Topic:
Clinical application - hypnosis with children
Type of presentation:
Session
Duration:
90 Minutes
10:30 am
“Little Ms. Speedy” finds new pathways to enhance endurance and motivation: Tips and Tricks and different reasons to consider medical hypnosis for pediatric patients with ADHD
Mercedes Ogal | Integrative Medizin Innerschweiz AG | Switzerland
Dr. med Camilla Gabriella Ceppi Cozzio | Private consultation | Switzerland
Children with ADHD are a special challenge especially when choosing to treat with medical hypnosis. Each child is different and needs an individual approach. Some challenges whether on medication or not, include difficulty focusing attention and impulsivity. This makes them in conventional terms not "suitable patients for hypnosis". However, this is not the case in our experience. This workshop will show children with different presentations of ADHD and how versatile and helpful hypnosis can be. The clinician needs to be highly flexible, innovative, showing sensitivity to the child's presentation. This workshop will provide and discuss some tips and tricks that can help clinicians to use hypnosis creatively and successfully with this population, providing not only a joyful clinical experience but a positive outcome for the child. We will explore and analyze different video cases using hypnosis to address different aspects of ADHD and enhance our knowledge on the topic of ADHD.
11:15 am
“Co-working Space Pediatric Office” as a hypnotherapeutic space where goal-oriented bridges evolve from the obstructive old to new experiences of self-efficacy
Dr. med Camilla Gabriella Ceppi Cozzio | Private practice | Switzerland
Mercedes Ogal | Integrative Medizin Innerschweiz AG | Switzerland
Children, teenagers, and their families enter the pediatric office not only to be treated because of an acute illness, but also to receive hypnotherapeutic coaching in order to develop appropriate self-regulation skills for topics like anxiety, sleeping disorders, needle phobia, anger management etc. They bring their natural trance experiences to the encounter, along with their specific talents, interests and resources. They then encounter an attuned professional offering the pediatric office as a fun coworking space where the child’s unique imagination and creativity are utilized to deliver hypnotic suggestions and develop best fitting solutions. Being fully accepted as a child and invited as a coworker and important team player in the coworking space secures their development of sustainable goal-oriented solutions. The co-working experiences are tailored to the developmental capacities of the children.
Video clips of clinical vignettes will illustrate two key points: How to deliver age-appropriate hypnotic strategies and suggestions, and how to utilize the children’s imagination, creativity and unique interests to tailor individualized solutions that lead to enhanced self-efficacy.