Summer 2010 Volume 51 Number 2 A Publication of the Society for Clinical & Experimental FOCUS President’s Editorial— By Elvira Lang Dear SCEH Members, President SCEH about your interests and ideas. There is only one month left until There is much happening and our Annual Meeting in Boston on much help needed. November 10-14, 2010! Arreed Barabasz has assembled an amaz- We are currently fine-tuning our ing scientific program, and Max new Certification in Hypnosis Shapiro, Claire Frederick, and Elgan which will emphasize life-long Baker have arranged workshops learning in ways that will ulti- with great faculty to teach partici- mately benefit the entire field of pants with all levels of experience. hypnosis. Along these lines we Irving Kirsch will come from Great would like to see new input Britain to be our banquet speaker. within committees dealing with Our Executive Director Michele Hart our educational mission and has been busy making it all happen approaches, credentialing, administratively and Marilee Snyder membership, student issues, has made great strides in marketing scholarships, awards, recruit- SCEH and the meeting. Please reg- ment of the next generation of ister soon – hotel rooms (at a great leaders in SCEH, strategic rate for Boston hotels) are going planning, and international rela- quickly. tions. Under Tom Nagy’s chair- manship a SCEH-ASCH inter- It is particularly gratifying to see disciplinary group is working on among presenters and registrants issues pertaining to hypnosis in many names coming back after a electronic media form. hiatus of years and also having many new and international colleagues partici- These are exciting times in the field of hypnosis – pate. where we can really make great strides to inte- grate our passion into mainstream medicine and For the upcoming meeting, I wish to further build mental health. I am very much looking forward and solidify a sense of community at SCEH. We seeing you all in Boston and on the journey will have a luncheon business meeting for the ahead. membership on Saturday, November 13. The Ex- ecutive Committee and Executive Council want to be more accountable and visible to the member- ship; most importantly, we seek more of your in- Elvira put. I am sending out a call for volunteers to those »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» who are interested in shaping the direction of SCEH. Please contact me Elvira Lang, MD, FSIR, FSCEH ([email protected] ) President, SCEH or Michele Hart »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» ([email protected] or 508-598-5553)

2009 Jay Haley Early Career Award Awards for Innovative Contributions to Hypnosis

Awarded to: 2009 Woltemade Hartman, PhD, South Africa

To awardees early in their career whose writing, teaching, leadership and clinical/scientific work have shown substantive advances in the under- standing of practice of hypnosis.

2009 Jay Haley Early Career Award for Innovative Contributions to Hypnosis

The International Awarded to: Claude Virot, MD, France Society of Hypnosis Early in their career whose writing, teaching, lead- ership and clinical/scientific work have shown substantive advances in the understanding of prac- tice of hypnosis.

Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal 2009 Award for Clinical Excellence Awarded to: Karen N. Olness, M.D. USA Awarded to: Richard P. Kluft, M.D. USA Distinguished scholar, pioneering scientist, author, and advocate for the world's children. For your far- whose lifetime of published clinical experience reaching, tireless leadership and your model substantially advances the understanding of the of research, teaching, and helping children help uses of hypnosis in obtaining effective results in themselves. clinical practice

The Kay F. Thompson, D.D.S. Award 2009 Ernest R. Hilgard for Clinical Excellence in Den- Award for Scientific Excellence tistry:

Awarded to: Awarded to: Guiseppe DeBenedittis, MD, Italy Albrecht Schmierer, DMD Germany whose lifetime of published experimental work The Kay Thompson Award for Clinical Excellence in substantially advances the understanding of the Dentistry - to awardees whose lifetime of demonstrated process of hypnosis and the ability to predict the clinical experience substantially advances the under- outcome of its applications. standing of the uses of hypnosis in obtaining effective results in dental practice .

