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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, LICSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist who lives in Concord, New Hampshire and is in private practice there. For 26 years, Lynn has specialized in the treatment of anxiety disorders in adults and children. Lynn received her BA in English from Williams College in 1987, her Masters in Social Work from Boston University in 1990, and has been training extensively with the world’s experts in clinical hypnosis and strategic therapy since 1993.
