Awakening Positive Emotional States

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Courtney Armstrong, LPC, MHSP Related seminars and products

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Courtney Armstrong, LPC, MHSP, is the founder of the Institute for Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy and author of Rethinking Trauma Treatment: Attachment, Memory Reconsolidation, and Resilience. She has over 25 years’ experience and is a board-certified Fellow in clinical hypnotherapy who has trained thousands of mental health professionals nationally and internationally in creative, brain-based strategies for healing trauma. She is a bestselling author of the book, The Therapeutic “Aha!”: 10 Strategies for Getting Clients Unstuck and Transforming Traumatic Grief and contributes to publications such as Psychotherapy Networker, Counseling Today, and The Neuropsychotherapist. She has been featured as a trauma and grief expert on national television and radio programs and is the owner/director of Tamarisk: A Center for Mind-Body Therapy in the state of Tennessee.
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Courtney Armstrong is the founder and president of Courtney Armstrong Consulting and Training Services and the Institute for Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy. She is a consultant with the US Veterans Administration. Courtney Armstrong receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Courtney Armstrong serves on the Clinical Hypnosis Education and Training Committee of the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis. She is a member of the American Mental Health Counselor's Association, the Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselors Association, and the Chattanooga Area Psychotherapy Association.

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Objectives

1. Summarize research that supports clinical hypnosis as an effective means for enhancing treatment for habit change. 
2. Identify three phases of a habit loop and how hypnosis can be used in each phase. 
3. Demonstrate two techniques for identifying the function of a habit. 
4. Use age progression techniques to increase motivation and practice new habits. 
5. Apply one self-hypnosis technique to reduce the intensity of a craving. 

Outline

• The unconscious processes underlying negative habits 
• Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis 
• How Clinical Hypnosis can be used to enhance treatment outcomes 
• Clinical Hypnosis techniques you can use today to help your clients build healthier habits 
• Increasing motivation to create lasting change 
• Risks and limitations 

Target Audience

• Psychologists
• Physicians
• Nurses
• Counsellors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Addiction Counsellors
• Social Workers