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THE SCEH 2010 ADVANCED Using Hypnosis to Enhance Creativity WORKSHOP PROGRAM Stephen Kahn, PhD, Nancy Riemer, LICSW, Alisa Courtney, LCPC 3 CEs/CMEs

Wednesday Evening 6:15 –9:30 We have put together a workshop program with the same kind of care two thoughtful chefs would use to create a great menu for a special occasion. We have Master Class I: Ideomotor Signals in Hypnosis looked for quality, substance, balance, complementar- Dabney Ewin, MD ity, and even the touch of mystery that new items can 3 CEs/CMEs bring. Our 2010 Advanced Workshop Program offers Wednesday Evening 6:15 –9:30 what can truly be called an embarrassment of riches. It presents a wide range of topics in hypnosis and an out- Coffee Breaks: Please note that coffee service will be available standing faculty who are well-equipped to share their this evening in Rafaello—2nd Fl. knowledge. Participants can select topics in medicine, surgery, mind-body work, and psychotherapy. Atten- Thursday, November 11, Morning Workshops dees can choose among a variety of workshops such *Coffee Break: 10 am—10:15 am as hypnotically facilitated therapeutic applications of Rafaello—2nd Fl internal systems theory, hypnotizability assessment, hypnosis for core renewal, and self-care strategies. Master Class II: Ego Strengthening Our faculty includes international experts such as Claire Frederick, MD David Patterson and Mark Jensen on pain manage- 3 CEs/CMEs ment, Carol Ginandes on Core renewal for Mind-Body Thursday morning 8:15—11:30 Healing. Richard Kluft on the Dissociative Disorders, and Carolyn Daitch on Couples Therapy. They will be Stepping into Possibilities: Ego State Therapy in Three bringing the most up-to-date and comprehensively in- Dimensions formed material in their fields. You should be prepared Susan Dowell, LICSW; Rick Miller, LICSW to have a hard time choosing which workshops you will 3 CEs/CMEs attend, and whichever you have chosen, you should be Thursday morning 8:15—11:30 prepared to have great learning experiences. Self Regulation Strategies and Body ‐‐‐Mind Balance Claire Frederick, M.D. and Elgan Baker, Ph.D., Ad- Darlene A. Osowiec, PhD vanced Workshop Co-Chairs 3 CEs/CMEs Thursday morning 8:15—11:30

Conference Schedule ::: Thursday, November 11, Afternoon Work- shops Wednesday, November 10, Evening *Coffee Break: 2:30 pm—2:45 pm Workshop Co ‐‐‐Chairs: Max Shapiro, PhD, Claire Rafaello—2nd Fl Master Class III: Managing Chronic Pain Frederick,MD, & Elgan Baker, PhD David Patterson, PhD, ABPH; Mark Jensen, PhD 3 CEs/CMEs Introductory Workshop in Clinical Hypnosis Thursday afternoon 1:15—4:30 22 CEs/CMEs Wed: 6:00 pm—9:15 pm, Thurs: 8:00 am—6:00 pm, The Door in the Wall: Hypnotic Coping Techniques Adults Fri: 8:00 am—6:00 pm, Sat: 8:45 am—12:00 pm Can Learn from any Child Marilee Snyder, LICSW The Pursuit of Excellence: An Introduction to the Psy- 3 CEs/CMEs chological Hypnosis Thursday afternoon 1:15—4:30 Diplomate Examination Elgan Baker, PhD, ABPP, ABPH; David Wark, PhD, ABPH; Future Focused Charles Burbridge, PhD, ABPH Moshe Torem, MD 2 CEs/CMEs 3 CEs/CMEs Wednesday Evening 6:30 pm—8:30 pm Thursday afternoon 1:15—4:30

The Self Compassion Diet Jean Fain, MSW, LICSW Thursday, November 11, Full Day Workshops 3 CEs/CMEs *Coffee Breaks: 10 am—10:15 am; 2:30 pm—2:45 pm Wednesday Evening 6:15 –9:30

Page 4 SCEH Focus Summer 2010 Trance Enhancement of Core Renewal for Mind/ Master Class V: Pediatric Hypnosis Body Healing Julie Linden, PhD; Linda Thomson, PhD, MSN, APRN Carol Ginandes, PhD, ABPP 3 CEs/CMEs 6 CEs/CMEs Friday afternoon 1:15—4:30 Thursday 8:30—4:30 Hypnotic Approaches to Targeting and Restructuring Treating Pathological Dissociation and the Dissocia- Neuropatterns in Cognitive tive Disorders Therapy Richard P. Kluft, MD, PhD James Straub, EdD, LP/HSP; Vicki Straub, PhD, LP/HSP 6 CEs/CMEs 3 CEs/CMEs Thursday 8:30—4:30 Friday afternoon 1:15—4:30

