The Greater Philadelphia Society
of Clinical Hypnosis
A Component Section of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
MEETING: Sunday, December 6, 2009
Time: 10.00 am to 1.00 pm (see schedule below)
3 CE Credits for Psychologists and ASCH Certification/Re-certification
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (RMH), WOLCOFF AUDITORIUM
5800 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
Presenter: Sharon Spiegel, Ph.D.
Bookstore shelves are stocked with volumes on weight loss, exercise, and health enhancement. Nonetheless, record numbers of people are overweight, do not get regular exercise, live a stressful life, and are at risk for diseases associated with unhealthy living.
Mental health professionals who utilize hypnosis are frequently asked to help individuals lose weight or quit smoking. Often these requests reflect a magical wish to make the problem disappear. While a little magic can work wonders, it is not sufficient to promote long term change. Patients need help in developing, implementing, and maintaining healthy lifestyles.
Hypnosis can be a valuable asset in every step of the process, including assessment, education, outlining a program, overcoming conscious and unconscious barriers, and maintaining change. This workshop will present a model for change that utilizes up-to-date health information, principles of personal training and athletic performance enhancement to help improve health, appearance, and sense of well-being.
| At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will
be able to: 1. Describe the cycle of stress and unhealthy lifestyles. 2. List the steps in the process of changing health behaviors. 3. Identify the concepts of health self-efficacy and barriers to success. 4. Describe at least two examples of hypnotic interventions to assess deficits and increase success for a client’s wellness program. |
9.45 a.m – 10.00 a.m Registration
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Sharon B. Spiegel, PhD, ABPP is a psychologist in independent practice in Bethesda, Maryland and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Maryland. She is an ASCH Approved Consultant, Fellow of the Division of Psychological Hypnosis (Div.30) of APA, Fellow of SCEH, and Past President of the Washington DC Society of Clinical Hypnosis. In addition, she is a Certified Personal Trainer (Aerobics and Fitness Association of America).
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 Credits:
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 3 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 3 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.
Credit Certificates:
There is no charge for those who wish to obtain ASCH certification or re-certification of CE hours. For those who wish to obtain CE credits, the fee is $30 for GPSCH members and $50 for non-members (check payable to GPSCH). 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 accepted the Acknowledgement and Release. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided upon completion of the presentation. No credit is awarded for partial attendance.
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
Mark Your Calendars:
Sunday, January 10, 2010: 10 am-1 pm: Susan Dowell, LCSW: Hypnosis and Dreams.
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 $3.00 (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.