One-Day Workshop with Pyhllis Klaus, MFT, LCSW, Berkeley, USA
Thursday, September 24, 2009 (9.30 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Theme: The Use of Hypnosis and Brief Psychotherapy to Alleviate Medical and Psychological Complications of Pregnancy
Location: Hotel "Molkenkur", Klingenteichstraße 31, 69117 Heidelberg
Workshop Leader: Phyllis Klaus, MFT, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist and social worker. Formerly on the faculty of the Department of Family Practice, Michigan State University, she currently teaches and practices at the Milton H. Erickson Institute in Santa Rosa, California, and also practices in Berkeley, California, providing psychotherapy, hypnotherapy and counseling to individuals, couples, families and groups. She has been working with the concerns of families in the perinatal period for the past 30 years.
She has extensive experience in treating trauma-related disorders, such as PTSD, dissociative disorders, and adult survivors of abuse. She also incorporates Hypnosis, EMDR, Ego-State Therapy along with other psychotherapies in the treatment of somatic and medical disorders, family of origin and attachment disorders, and complicated grief. She consults, does research, presents workshops nationally and internationally and is co author of several articles as well as The Doula Book; Bonding; Your Amazing Newborn; a video, The Amazing Talents of the Newborn; andWhen Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women.
Description: One-day workshop
Many medical and psychological conditions of pregnancy (i.e. hyperemesis gravidarum, premature contractions, etc.) are surprisingly responsive to short term interventions. With hypnosis and brief psychotherapy, symptoms can stop fairly rapidly and women gain a deeper understanding of the underlying meaning, develop more trust in their body and baby, and feel more empowered.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the session, the participant will be able to:
Describe how hypnosis and psychotherapy can be used to treat some complications of pregnancy.
Discuss how the fetus or the pregnancy may be symbolic representations of the mother’s current or early life experiences.
Begin to develop an awareness of how the mind affects the body.
Recognize the power of the “child-mind” (the inner child of the past of the parent-to-be) to be heard.
Assess how unresolved or stressful incidents in the woman’s life can inhibit or alter early attachment.
Identify techniques to uncover these concerns and resolve them.
Session Outline:
Introduction
a. General Principles
b. Openness of the woman during pregnancy
Recognition of how current and past stressors affect the pregnant woman and her partner.
Medical and psychological complications
Use of techniques to uncover these concerns and resolve them; (i.e. hypnosis, age regression, inner mind exploration, communicating with the symptom, following the generational influence)
Specific case examples
Hyperemesis gravidarum
Hypertension
Premature labor/irritable uterus
Breech
Failure to grow
f. Bleeding
Meaning of these symptoms/ Methods to Heal
Short demonstration
Discussion
Summary
Bibliography:
Cheek, David. Hypnosis: The Application of Ideomotor Techniques. Allyn and Bacon, Boston. 1994
Rossi, Ernest & Cheek, David Mind-Body Therapy. WW Norton & Co., NY. 1985.
Klaus, Phyllis. Hyperemesis Gravidarum. Mdwifery Today. 1986
Klaus, M.H., Kennell, J. Klaus, Phyllis. The Doula Book
Klaus, M.H., Kennell. J. , Klaus, Phyllis. Bonding: Building the Foundations for Secure Attachment and Independence
Registration for the seminar on 25 Sept. 2009 during the ISPPM Conference in Heidelberg (Link aufs Anmeldeformular Kongress)
Information can be obtained from
Congress President
Dr. med. Rupert Linder
Goethestraße 9,D-75217 Birkenfeld
Phone: +49 (0)7231 482223
Fax: +49 (0)7231 472240
E-Mail: post@dr-linder.de
Secretary Sabine Neff
Phone + Fax: +49 (0)7231 6036480
E-Mail: kongress2009 @isppm.de
Last updated on: August 25, 2009 by Sabine Neff