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BT16 Clinical Demonstration 04 - Beyond Calming Down: Hypnosis, Anxiety, and the Need for Action Over Avoidance - Lynn Lyons, LICSW
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Length: 1:01:38
Description:
Hypnotic interventions can offer a cognitive shift toward tolerating uncertainty, positive expectancy, and a framework for taking action essential to helping the anxious person recover. Hypnosis is an opportunity to introduce and solidify these elements of active treatment.
Educational Objectives:
- Describe the importance of action versus avoidance in the treatment of anxiety disorders.
- Create a metaphor that suggests to the anxious client the need for action and practice.
- Create a post-hypnotic suggestion that supports the tolerance of uncertainty when feeling fearful or anxious.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Lynn Lyons, LICSW
Lynn Lyons is a psychotherapist in Concord, New Hampshire specializing in the treatment of anxiety
disorders in adults and children for over 30 years.
Lynn speaks about anxiety, its role in families, and the need for a preventative approach at home
and in schools. She is a featured expert in the 2023 documentary Anxious Nation and has appeared
in the New York Times, Time, NPR, Psychology Today, Good Morning America, Today, and other
media outlets.
She is the co-host of the popular podcast Flusterclux.
Lynn has authored several books and articles on anxiety, including The Anxiety Audit, Anxious Kids,
Anxious Parents, and the companion book for kids, Playing with Anxiety: Casey’s Guide for Teens
and Kids (with Reid Wilson.)
