The Greater Philadelphia Society
of Clinical Hypnosis
A Component Section of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
MEETING: Sunday, November 8, 2015
Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (see schedule below)
6 CE Credits for Psychologists and ASCH Certification/Re-certification
Thomas Jefferson University, Bluemle Life Sciences Bldg., Rm. 101
233 S. 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Presenter: Mary Jo Peebles, PhD, ABPP, ABPH
Cultivating “Not-Knowing”: An Ingredient Essential for
Creating New Templates
In this combined Advanced Psychotherapy and Advanced Hypnosis Workshop, Dr. Peebles
will develop ideas about the critical importance to psychotherapeutic change (particularly
in Complex Relational Trauma) of learning how to stay inside what is Not-Known.
Concepts of Interior Space, bearing the Unknown, Splits, and protective “Skin” will be
developed. Methods—hypnotic, hypnoidal, and traditional-receptive—of navigating and
learning from such spaces will be described and demonstrated. The purposes of the
Workshop are 1) to elucidate the complicated neuro-perceptual challenges underlying the
sometimes facilely used phrase of “Creating New Templates” and 2) to use such
understanding to shape interventional pathways through the challenges …to structural
change that carries potential to endure. Participants will be asked to think in advance
about their own patients with whom they feel mutually stuck in the final phase of
transforming understanding into new patterns of behavior. Participants will be asked to
Role Play and/or discuss their specific clinical challenges as a way to enliven the Workshop
material with immediate, practical relevance.
Learning Objectives:
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Explain what is meant by “Creating New Templates” and list 6 neuro-perceptual
challenges to Creating New Templates
Describe 3 properties of “Unknown Space” and 2 reasons “Unknown Space” is
critical to psychological change
Be able to describe Interior Space, its relevance to the work of Advanced
Psychotherapy, and one clinical example illuminating its description
Master 3 hypnotic or hypnoidal methods for gathering information inside Interior
Space
Give 3 clinical examples from their psychotherapy practice of patients
experiencing rawness inside new Possibilities, and describe one newly learned
technique for each of how they will now proceed to help the patient regain
center or grow new “Skin
List 6 hypnotic or hypnoidal methods for facilitating patients’ capacity to Create
New Templates
Program Schedule:
8:30-9:00 AM
9:00-10:15
10:15-10:30
10:30- 12:00 PM
12:00-1:30
1:30-3:00
3:00-3:15
3:15-4:45
4:45-5:00
Registration
What We Need to Know (What We’re Treating and Why)
Break
When Not-Knowing is Good-Treatment: Complex Relational Trauma
& Forming New Templates
Lunch
The Complex Work Inside Re-Growth—the Critical Role of the
Unknown (Registration/Perception Glitches, the Problem With
Pattern Recognition, & Why a Good Relationship with the Therapist is
Insufficient)
Break
Developing the (Therapist’s & Patient’s) Capacity to Sit In the
Unknown
Questions, Feedback, Evaluations
A Psychoanalyst and writer, Mary Jo Peebles, PhD, studied, practiced, and taught at the
Menninger Clinic for nearly two decades, was a member of the medical staff at Chestnut
Lodge Hospital, and completed independent Fellowships in Child/Adolescent Psychology
and Adult Psychology. She is Board Certified in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Hypnosis, a
Psychoanalyst and past member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and was
trained in family systems therapy, biofeedback and EMDR. Dr. Peebles has given
workshops and presentations nationally and internationally on trauma, therapy planning,
and psychological testing, and has authored three books on these topics including,
Beginnings: The Art and Science of Planning Psychotherapy: A Primer (2002); Beginnings:
The Art and Science of Planning Psychotherapy: Advanced (2012) and Testing That
Matters: Creating a Roadmap for Psychotherapy (co-authored with Anthony Bram, PhD;
2014). Dr. Peebles currently works with children, adolescents and adults in private
practice in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Psychology Continuing Education: This program is co-sponsored by The Philadelphia Society of
Clinical Psychologists (PSCP) and The Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis. The
Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists is approved by The American Psychological
Association to sponsor Continuing Education for psychologists. The Philadelphia Society of Clinical
Psychologists maintains responsibility for the program and its content. This program provides 6
Hours of CE credits for Psychologists.
Clinical Social Worker, Professional Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist Continuing
Education: The awarded CE credits for full attendance may be submitted to the PA State Board of
Social Workers, Professional Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists. For questions, call
the State Board at 717-783-1389.
ASCH Credit: This workshop is approved by The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) and
as such is applicable toward membership in The Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis
(GPSCH), ASCH, The Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH), and toward ASCH
certification requirements.
Credit Certificates: There is no charge for obtaining ASCH or APA CE credits, the fee is
included in the cost of the program (6 CE program). Upon signing the on-site Registration Form,
it is understood that you have read and accepted the Acknowledgement and Release. A Certificate
of Attendance will be provided upon completion of the presentation. No credit is awarded for
partial attendance.
Special Needs: The Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis is committed to providing
access and support to persons with special needs who wish to participate in the programs we
sponsor. If you have any questions, or if you require reasonable accommodations for a disability in
order to participate fully in this continuing education activity, please contact Suzanne Malik, GPSCH
Administrative Director, at gpsch@verizon.net
Directions to Thomas Jefferson University, Bluemle Life Sciences Bldg., Rm. 101,
233 S. 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
http://hospitals.jefferson.edu/campus-map
Questions about this program can be directed to
Suzanne Malik
Administrative Director
gpsch@verizon.net
Registration Form
(Also available at www.gpsch.org with PAYPAL link)
Name/Degree ____________________________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________________________________________
Phone _______________________________________
E-Mail Address ___________________________________________________________________
Early Registration by 10/25
Regular Registration after 10/25
______$175 Member
______$225 Non-Member
______$60 Resident /Student/Intern
______$215 Member
______$260 Non-Member
______ $85 Resident/Student/Intern
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GPSCH
PO Box 551
Berwyn, PA 19312