Hypnosis: Clinical Applications for a Medical Setting

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Hypnosis Clinical Applications for a Medical
Setting

• Symposium Chair Jeff Baker, Ph.D.
• Chief Psychologist
• Anesthesiology, Surgery, Orthopaedics
• University of Texas Medical Branch
• Galveston, Texas

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Stanley Krippner, Ph.D.

• ..lack of availability and the absence of
  serious emphasis on hypnosis training and
  practicum experience.
• Recognition of the efficacy of hypnosis is
  underscored by the recent restructuring of
  Medicare which now pays more for therapy that
  includes hypnosis.

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Stanley Krippner, Ph.D.

• hypnosis is truly multi-cultural and has a long
  history of use internationally.
• We ask that you take an active role in ensuring
  that your students receive substantial organized
  didactic training and supervised experience in
  hypnosis.

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Stanley Krippner, Ph.D.

• such training is one of the best ways to ensure
  that psychologists of the 21st century will be
  appropriately skilled to meet the increasing
  demands for therapeutic efficacy with an
  increasing diverse client/patient population.

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Relaxation Hypnosis
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Trance State
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Medical Conditions

• Skin Disorders
• Headaches
• IBS
• Pain
• Stress
• Smoking
• Other

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Induction
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Scripts
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Practice
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Using Medical Staff and Family Members to
Facilitate Hypnotherapy

• Melodee Mancuso, M.A.
• The University of Texas Medical Branch
• UTMB Galveston

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Hypnosis and Hypertension

• Stacia Jensen, Ph.D. Peggy Cantrell, Ph.D.
• Brooks Army Medical Center
• San Antonio, Texas

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Self Hypnosis Autogenic Training in Chronic
Pain Management

• Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D.
• Department of Anesthesiology
• University of Rochester School of Medicine
  Dentistry
• Rochester, New York

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Hypnosis and Pediatric Populations

• Melissa Lusky, M.A.
• The University of Texas Medical Branch at
  Galveston

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Hypnosis and Multicultural Populations

• Vera A. Gonzales, Ph.D.
• The University of Texas Medical Branch
• UTMB Galveston

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Hypnosis Education and Training for the Future

• David Walling, Ph.D.
• Vice President Clinical Research Pharmacology,
  PMR Health Systems