Hypnosis and Couple’s Therapy Hypnotic Treatment of Asthma in Children and Carolyn Daitch, PhD Adults: New Techniques and Outcomes 6 CEs/CMEs Dabney Ewin, MD; Anthony Madrid, PhD Thursday 8:30—4:30 3 CEs/CMEs Friday afternoon 1:15 —4:30 Introduction to Internal Family Systems Therapy for the Hypnotherapist Maximizing the Clinical Response to Hypnosis of Larry Rosenberg, PhD; Judith Osher, PsyD; Deborah Block, Moderately Hypnotizable Patients PhD Robert Karlin, PhD 6 CEs/CMEs 3 CEs/CMEs Thursday 8:30—4:30 Friday afternoon 1:15 —4:30

Friday, November 12, Morning Work- Friday, November 12, Full Day Work- shops shops Coffee Break: 10 am—10:15 am Coffee Breaks: 10 am—10:15 am; 2:30 pm—2:45 pm Rafaello—2nd Fl Rafaello—2nd Fl

Master Class IV: Alert Hypnosis Take the Load off Your Shoulders: Helping Thera- David Wark, PhD, ABPH pists Survive Their Own Professions 3 CEs/CMEs Claire Frederick, MD Friday morning 8:15—11:30 6 CEs/CMEs Friday 8:30—4:30 Hypnosis for Skin Procedures and Disorders Philip D. Shenefelt, MD, ABMH; Eleanor Laser, PhD Pain Control 3 CEs/CMEs David Patterson, PhD, ABPH; Mark Jensen, PhD Friday morning 8:15—11:30 6 CEs/CMEs Friday 8:30—4:30 Clinical Hypnosis in Peri ‐‐‐Operative Settings & Pain Management in Children and Using the PCI ‐‐‐HAP to Assess Your Client’s Hypnotic Adolescents Talents Haleh Saadat, MD, FAAP Ronald J. Pekala, PhD 3 CEs/CMEs 6 CEs/CMEs Friday morning 8:15—11:30 Friday 8:30—4:30

Physics, Consciousness and Disease: A New Para- Friday, November 12 digm Dolores J. Bjorkman, RN, LCSW Scientific Session 3 CEs/CMEs Poster Sessions: Rafaello—2nd Fl Friday morning 8:15—11:30 Considerations When Writing a Book or Book Chap- Friday, November 12, Afternoon Work- ter Elvira V. Lang, MD; Joan Lewis, BA, M.Ed, MPH shops Reinstatement of Child ‐‐‐like Affect by Hypnotic Re- Coffee Break: 2:30 pm—2:45 pm gression Ciara Christensen; Arreed Barabasz, PhD; Marianne Bara- basz, EdD

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Treatment of HPV with Hypnosis: A Controlled Investigation Saturday, November 13 Arreed Barabasz, PhD; Linda Higley, PhD; Ciara Christensen; Marianne Scientific Session—Afternoon Barabasz, EdD Skyline Ballroom—2nd Fl

Hypnosis for Anger Management: Research and Applications 3.50 CEs/CMEs David Godot, MA, Steve Kahn, PhD, Scott Hoye, MA; Luke Fairless, MA,; Ryan Kirk, MA 1:00—1:30 Remembering Dr. Herbert Spiegel: Looking Back to go Friday, November 12 Forward Marcia Greenleaf, PhD Scientific Session—Evening Chair: Arreed Barabasz, PhD Skyline Ballroom—2nd Fl 1 CE/CME 1:30—2:00 Hypnotizability Modification Training: An Examination of Hypnosis and False Memories Context and Simulation Effects Ed Frischholz, PhD Steven Jay Lynn, PhD; Michael Hallquist, PhD; John Williams, Discussants: Richard P. Kluft, MD; David Spiegel, MD PhD; Abby Matthews, PhD; Michelle Accardi, MA; Colleen Cleere, Chair: Laurie S. Lipman, MD MA; Joshua Knox, PhD, Oliver Fassler, PhD Chair: Steven Jay Friday evening 7:00—8:00 Lynn, PhD

