North Texas Society of Clinical Hypnosis

January 22, 2025, 6-7:30 p.m. (1.5 CEUs)
Hypnosis with Renewal and Spirituality
‍Nubia Ballesteros, LPC, is owner and founder of Chrysalis Counseling Services.

February 26, 2025, 6-7:30 p.m. (1.5 CEUs)
Metaphors Be With You All
‍Ben Pomerantz, LCSW, is a Clinical Social Worker who was trained in Clinical Hypnosis in Los Angeles in the early 1990s and then taught clinical hypnosis to social workers, psychologists, physicians, and other professionals for the last 30 years. In the last few years Ben has worked with both clinical social workers and 3rd and 4th year psychiatric residents teaching an introductory 12 session 24 hour course in UCLA Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry.
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During this session participants will be able to compare and contrast elements of metaphors and stores that can benefit clients who feel helpless in changing their direction in life. Participants will be invited to experience two brief trance states that exemplify using metaphors. In addition, they will work together in a group to create appropriate metaphors for hypnotic suggestions.

March 26, 2025, 6-7:30 p.m. (1.5 CEUs)
Using ART Therapy in Conjunction with Hypnosis
Dr. Annie Dries is a licensed clinical psychologist, providing individual, couples, and family therapy as well as executive coaching and business consulting.
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Her specialties include intensives for couples and therapy for individuals who have experienced trauma or have specific phobias. 
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ART is an evidence based treatment for PTSD, traumatic events, phobias, anxiety and depression. This treatment uses smooth bilaterial (back and forth) eye movements to engage the brain and help to process out negative sensations, emotions and images that are triggered when remembering a traumatic event or being exposed to or thinking about a fear or phobia. 

April 23, 2025, 6-7:30 p.m. (1.5 CEUs)
An Overview of the State of the Science
Presented by Cameron Alldredge, Ph.D.

May 21, 2025, 6-7:30 p.m. (1.5 CEUs)
Schisms in Hypnosis
Speaker Pending

June 25, 2025, 6-7:30 p.m. (1.5 CEUs)
Using NLP and Trance to Shift Codependency, Enmeshment, and Problem Relationships
Presented by David Gaffney, LMSW
BCCH EFT-Adv

July 23, 2025, 6-7:30 p.m. (1.5 CEUs)
A Clinician's Guide to the Magick of Intuition
Presented by Bette Freedson, MSW