The Greater Philadelphia Society
of Clinical Hypnosis

A Component Section of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

MEETING: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2007

Time: 7:30 Pm to 9:00 pm (see schedule below)
1 1/2 CE Credits for Psychologists and ASCH Certification/Re-certification

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

THE COMBINATION OF HYPNOSIS AND EMDR
TO ENHANCE THE THERAPEUTIC MOMENT

Presenter: Suzanne Bjick, Ph.D.

Psychotherapy as conceived in this presentation is primarily aimed at facilitating our patients’ more skillful use of their own inner resources. This presentation will explore how hypnosis and EMDR, viewed as information processing models, can expand the patient’s own power for healing at the mind-body level. Specific examples (e.g. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, an Eating Disorder with unusual etiology) will illustrate how hypnosis and EMDR can successfully facilitate one another.

Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will learn the format of Ernest Rossi’s ideodynamic assessment model of hypnosis and its combination with EMDR.
2. Participants will be able to determine when and how to combine hypnosis and EMDR and which method to us first based on the blueprint presented.
Program Schedule:
7:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Registration
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Presentation
Suzanne Bjick, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Binghamton, New York. She holds graduate degrees from Yale and Temple Universities. Dr. Bjick is a member of APA and PPA and has been a member of GPSCH and a member and consultant of ASCH. Her article, “Accessing the Power in the Patient with Hypnosis and EMDR” appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis (2001: 4,(4). She received the Crasilneck Award of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis for Best “First Contribution” in Hypnosis in 2002. Dr. Bjick’s professional interests focus on hypnosis, the energy therapies, and relevant research. She is immediate past president of the Harpur Forum, a group bringing together leaders in the business and professional community with leaders of Binghamton University. Dr. Bjick enjoys regular yoga practice, her book club, bicycling with her family, and weekly hiking club adventures.


Mark Your Calendars:


Saturday, November 3, 2007 - Carolyn Daitch, Ph.D. will present an all day workshop at TJU offering
6 CE’s entitled “Strategies for Affect Regulation in Individuals and Couples”

Sunday, December 2, 2007 - Max Muenke, M.D. will present “Acupressure and Hypnosis: Healer Heal Thyself”
10 – 11:30 am at RMH

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: This program is offered for 1 1/2 CE hours for psychologists. This program is co-sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis and Margolis Berman Byrne Health Psychology, P.C. Margolis Berman Byrne Health Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer Continuing Education for psychologists and maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

For those who wish to obtain 1 1/2 CE credits, the fee is $20 for GPSCH members and $40 for non-members (payable by check only please). There is no advance registration, and you must pay for the CE credits on-site. Upon signing the on-site Registration Form, it is understood that you have read and accept the Acknowledgement and Release. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided upon completion of the presentation. No credit is awarded for partial attendance.

Credits toward ASCH Certification or Re-certification: There is no charge for those who wish to obtain 1 1/2 hours of continuing education applicable to ASCH certification or re-certification.

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, at 610-527-3710 or e-mail gpschsubharobinson@comcast.net

* * * * * * * * * 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.