Saturday, November 13 2:00—3:00 PAPER SESSION Scientific Session—Morning Chair: Ronald J. Pekala, PhD Skyline Ballroom—2nd Fl 3.0 CEs/CMEs Hypnotic Visualization and Structured Attention Behaviour: 8:30—8:45 Does it Reduce the Patient’s Experience of Pain Intensity and Anxiety During Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation? WELCOME: Opening of the 61st Annual Scientific Program Marianne N Ørgaard, MVO; Birgitte Larsen, RN; Mette Rosendal Elvira V. Lang, MD Darmer, Msc; Preben U. Pedersen, RN, PhD 8:45—9:45 Virtual Reality Hypnosis for Trauma Pain Control Trance State Effects and Imagery Vividness Before and During a David Patterson, PhD Hypnotic Assessment: A Partial Replication Chair: Elvira V. Lang, MD Ronald Pekala, PhD; Ronald Maurer, MA

Hypnosis, Cognitive Restructuring, and “Hypnotic Cognitive Re- Preliminary Data on Hypnotically Induced Relaxation and Self ‐‐‐ structuring” for Chronic Pain Management in Individuals with Guided Imagery During Dermatologic Procedures Multiple Sclerosis Philip Shenefelt, PhD David Patterson, PhD Chair: Elvira V. Lang, MD 3:00–3:50 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Tranceformation: Integrating 9:45—10:30 Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis PANEL DISCUSSION: The Role of Hypnosis in the Management David Spiegel, MD of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Chair: Marianne Barabasz, EdD Stephen Pauker, MD; Carolyn D’Ambrosio, MD; Noshir Mehta, DMD; Richard P. Kluft, MD; Ran 3:50 ‐‐‐4:00 Anbar, MD Coffee Break, Rafaello ‐‐‐ 2nd Fl Chair: Ran Anbar, MD 4:00 ‐‐‐4:30 10:30—10:45 PAPER SESSION Coffee Break, Rafaello ‐‐‐ 2nd Fl Chair: Marilee B. Snyder, LCSW, DCSW

10:45—11:45 Hypnotherapy for Adherence to Nutritional and Physical Activ- How to Overcome the Prejudice Against Hypnosis in Medicine? ity Medical Recommendations During Pregnancy: A Preliminary Stephen Pauker, MD; Elvira V. Lang, MD Study in Pregnant Obese Women Chair: Richard P. Kluft, MD Isabelle Marc, MD, PhD; Nadia Chandonnet, BSc; Jean‐Marc Ben- haiem; Julie Robitaille,PhD; Sarah ‐Louise Ferland, MSc; Alexandra 11:45—1:00 Dufresne, MSc; Veronique Gingras, BSc; Angelo Tremblay, PhD Luncheon Business Meeting—Skyline Ballroom For current SCEH Members only Page 6 SCEH Focus Summer 2010

The Use of Pre ‐‐‐Operative Hypnosis in Women Undergoing The Use of Ego State Theory and Practice for Smoking Breast Cancer Surgery Cessation Presented via the Modality of DVDS Michael W. Lew, MD; Kathy Kravits, RN; Marcia Gran, Richard H. Marchand, PhD DNSC; Carlos Garberoglio, MD; Anna Cathy Williams, RN 10:00 ‐‐‐11:00 4:30– 5:30 PAPER SESSION PAPER SESSION Chair: Ciara Christensen Chair: & Discussant: Omar Sanchez ‐Armass, PhD Can we Model the Mirror Agnosia Pathway to the Mir- Heterogeneity in Hypnotizability: A Review of Theoreti- rored ‐‐‐Self Misidentification Delusion? cal Models Heterogeneity in Hypnotizability: A Review of Michael H. Connors, BSc; Amanda J. Barnier, PhD; Max Empirical Findings Coltheart, DSc; Robyn Langdon, PhD; Rochelle E. Cox, PhD Devin Blair Terhune, MSc

