By the end of the course the students will be able to identify bonding disruptions and know how to repair the bonding problem using hypnosis.

          Many problems that children suffer originate in bonding disruptions.  These disruptions, surprisingly, can be mended and the results are immediately noticeable.   Students will learn the tell tale signs of bonding problems and what events typically cause disruptions in bonding.  Case examples will illustrate how this works.   Students will be given the basics techniques necessary to use  hypnosis to repair bonding disruptions.  Two bonding surveys will be distributed as well as several articles and a manual.

          Tony Madrid, Ph.D., has been working in the area of maternal-infant bonding for 30 years.  He has conducted several studies which link pediatric asthma to bonding disruptions, and he has demonstrated that asthma can be alleviated by repairing these disruptions.  In 2006, his article about this treatment of asthma was honored with the Hilgard Award for scientific writings in the area of hypnosis for children and adolescents. 

           He has taught hypnosis at the University of San Francisco and to professional groups since 1977.  He has written several articles in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis about the uses of hypnosis in treating physical problems, including asthma. 

          Dr. Madrid has recently co-authored an article with Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., on the uses of EMDR in repairing bonding disruptions, and he has authored a chapter in Dr. Shapiro’s new book on family therapy and EMDR.

Outline of course

9:00            Introductions and housekeeping

9:15            Course overview

9:30            Klaus and Kennell’s definition of Maternal Infant Bonding

                       Relevant Research

10:00          Impediments to bonding (physical and emotional separation)

11:00          Clinical examples

11:15          Bonding disruptions and pediatric asthma

12:00                   Lunch

1:00            Hypnosis training

                   Inductions

                   Deepening

                   Demonstration

1:30            Practice

2:00            General Posthypnotic Suggestions

                   Demonstration

2:30            Practice

3:00            Repairing bonding disruptions (Putting it all together)

                   Method

Demonstration

4:00            Case presentations

                   Demonstrations

5:00            End of class

When               Saturday, January 12, 9-5

Where            University of San Francisco:

                                              Lone Mountain Campus, Room 358

Cost                    $120

CEU                    7 hours of CEUs approved by:

 CA Board of Psychology,

 Board of Behavioral Sciences, and

Board of Registered Nurses

For more information contact Maureen Wolfe

at 707-887-2838

or

Tony Madrid

at 707-865-1200

 (madrid@sonic.net)