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BT18 Clinical Demonstration 05 - Using Hypnosis for Anxiety: Opportunities for Seeing Action Over Avoidance - Lynn Lyons, MSW
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Length: 58:59
Description:
Using hypnosis to help anxious people relax and feel calm is a great start, but hypnosis offers other valuable opportunities to disrupt the patterns of anxiety, create a different relationship to thoughts and physical symptoms , and to shift the client from avoidance into action.
Educational Objectives:
- Identify the use of hypnotic language and suggestion to amplify resources in anxious clients.
- Explain the value of seeding homework assignments during hypnotic interventions.
- Describe the value and limitations of relaxation as a strategy with anxious clients.
*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.