Parental Expectancies and Correlates of Hypnotic and Non 11:00 ‐‐‐11:50 ‐‐‐Hypnotic Suggestibility in a Sample of Puerto Rican Chil- KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The Future of Hypnosis dren Research: Neuroscience, Functional Antonio J. Bustillo, PhD Genomics and Bioinformatics Ernest Rossi, PhD Can Heightened Expectation Influence Perceptual Integra- Chair: Philip Shenefelt, MD tion via Hypnotizability? Elucidating Orthogonal Perspec- tives Sunday, November 14 Catherine Howells; Michael Lifshitz; Amir Raz, PhD Scientific Session—Afternoon Factor Analysis of the Valencia Scale of Beliefs and Atti- Skyline Ballroom—2nd Fl tudes Towards Hypnosis—Client Version: A Portuguese 2.00 CEs/CMEs Comparison Study of a Clinical and a Student Population Antonio Carneiro; Elisabete Santos; Ernesto Fonseca; Maria Emilia Areias; Antonio Capafons 11:50 ‐‐‐1:00 LUNCH BREAK Saturday, November 13 1:00 ‐‐‐2:00 Evening—Skyline Ballroom, 2nd Fl PANEL DISCUSSION: Systemic Hypnotic Treat- ment Modalities for Bullying and Other 7:00 ‐‐‐8:00: No Host Cocktail Reception Peer Terrorism 8:00 ‐‐‐10:00: Presidential Banquet and Awards Cere- Linda Thomson, PhD; Dave Gottsegan, MD mony with Keynote Speech Chair: Marilee B. Snyder, LCSW, DCSW

Depression: The Myth of the Chemical Imbalance 2:00 ‐‐‐2:50 Irving Kirsch, PhD KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Determining the Determi- nants of a Hypnosis Workshop Sunday, November 14 Casualty: An Exegesis and a Reflection Richard P. Kluft, MD Scientific Session—Morning Chair: Stephen Pauker, MD Skyline Ballroom—2nd Fl 2.50 CEs/CMEs 2:50 ‐‐‐3:30 9:00 ‐‐‐9:30 PAPER SESSION Chair & Discussant: Stephen Kahn, PhD KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Using Hypnosis to Gain Con- Hypnosis and Meditation Charles Tart trol Over Increasingly Automatic The Spiritual Antecedents of Modern Hypnotic Interven- Processes: From Stroop to McGurk tions Amir Raz, PhD David Smith, PhD Chair: Michael H. Connors, BSc (Hons) Hypnotic Trance, Quantum Mechanics, and Spirituality as Aspects of Transformative Intersubjectivity in Effec- 9:30 ‐‐‐10:00 tive Therapy Relationships PAPER SESSION Janna Henning, PsyD Chair & Discussant: Arreed Barabasz, PhD 3:30– ADJOURN Mapping Agency Changes in the Hypnotic State, Hypnotic Analogues & Clinical Cases Vince Polito

Volume 51, Number 2 Page 7 are being completed and will eventually be accompanied SCEH and ASCH by short informational videos as well. A new idea being

WORKING TOGETHER implemented is to send (on a regular basis) short emails or even texts about hypnosis- information, ideas, etc.-- to Over the past few years SCEH has joined with those who wish to receive it. You will be contacted about ASCH in a number of endeavors. Starting in 2007 this very soon. with the joint conference in Dallas, joint projects have netted practitioners and researchers alike a more ac- Finally, if you have some about what you tive and expansive forum in which to work. Promi- would like to see included on this website, please feel free nent among these is the hypnosis listserv. This to forward them to the website administrator. Simply go to listserv has over 800 members with many experts in the website and click on the “Contact” button on the left. the field giving resources, articles and suggestions that have helped a great many. George Glaser, Carol Low —Steve Kahn, Ph.D. and Steve Kahn among others have worked diligently and steadily to make the hypnosis listserv a productive and highly integrative enterprise. If you have not al- ready joined, it is easy to do so if you are a member of either ASCH or SCEH. Simply go to the ASCH web- page at www.ASCH.net and click on the listserv tab on the left and follow the directions.

Some of the recent initiatives have increased the work that the 2 societies are doing together. This Come to the conference in Boston and talk to Dr. past year, Rick Kluft successfully created an excellent Kahn and others about further collaborations and hypnosis workshop at the ISST&D conference staffed by both SCEH and ASCH faculty. George Glaser strengthening the bond between societies of hyp- (Current ASCH president) and Elvira Lang (current nosis. SCEH president) are completing the work begun years ago at creating a joint Ethics committee, headed by www.societiesofhypnosis.com Tom Nagy that would undertake an extensive revision of the Hypnosis Ethics Code. There is an ongoing joint SCEH/ASCH task force that continues to be ac- tively engaged in creating joint projects that help forge a more prominent place for professional hypno- sis.

