Anxiety and depression go hand in hand; untreated anxiety during childhood is a top predictor of depression in adolescents and young adults. This workshop teaches how to interrupt the patterns of anxiety and depression in children, first by recognizing what needs to change and then using creative and hypnotic language, homework, and humor to actively make shifts happen. Concrete strategies are based on three frames that help simplify and target the patterns so common in anxiety, depression, somatic, and sleep problems.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the three frames that are therapeutic targets for anxious and depressed children.
2. List two benefit of focusing on process over content when creating hypnotic interventions.
3. Create an intervention that uses an induction, response set, and posthypnotic suggestion.
4. Explain the potential limits of focusing on symptom elimination when doing hypnosis with anxious and depressed children.
5. Create a homework assignment that targets one of the three therapeutic frames.
Lynn Lyons, LICSW, specializes in interrupting the generational pattern of worry in families. She is the co-author Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous and Independent Children and the companion book, Playing with Anxiety: Casey’s Guide for Teens and Kids. Her third book, Using Hypnosis with Children: Creating and Delivering Effective Interventions was published in September 2015.
What attendees said following Lynn Lyons' presentation called "Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents" in 2014:
"Best work shop I’ve ever attended, excellent speaker, wish I could bring the whole school with me."
"Lynn is excellent. Her high energy is great for an all-day workshop."
"Lynn is quite extraordinary, knows her stuff. Intense energy and enthusiasm to her clinical work and her tactics."
"Loved the stories, humor and up front approach. I work at a school. This approach makes sense to me. Thank you."
"Great presenter. Great sense of humor with lots of experiences to share that highlighted the presentation."
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