy, they function quite differently in terms of their characteristics and methods. The rational system is influenced by logic and reason, demands significant cognitive resources, and operates with concentrated effort. On the other hand, the experiential system is powered by emotions, relies on associations, and encodes reality through images and feelings effortlessly. According to the adaptive experiential theory, the ability to engage in complex hypnotic responses can be attributed to an individual's capacity to adaptively shift from processing predominantly via rational system to the experiential system. Having a stronger association with the experiential system leads to changes in how reality is processed, enabling hypnotic suggestions to be internalized, reified, and put into action with less interference from the rational system. This presentation will focus on the implications this theory has for the clinical use of hypnosis emphasizing the idea that content and language of hypnotic suggestions matter.