Societies of Hypnosis: New Website for Hypnosis

One of these projects is the Societies of Hypnosis webpage ( www.societiesofhypnosis.com ) which will act as a conduit for information (both clinical and re- search) for specialists, for the media and for the gen- eral public. This website is still under construction, but has been shaping up very nicely. Feel free to visit this site at the link above. SCEH members will be contacted in the very near future to be given a choice if they would like to be listed either in the referrals section or in the researchers section or both. As of Faneuil Hall Market Place…. now, this site acts as the referral site for SCEH.

The website now has links to information about a number of areas in the field. The informational pages

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SCEH Student Corner: practical knowledge about the benefits of hypnosis and how it can be coupled with almost any treatment approach to provide effective holistic care.” The Adler Clinical Hypnosis Association Last year was the inaugural year for ACHA, and activity Scott Hoye, MA consisted of planning for the current academic year. This year, ACHA has several initiatives in the works. First, weekly meet- Adler School of Professional Psychology ings are taking place wherein information about the history; theo- Adler Clinical Hypnosis Association ries and uses of hypnosis are discussed; executive committee members also demonstrate simple techniques explained to more Last year, several graduate students at the Adler School neophyte students; and videos are also being screened, with pres- of Professional Psychology created a student organization to foster entation and explanation provided to help broaden understanding interest in and \garnish greater understanding of hypnosis. The of the broad applications and styles of hypnosis. Adler Clinical Hypnosis Association (ACHA) was founded under Secondly, ACHA is working on outreach within the the auspices of Stephen Kahn, and the initiative of Scott Hoye, a greater Chicago area. In keeping with the Adler School’s mission doctoral graduate student at Adler. of community psychology and service, the executive committee “I was interested in making hypnosis more accessible to will be volunteering at a local area hospital. This outreach three- students at the school.” Hoye explained. “The Adler School has a fold—informing students, clinicians and mental health consumers long history of programming in hypnosis, but I had noticed that about the uses of hypnosis. support and interest had apparently dwindled among the student Weekly meetings have proven to be of great interest to body. My intention was to create an organization that could nur- the Adler School student body, and turnout has been appreciative ture dormant interest, help to revive the programming, and to pro- of the practical application of hypnotic techniques. These include vide a means for informal an gathering place where students could 2-hour sessions focused on specific, usable knowledge related to share ideas and their enthusiasm for the techniques that make this clinical hypnosis. Hypnosis is connected to the greater realm of a powerful, creative adjunct to psychotherapy.” schools of psychotherapy. “This includes hypnotic forms of This year, Adler doctoral student David Godot has communication that take place within sessions that do not neces- stepped into the role of president. “One of the things I appreciate sarily include the formal use of hypnosis,” stated Godot. the most about the clinical hypnosis community is the tendency to ACHA is also open to other Chicago area students to emphasize results. The Adler School of Professional Psychology participate in their weekly hypnosis meetings, and within other curriculum has increasingly emphasized diversity and social re- training offerings within the Chicagloland area. sponsibility, often at the expense of pragmatic clinical theory and “We are working with the Chicago Society of Clinical technique. As a result, many students have found themselves hun- Hypnosis to help expose more students to the remarkable utility gry for skills that can be directly applied to clinical situations. My of clinical hypnosis,” Godot explained. “Ultimately, I believe the goal for ACHA is to provide a venue for students to discover and programming we are developing for ACHA will help the mem- become proficient in the use of practical clinical tools for produc- bers of this student organization to become some of the most ef- ing both remedial and generative change in their therapy clients.” fective and enthusiastic clinicians that the Adler School will pro- Melissa Doman, a student in the Adler counseling psy- duce.” chology program and current ACHA secretary added that it is im- Further outreach efforts are planned for the 2010-2011 portant for aspiring clinicians to learn hypnosis as a major aspect academic year. ACHA will work in collaboration with Du Page of their practice. “As developing clinicians, it is paramount to Community Clinic, a free healthcare clinic in Wheaton, Illinois. learn about a myriad of evidence-based therapeutic modalities that The executive committee of ACHA will offer groups in relaxa- can help our future clients. ACHA aims to provide useful and tion, guided imagery, self-hypnosis, and further topics aimed at

