ADVANCED PAIN-CONTROL

Ursula James

SYLLABUS:

In this Masterclass the participant will learn how to use

the three principal mechanisms of pain and to use the

learning processes and attitudes of the individual

Communicating and comprehending the individual in

experiencing the pain to develop a unique strategy for

pain

pain management.

Understanding the role of `self' in pain management

The day consists of formal lectures, participant groups,

Words, feelings and behaviour

as well as a series of deep trance experiences.

The individual out of pain

This Masterclass is aimed at any individual who wishes

The role of imagery in pain management

to incorporate new techniques with patients; those who

wish to take control of their own pain management; and

Desires and expectation

for practitioners who wish to better understand the

mechanics of pain in relation to therapy.

Conflict states

Health and healing

As comprehensive scripts and hand-out notes will be

provided, knowledge of advanced hypnotherapeutic

Neurological, physical and bio-chemical management

techniques is not required and the day is therefore open

strategies

to all who wish to broaden their knowledge of pain

management, whether for personal use, as a clinical

Unique pain protocols

hypnosis practitioner, or in a wider pain management

Memory and pain

setting.

THERAPEUTIC SESSION - THE DIFFICULT PATIENT

Maureen Kiely

The course is open to all those who work within a therapeutic

As practitioners of hypnosis we often have to deal with difficult

environment and prior knowledge of hypnosis is not essential.

patients in our consulting rooms. For all of us this can be a

daunting prospect but it can be particularly anxiety provoking

for the newly qualified therapist or student of hypnosis.

Gaining skills, developing confidence in our own judgements

SYLLABUS:

and managing the therapeutic session well, can help us to

develop confidence in our own abilities and achieve a more

Confidence building for the therapist

efficacious outcome for the patient in the long term. We also

need to gain and develop skills around dealing with the

Determining boundaries from first contact

unexpected. Patients may present with one symptom and yet

something else occurs in the session. This can be unnerving for

The crucial rapport building session

both the therapist and the patient and can prove problematic

The over talkative patient

when a planned session has to be abandoned and the new

presenting situation dealt with spontaneously.

The resistant patient

The dominating patient

The aim of this Masterclass is to provide strategies for dealing

effectively and therapeutically with these encounters and to

The patient who arrives drunk or drugged

develop confidence and authority when working with the "less

than model patient". This will be achieved through the

The patient who has a major abreaction

demonstration  of  various  problematic  scenarios,  and

The manipulative patient

participants will benefit from seeing the situation managed from

the outset through to resolution. Participants will also be able

The controlling patient

to gain practical skills through the interactive workshop and

gain individual feedback on their own performance within a role

The patient's controlling partner

play session.

The patient who holds views diametrically opposed to

Case studies will be used for practical purposes, and ideas and

your own

experiences shared. The day will consist of large group

The "......ist" patient

demonstrations, small group work, couple based scenarios,

trance work and lectures.

Autumn 2003

London College of Clinical Hypnosis

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