Massachusetts Seminars
All seminars in Massachusetts are held at the following location:
New England Stress Management Center
140 South Main Street (Rt. 114, behind Yankee Fireplace and Grill City)
Middleton, MA 01949
Positive Impact of Using Hypnosis in Anesthesia, Pain Management and Personal Wellbeing
Limited to six participants
Seminar Dates
September 12th and 13th, 2009
July 24th and 25th, 2010
September 25th and 26th, 2010
Tuition: $ 525.00 USD (Includes first day’s lunch)
For more information and a registration form, click here.
For more information, contact Dr. Al Tatarunis at 978.474.4601 or send and email to dr.al@comcast.net
Seminar Itinerary for 2010
First Day
Session 1: Demystifying Hypnosis
Session 2: Principles of Hypnotic Susceptibility
Session 3: Theories of Trance Induction
Session 4:
Part 1: Demonstration of Hypnotic Induction, Deepening and Arousal Techniques
Part 2: Supervised Practice of Inductions, Deepening and Arousal Techniques
Session 5: Introduction to Self Hypnosis
Session 6: Controlling Stress and Anxiety for the Patient and the Anesthetist
Part 1: the Emotional Release Method
Part 2: Cognitive Restructuring for Personal Stress Management
Part 3: The Law of Attraction and Affirmation Construction
Reading assignment to be completed before the second day:
Reading Assignment 1: How the Mind Influences the Body
Reading Assignment 2: Guided Imagery
Reading Assignment 3: Introduction to Pain Management
Second Day
Session 1: Using Suggestion without Trance in Clinical Practice
Session 2: Preparing the Patient for Anesthesia and Elective Surgery:
Part 1: Introduction to Research and the Hypnotic Procedures Used to Prepare the Patient for Anesthesia and Surgery
Part 2: Analysis and Practice of using Spirituality in Preparation of Elective Surgery
Part 3: The Use of Ego States to Reduce Anxiety Prior to Surgery
Session 3: Introduction to Pain Management:
Part 1: Introduction to Imagery Research
Part 2: Hypnotic Exercises to: Enhance Imagery Ability, Control Images, and Imaging in Multiple Modalities
Part 3: Preparing the Patient for Hypnotic Pain Management – First Visit
Session 3: Demonstration and Practice of Pain Management Techniques:
Part 1: Introduction to Various Hypnotic Pain Management Techniques
Part 2: Hypnotic Pain Management Technique Glove Anesthesia
Part 3: Imagery Pain Management Technique - Analysis and Practice:
Session 4: Hypnotic Dissociation Pain Management Technique
Session 5: Transformational Fantasy and the Gate Control Theory for Pain Management:
Part 1: Introduction to Transformational Fantasy with Hypnosis Applied To Pain Management
Part 2: Practice of the Endorphin Technique
Part 3: Analysis and Practice – Transformational Fantasy Technique Employing the Gate Control Theory