[Audio] IC11 Short Course 13 – Emotion-Focused Hypnotherapy for Coping with Pain – Jeffrey Feldman

Description:

This short course will introduce a treatment approach that targets the affective dimension of pain.   The emotion specific wording and elicitation of positive state dependent learning can be used in a brief therapy approach whether or not patients’ feelings of anger, sadness, or anxiety are associated with physical pain.

Educational Objectives:

1. Use a heart-focused self-hypnotic technique for themselves and their patients.
2. Identify words associated with the most commonly presenting emotions of anger/irritability, sadness/depression, and anxiety/fear.
3. Identify five potential sources of positive state dependent learning to utilize in modifying affect.

*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*