TORONTO PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY

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   tps&i Administration <psychoanalyst@bellnet.ca>	17:57 (22 hours ago)

   Hello Colleagues,

   
   

   This is a reminder to encourage colleagues, patients, and friends who are interested in knowing more about a psychoanalytic approach to therapy, to work, and to life to join a group in reading and discussing the literature in the relatively new, and very popular, Fundamental Psychoanalytic Perspectives Program (FPP). 

   
   

   All our classes are taught by analysts from our Institute, and cover a wide range of topics in 24 weekly Thursday evening seminars.  Freud is read in the original, and there are classes on object relations, self psychology, depression, anxiety, the defenses, and attachment theory, to name a few.  It is the perfect way to get an introduction to these theories of psychoanalysis.

   
   

   Since this is not a training program, classes usually consist of an interesting mix of professions: clinical people (about 50%), lawyers, artists, computer people, and academics, which makes for extremely lively, open, and interesting discussion.  The educational requirement for entry into the Program is a Masters degree, or other professional degree. Personal therapy is, of course, an asset.  All applicants will be interviewed by a member of the Committee.

   
   

   The starting date for the new class will be Thursday, September 12^th, 2013.  Applications are due by May 31^st, and are either downloadable from our website (www.torontopsychoanalysis.com) or can be obtained by calling Maria at 416-922-7770.

   
   

   The FPP meets the accreditation criteria of the College of Family Physicians and has been accredited for 48 Main-Pro MI credits.  It has been recognized under Section One of the Framework for Maintenance of Certification of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

   
   

   
   

   
   

   Application fee: $150.00; Tuition fee: $1500.00.

   Any questions?  Contact Sarah Usher (susherica@gmail.com).

   
   

   We have had consistently positive reviews from class members for this Program—as it provides an enjoyable learning experience.

   
   

   The Committee: Les Fleischer, PhD; Jan Malat, MD; Doug Ramsay, MD; Pamela Stewart, MD; Sharian Sadavoy, MSW; Sarah Usher,PhD (Director); Klaus Weidermann, PhD.

UK CLINICAL MEETING 25-26 MAY

• 'Evidence Based Practice in Clinical Hypnotherapy' Conference 2013

  Welcome to 'Evidence based practice in Clinical Hypnotherapy 2013' in association with the London College of Clinical Hypnosis (LCCH), The University of West London (UWL) and the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis (BSCH).
  

  Are you planning to undergo IVF treatment?

  We are offering the opportunity, to one volunteer, to receive a free hypnotherapy session with Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, founder of The Fertile Body Method and expert in Fertility. Sjanie is presenting on Sunday 26th of May at the Evidence based practice in clinical hypnotherapy Conference. She will present evidence of how psychological and emotional preparation for IVF increases the chances of a successful outcome and is inviting a volunteer to participate in a demonstration that will improve their IVF experience and enhance their chances of having a baby.
  The volunteer can attend the full conference free of charge and will receive a free copy of The IVF Companion CD to use during each stage of IVF treatment.
  If you would like to volunteer please contact Sjanie:
  info@thefertilebody.com
  07989 513 189
  

  The Conference

  The Conference is two days of lectures, talks, demostrations and practicals on the subject of Clinical hypnotherapy and related disciplines. It will be a chance to keep up to date with the latest learnings and research and to make connections with collegues and old friends.
  

• 25th & 26th May 2013

  University of West London
  Ealing campus
  St Mary's Road
  Ealing
  W5 5RF

CSCH-OD MEETING MARCH 1& 2

CANADIAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS

(ONTARIO DIVISION)

announces 15.5 hr CME accreditation for:

Comfort Talk®: The Language of Hypnosis

Improving Communication and Efficacy with your Patients

Elvira Lang, MD

a two-day Intermediate workshop - March 1st and 2nd

$575 ($75 less for members)

     

For this CSCH-OD workshop only, while previous experience or training in hypnosis is desirable, it is NOT required.

CSCH-OD members can pay and register online.