Volume 51, Number 2 Page 9 providing education about mental health for the underprivileged population of that county. This is being spear-headed by Jessica

Gomez, Adler doctoral candidate and vice president of ACHA. “ACHA will collaborate on a professional and patient level. Members of ACHA will provide workshops to healthcare profession- als outlining the use and benefits of clinical hypnosis for various medical and psychological issues,” Gomez explained. “Patient work- REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR shops will focus on utilizing clinical hypnosis to increase well-being, manage symptoms, and increase daily functioning. Overall, this part- The 61st Annual Workshops and nership is based on the premise of social responsibility, which will Scientific Program allow student members of ACHA the opportunity to be active par- ticipants and advocates in community settings.“ November 10-14, 2010 The organization is also interested in outreach to other as- Hyatt Harborside Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts piring clinicians in programs across the country and is prepared to help support in their efforts at creating programming. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE “If student members of SCEH or any other professional Twenty Advanced Workshops will explore a wide organization are interested, we are available to provide support for spectrum of clinical specialties. New this year SCEH their efforts, and give them tips based on are current experience with offers five Master Classes rather than a unitary Inter- our early successes,” Hoye added. “We are available to help with mediate Workshop. Each three-hour Master Class will organization and programming, and would be interested in creating a have 1.5 hours of presentation by the Instructor and 1.5 hours of skills practice in small groups chaired by further coalition of gradate students interested in hypnosis.” the Senior Faculty. As for the future of hypnosis, Hoye, who this year took the position of ACHA treasurer, thinks it is bright. “ Hypnosis has had a Highlights from this year’s Scientific Program include : resilient history. It always seems to be disparaged as snake oil and Tranceformation: Integrating Clinical and Experi- hokum at one time or another, but likewise continues to rise from the mental Hypnosis ashes to be discovered anew as valid by clinicians and researchers David Spiegel, MD, Stanford University School of alike. I’ll place my bet with hypnosis in general, and in particular Medicine with the crowd that is discovering it for the first time at the Adler School.” How to Overcome the Prejudice Against Hypnosis in Medicine?

Stephen Pauker, MD, Tufts Medical Center and Elvira For more information regarding ACHA, please contact Scott Hoye Lang, MD, Harvard Medical School and Hypnalgesics, shoye@my,adler.edu or David Godot [email protected] LLC

The Future of Hypnosis Research: Neuroscience, Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics Ernest Rossi, PhD, MHE Institute of the California Central Coast

Using Hypnosis to Gain Control over Increasingly Automatic Processes Amir Raz, PhD, McGill University

Depression: The Myth of Chemical Imbalance Irving Kirsch, PhD, University of Hull

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was a Diplomat of the American Society of Anesthesi- Obituaries: ology and the American Society of Medical Hypnosis, as well as a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical LILLIAN E. Hypnosis, the American Society of Clinical and Experi- FREDERICKS mental Hypnosis, and the International Society of Hyp- ABRAHAM, MD nosis. She enjoyed teaching both medical students and residents in anesthesia.

