Medical Hypnosis Practical Workshop (For anaesthetists)

In conjunction with Association of Anaesthetists

Date: Monday 22nd May 2023 9am – 4.45pm

Location: The Association of Anaesthetists
21 Portland Place, London W1B 1PY

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About this seminar

This will be a practical day focused at training anaesthetists in simple hypnotic techniques which can be used with patients in typical anaesthetic practice.  The techniques will be taught by colleagues who are also experienced practitioners of hypnosis and delegates will be given ample time to practise these techniques in small groups with full support from the faculty.  The techniques will focus primarily on anxiety management and pain management in anaesthetic practice with suggestions on effective language and other communications to use in particular situations. No previous experience of hypnosis in required but some pre-course reading will be provided and delegates without any previous experience of hypnosis may want to familiarise themselves with some of the material.

Intended audience

Aimed at anaesthetists with an interest in medical hypnosis. You will learn some basic techniques including hypnotic communication, anxiolysis, hypnosedation and other techniques relevant to anaesthesia which can be used during routine clinical practice. 

Learning objectives

– To learn and practise a simple hypnotic induction
– To learn how to use hypnotic techniques focused on utilising the patient’s inner resources
– To learn a simple hypnotic technique for pain management “for cannulation”
– To consider and develop informal hypnotic language structures for use in routine anaesthetic practice

Programme topics and speakers

Organiser: Dr Jane Boissiere, Trustee, British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH) 
Faculty: Drs Allan Cyna, Paul Slater, Caron Moores and Ms Jean Rogerson.

Programme includes:

– Integrating hypnotic communication into practice 
– Hypnotic techniques utilising imagination
– A “user-friendly” induction technique applicable to multiple situations in anaesthesia practice (and the anaesthetist!) 
– Needle phobia 

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