Non-members can pay online to reserve their spot, but you still need to mail your registration form to establish eligibility.

www.HypnosisOntario.com

ONTARIO CSCH

Integrating Hypnosis with other Therapies

An Advanced Clinical Hypnosis Workshop with
Dr. Lee Pulos

TORONTO June 21 & 22, 2013

INTERNATIONAL BALINT FEDERATION

The organising committee of the 18th International Balint Congress is pleased to
announce that the Congress home page is now available at www.int-balintcongressheidelberg.
com. The Congress will take place in Heidelberg, Germany from
September 7 - 11th 2013.
On the website you will find the "call for papers". We ask you to observe the deadline
of 31st January 2013.
Visit the website for information about the congress, contact details and the hotel list.
Online registration will be starting on January 1, 2013.

OMA Section on Clinical Hypnosis

OMA Section Clinical Hypnosis Executive meeting Dec. 6 at OMA offices at 150 Bloor West.

Followed by a film on HYPNOSIS by the Chairman Dr. A. RIVLIN

If you can't nod off then your brain could be to blame! Scientists discover why some people just can't be hypnotised 

• Those with a high attention span do better
• But people with precise habits and a judgmental nature tend to struggle

By Anna Hodgekiss DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 11:13 GMT, 5 October 2012 | UPDATED: 12:35 GMT, 5 October 201
 
It is certainly one of the more mysterious medical treatments. But one question has always remained: why can some people be hypnotised and others can’t?
The answer, it seems, may well lie with our decision-making ability.
Scientists at Stanford University in the U.S. have discovered that people susceptible to hypnosis find it easier to make decisions and have better attention spans.

Quick thinkers: People who are easily hypnotised are better at decision making and concentrating

On the other hand, those who are precise in their habits and make judgements quickly are less likely to succumb.
The study was published in the October issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
Hypnosis is described as a trance-like state during which a person has a heightened focus and concentration.

It has been used to help manage pain, control anxiety and combat phobias.
It’s also increasingly being used to reduce conditions linked to stress, such as irritable bowel syndrome.
But Dr David Spiegel, who led the research, says up to a quarter of people he sees cannot be hypnotised. 
To try and establish why, he scanned 12 people who were susceptible to hypnosis and 12 who were not.

Hypnosis: Performed by Derren Brown, it has been used to help manage pain and control stress

Dr Spiegel and his colleagues found no differences between the typical structures of the two groups' brains.
But when they looked at the subjects' brains at rest, they noticed the brains of the easily hypnotised people behaved differently: they were most active in areas that decide what to focus on.
Dr Spiegal told the Los Angeles Times: ‘The highly hypnotisable are people who can readily immerse themselves in thinking about things without having their attention interrupted by pesky reminders of reality or of competing cognitive demands.
'They can harness their minds to imagine something about themselves - and make it so.’

In everyday life, says Dr. Spiegel, these high hypnotisable people are notably different than their less hynotisable peers.
‘They get side-tracked by sunsets and lost in movies; they tend to show up three hours late for things because they lost track of time.'
By contrast, those who are resistant to hypnosis tend to be more judgmental, fastidious in their habits and less trusting of people.
The researchers looked at the activity of three different networks in the brain: the default-mode network, used when the  brain is idle; the executive-control network, which is involved in making decisions; and the salience network, which is involved in prioritising.
Both groups had an active default-mode network, but people who could be easily hypnotised had more activity between the decision-making and prioritising networks.
They also had more activation between  an important control region of the brain and the area involved in focusing attention.
In people who struggled to be hypnotised there was little connectivity between these two regions.
Dr Spiegal said the results came close to finding a ‘brain signature’ which reveals who can and cannot be hypnotised.
The hope is to use this to shed light on how hypnosis could be more widely used to combat pain, ease stress and overcome phobias.

HOW GUT ACHE CAN BE RELIEVED BY HYPNOSIS

One condition that hypnosis has been shown to significantly improve the symptoms of is irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
The condition is thought to affect one in five people and is characterised by symptoms such as constipation, diarrhoea, painful cramping, bloating and flatulence.
Gut-directed hypnotherapy was pioneered by IBS expert Peter Whorwell, professor of medicine and gastroenterology at the University of Manchester.
It’s not a cure, but eight out of ten patients say they feel 80 per cent better, and can control their symptoms more by using this technique to relax the muscles of the gut.
Patients are hypnotised into a deeply relaxed state and asked to place their hand on their stomach and generate feelings of warmth and comfort.
The therapist then suggests that patients use this action to create similar feelings of comfort when they feel symptoms coming on in the future.
Patients are given an audio recording to use daily to reinforce the positive suggestions.