The Greater Philadelphia Society
of Clinical Hypnosis

A Component Section of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

Meeting: Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Time: 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm (see schedule below)
2 CE Credits for Psychologists and ASCH Certification/Re-certification

ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (RMH), WOLCOFF AUDITORIUM
5800 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
(directions below)


EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT BASIC INDUCTIONS BUT NEVER DARED TO ASK – AN EVENING OF INDUCTION DEMONSTRATIONS AND PRACTICE

Presenters:  Judith Berman, MA; Michele Lyons-Fadel, MSS, LCSW; Bernardo Merizalde, MD
Description | Objectives | Schedule | Faculty | Other Info | Direction

Workshop Description:

Has it been a while since you took your Beginners or Intermediate Hypnosis workshop? Have you felt hesitant to offer hypnosis to a patient, because you weren’t quite sure how to facilitate inductions and invite trance ratifications? Or are you just curious how somebody else might go about inducing trance? Welcome to this opportunity to learn and/or relearn different ways to induce trance. You can have front-row seats watching several basic and intermediate-level induction demonstrations by the faculty, then go ahead and practice in small groups under supervision. Becoming more confident that your inductions will produce the desired results will allow you to utilize hypnosis more freely and competently – and wasn’t that your goal in the first place? Looking forward to seeing you on October 15, 2008!

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to:
  1. Describe the rationale for at least three different inductions
  2. Identify the proper steps of trance induction following three different induction protocols
  3. Practice at least one induction under supervision

Program Schedule:

  •  7.15 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Registration
  •  7.30 p.m. – 9.15 p.m. Presentation
  •  9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Q&A, Evaluations
Judith Berman, MA, is a licensed psychologist and President of  Margolis Berman Byrne Health Psychology P.C. in Philadelphia. She is the immediate Past President of GPSCH. She specializes in chronic pain and illness, PTSD and Dissociative Disorders. She has taught clinical hypnosis to several generations of clinicians and is an ASCH-Approved Consultant.

Michele Lyons-Fadel, MSS, LCSW, is a Licensed Clincial Social Worker in private practice in Blue Bell, Pa.  She is the immediate -past and current treasurer of GPSCH.  Michele received her ASCH certification in 1999 after training with Margolis and Shrier.  She specializes in anxiety and depressive disorders, PTSD and Dissociative Disorders. 

Bernardo Merizalde, MD, is a psychiatrist in private practice, and a practitioner of Integrative Medicine. He has been a long-term member of the Board of Governors of GPSCH. 



Target Audience: This program will be of interest to health care professionals such as physicians, psychologists, nurse practitioners, nurses, marriage and family therapists, and social workers who are interested in providing effective and responsible hypnosis treatment.

Psychology Continuing Education: Margolis Berman Byrne Health Psychology, P.C. (MBB) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  MBB maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Clinical Social Worker, Professional Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist Continuing Education: As an APA –approved course, the awarded 2 CE credits for full attendance may be submitted to the PA State Board of Social Workers, Professional Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists. For questions, call the State Board at 717-783-1389

ASCH Credit: This 2 CE workshop is approved by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) and as such is applicable toward membership in the Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis (GPSCH), The ASCH, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH), and toward ASCH certification requirements.

Special Needs: The Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis and Margolis Berman Byrne Health Psychology, P.C. are committed to providing access and support to persons with special needs who wish to participate in the programs we sponsor. If you have any questions, or if you require reasonable accommodations for a disability in order to participate fully in this continuing education activity, please call Subha Robinson, GPSCH Administrative Director, in advance at 610-527-3710 or e-mail gpsch@verizon.net

For additional information, contact:
Subha Robinson
GPSCH Administrative Director
1130 Robin Road, Gladwyne, PA 19035
Telephone: 610-527-3710
E-Mail:gpsch@verizon.net
ASCH-ERF Telephone: 630-980-4740

Mark Your Calendars:   
Wed-Sun, October 22-26, 2008: SCEH Annual Meeting, King of Prussia, PA.
Saturday, November 8, 2008, 9am-4.30pm.: Molly Delaney, PsyD: “Problems as Solutions.” Jefferson University
Sunday, December 2, 2008: Peter Bloom, MD, and Julie Linden, PhD: “Learning from Mistakes: An Essential Ingredient of Continuing Education.”

* * * * * * * * * Directions to Roxborough Memorial Hospital * * * * * * * * *

From the Main Line / Valley Forge Area: Take the Schuylkill Expressway (1-76) east bound. Exit at the Belmont Exit (Exit 338). Turn left at the bottom of the ramp and cross the Schuylkill River. Go up Green Lane to the top of the hill. At the first traffic light, turn right onto Ridge Avenue. The hospital is just past the third traffic light (about 6 blocks). Turn left past Roxborough onto Jamestown Street. The parking lot is on the right.

From Center City: Take the Schuylkill Expressway (1-76) west to Exit 340 A (Lincoln Drive-Kelly Drive). Stay in the right lane and take the ramp leading to Ridge Avenue West. The hospital is on the right side of Ridge Avenue, five traffic lights after exiting 1-76.

From Northeast Philadelphia: Take Route 1 South to the Ridge Avenue exit. Turn right and follow Ridge Avenue for five traffic lights. The hospital is on the right side of Ridge Avenue after the Walnut Lane intersection.

From North Philadelphia: Take Broad Street to Roosevelt Blvd. and follow the same directions as “From Northeast Philadelphia.” 

From Mount Airy: Take Washington Lane to Wayne Avenue. Turn left onto Wayne Avenue. Follow to Walnut Lane. Turn right onto Walnut Lane and drive about three miles (over Wissahickon Avenue and Henry Avenue) to Ridge Avenue. Turn right onto Ridge Avenue. The hospital is one-half block up Ridge Avenue.

Parking is in the hospital parking lot on Jamestown Street, and it costs $1.00 (paper or coin operated machine, for unlimited duration). Street parking is limited but free. We will meet in the Wolcoff Auditorium, a separate building (pink-red brick) on the hospital campus. It is just a short walk from the parking lot along the service drive.

In the event of inclement weather, call the Roxborough Hospital switchboard at 215-483-9900
to confirm whether this meeting has been postponed or cancelled; we will also send a notice via e-mail.

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