Dr. Fredericks was a pioneering member of the Ameri- can Sociaty of Clinical Hypnosis, and was a strong pro- ponent of the use of hypnosis as an adjunct to tradi- tional anesthesia for surgery. She published articles in LIFE STORY: the field of Anesthesia, and in 1966 authored a book entitled "Anesthesia for Open Heart Surgery". At age Lillian Elizabeth Fredericks Abraham, MD (known 87 she published her last book entitled "The Use of professionally as Dr. Fredericks) was born in Vienna, Hypnosis in Surgery and Anesthesiology - Psychologi- Austria on January 23, 1914 and died peacefully at cal Preparation of the Surgical Patient". In 1995 the home on March 14, 2010. Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis hon- ored Dr. Fredericks by granting her the Shirley Hitler’s invasion of Austria in 1938 caused her to flee Schneck award for "Significant Contributions to the to New York where she lived with her brother, Kurt, Development of Medical Hypnosis". who had been living and working there for several years. Despite knowing very little English, she en- Mrs. Abraham was not only a patron of the arts, col- rolled in Columbia College and learned the language lecting many works by well known local and interna- by taking classes, primarily in the sciences. After less tional artists, but she was also an accomplished sculptor than two years, she was accepted at Women’s Medical in her own right, having studied at Tyler School of Art College (which later became the Medical College of as well as the Cheltenham Art Center. She also enjoyed Pennsylvania on Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.) travelling and, in addition to all of Europe, had visited graduating in 1943 as a medical doctor. China, India, New Zealand, Argentina, Peru, Japan, Kenya and Russia. Through mutual friends she met and then worked to- gether with Hans A. Abraham, MD as a family physi- Lillian Elizabeth Fredericks Abraham, MD is survived cian in Mayfair and Elkins Park, caring for the by her two children, two grandchildren and four great neighborhood families and making house-calls. Hans grandchildren. and Lillian married on March 10, 1944, and had two children, Richard P. Abraham and Carol Jeanne Abra- ham Snowball . She was a resident of Philadelphia, Pa., Palm Beach, Fl, and for the past five years has resided with her daughter and son-in-law, Robert Snowball, in Bellingham, WA. She was a member of the Society of Friends, and regularly attended the Greene Street Friends Meeting.

Dr. Fredericks successfully completed a three year residency in Anesthesia at Hahnemann Hospital in 1952, and became Board Certified in that specialty. She spent the rest of her career as an Anesthesiologist, first at Albert Einstein Medical Center (where she was Chief of Anesthesia for many years) and then for ten years at the Hospital of the University of Pennsyl- vania, until the mandatory retirement age of 70. She

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SCEH LEADERSHIP

President Elvira V. Lang, MD, FSIR, FSCEH Associate Professor of Radiology 61st Annual Workshops & Harvard Medical School 157 Ivy St. Scientific Session Brookline, MA 02446 (978) 404-9724 [email protected] http://www.hypnalgesics.com Program Past President Richard P. Kluft, MD November 10 ‐‐‐14, 2010 111 Presidential Blvd.

Suite 238 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 (610) 667-3250 Continuing Education [email protected] President Elect Stephen G. Pauker, MD Continuing Medical Education (MDs only) Tufts Medical Center 800 Washington St. Boston, MA 02111 You MUST sign in at the start of each Workshop and/or at the start of each Scientific (617) 636-5910 Session (AM Sessions and PM Sessions). Please complete the evaluation form provided [email protected] by your faculty for each Workshop and/or Scientific Session and return to the SCEH Treasurer registration desk. Marilee Sndyer, LCSW, DCSW Boulder Mental Health Center & Private Practice CMEs will be mailed to you directly from Bournewood Hospital within a few weeks 1722 14th St. Suite 130 Evaluations must be returned to receive CMEs. Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 413-6365 [email protected] Continuing Education Units (non ‐‐‐MDs) Secretary Donald Moss, PhD Please refer to the instructions located in your CE packet. CE packets can be obtained 1703 S. Despelder from the registration desk. You MUST sign in and sign out for each Workshop you at- Grand HAven, MI 49417 (616) 842-1277 tend as well as for the Scientific Program daily. The sign-in/sign-out sheets will be at [email protected] the registration desk. IJCEH Journal Editor Arreed Barabasz, Ph.D. You will be required to complete an attendance log and a short evaluation form for Washington State University each session you attend. Attendance logs and evaluation forms are located in your CE P.O. Box 642136 packet. Keep all CE forms together in your packet and return the packet to the regis- Pullman, WA 99164-2136 tration desk the day you depart the Conference. (509) 335-8166 [email protected] CEs will be mailed to you directly from The Institute of Continuing Education within a Executive Director SCEH few weeks. Michele Hart

PO Box 252 Southborough, MA 01772 Evaluations and attendance log must be returned to receive CEs. P: 508-598-5553 (direct office line) F: 866-397-1839 [email protected] [email protected] www.sceh.us SCEH ‘FOCUS’ Editor David Paul Smith, Ph.D. Suite 212, St. Bernard’s Hosp. 326 West 64th Street PO Box 252 Chicago, IL 60621 Southborough, MA 01772 (773) 962-4016 [email protected]