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Monthly Meeting Schedule

Monthly Meeting Schedule

The following is a listing of the dates and topics of upcoming meetings of the Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis (B.C. Division). Topics may change at the last minute due to circumstances beyond our control. If you wish to confirm the topic being presented, please feel free to contact the office.

The purpose of these monthly meetings is to provide useful information to our members and a place for members to meet and discuss hypnosis in a positive learning environment. If there is a topic you would like to see presented or you have a topic you would like to present at one of the meetings, please contact Leona at admin2@hypnosis.bc.ca.

If you wish to bring an “Invited Guest” to one of the monthly meetings, you are welcome to do so. The requirement is, your “Invited Guest” must be eligible for one of the levels of membership, either Full, Associate, Affiliate, or Student Member. 

Admission to your “Invited Guest” will be $20.00 per person.

Should your “Invited Guest” decide to apply for membership, remember the REFERRAL PROGRAM.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Meeting Date:

Monthly (with the exception of December, July, and August)

Meeting Time:

“Check-in” online begins at 6:25 pm (unless otherwise indicated below) and presentations launch promptly at 6:30 pm

Upcoming Wednesday Meetings

Note: During the COVID-19 pandemic, our monthly meetings and rounds were held virtually and we are continuing with this practice by ZOOM. All members and guests who have expressed an interest in participating in any of the upcoming meetings/rounds will be advised by email prior to each meeting as to the exact meeting time and link, and as to any password required for their ZOOM participation.

Date:

Presenter:

Topic:

Jun 18, 2025 James Stabler, MSW, RCC The Process of Hypnosis: Utilizing Informal Inductions

Hypnosis involves communication with the unconscious and conscious mind simultaneously and can be achieved by utilizing informal inductions. Clients generate their problems by their thinking/perceptions and behaviors—their risk assessment process. Utilizing Informal Hypnotic Inductions modifies Assessed Risk at the 1. Symptom Level and 2. the more complex Schematic level. By teaching Clients how to do Self Inductions they are able to use rapid hypnosis to reduce symptoms and begin to modify their schematic cognitive framework.

This is a teaser presentation of the 3-hour Level 1/2 training on 13/14 September 2025. Three topics will be explored briefly:
1. Let the Inductions do the work,
2. Let the Conversational Inductions do the work, and
3. Let the Dialogue (Relating) Induction do the work.

Recent Meetings

Date:

Presenter:

Topic:

May 21, 2025 Sebastian Di Cesare PhD, RCC “Dreams, Depth, and Trance”
Apr 16, 2025 Shelley Ugyan RCC and James Stabler RCC “The Art of Induction-Activating Dissociation – Utilizing Hypnotic Procedure”
Mar 19, 2025 David Bowler, MBChB Ideomotor Signals
Feb 19, 2025 Rosemary Moskal, PhD “Sharing Gems and Avoiding Pitfalls”
Jan 15, 2025 Shelley Ugyan, RCC “Understanding Trance: Differentiating Hypnosis and Meditation in Altering Attention and Achieving Goals”

Meetings/rounds for 2024 included:

Date:

Presenter:

Topic:

Nov 20, 2024 Leora Kuttner, PhD (Clin. Psyc.) “Finding the hypnotic story in metaphors we use”
Sep 18, 2024 Kyla Yaskowich, PhD, RPsych “Helping Clients Access Intuitive Decision-Making Skills Using Hypnosis”
Jun 19, 2024 James Stabler Hypnosis for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma
May 15, 2024   “The Challenges of Applying Clinical Hypnosis in Your Practice”
Apr 17, 2024 Les Moncrieff Hypnosis and Lucid Dreaming
Mar 20, 2024   Level 1 Workshop Practice Session
Feb 21, 2024 Dr. Saul Pilar Ketamine and Psychedelic Therapy
Jan 17, 2024 Dr. Steve Bierman Review of “The Worry Protocol”

Meetings/rounds for 2023 included:

Date:

Presenter:

Topic:

Nov 15, 2023 Shelley Ugyan, RCC “Using Trance to Facilitate Healthy Eating Behaviours”
Sep 20, 2023 Dr. Steve Bierman Course preview for our CSCH-sponsored October 14-15 two-day workshop.
May 17, 2023 James Stabler “Ego State Therapy: Rapid Resolution of Unconscious Symptoms Producing Conflict”
Apr 12, 2023 Davidicus Wong, MD “The Keys to Positive Change: Using the Power of Hypnosis to Achieve Your Greatest Goals”
Mar 15, 2023   Level 1 Workshop Practice Session
Jan 18, 2023 David Bowler, MD “The Rewind Technique for Phobias and Trauma”

Meetings/rounds for 2022 included:

Date:

Presenter:

Topic:

Nov 16, 2022

James Stabler

“Trances People Live By – A Paradigm Shift”

Sep 21, 2022

 

Tribute to Lee Poulos

May 18, 2022

 

Follow-up practice session Level 2

Apr 20, 2022

Leora Kuttner. PhD

“Magic Glove” (glove anesthesia)

Mar 16, 2022

 

Follow-up practice session Level 1

Feb 16, 2022

David Bowler, MD

Zoomnosis Revisited – A review of using clinical hypnosis online, including demonstrations of some suitable inductions for online work.

Jan 19, 2022

Davidicus Wong, MD

Mindfulness and Hypnosis

Meetings/rounds for 2021 included:

Date:

Presenter:

Topic:

Nov 17, 2021

Elaine Drysdale, BA (Psychology), MD, FRCPC (Psychiatry)

Using Hypnosis to Create Hope in Terminal Illness and to Help with the Fear of Dying

Oct 20, 2021 Kourosh Edalati, MD Motivational Interviewing and Hypnosis
Sep 22, 2021 Lorraine Milardo Bennington, M.Ed Clinical Hypnosis in the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression: Getting to Root Cause
May 19, 2021   Level 1 follow-up session
Apr 17, 2021   Level 2 follow-up session
Mar 17, 2021 Harry Stefanakis, PhD “Activating Client Resources: The Art and Science of Transformation”
Feb 17, 2021 Dr. Victor Rausch “Hypnosis and aging — Reversing the clock”

Meetings/rounds for 2020 included:

Date:

Presenter:

Topic:

Jan 29, 2020

Leora Kuttner, PhD

“The Art and Science of Naturalistic Hypnosis”
Feb 19, 2020

James Stabler, MSW

“The Language of Hypnotherapeutic Work”
May 20, 2020

Les Moncrieff, R. Ac.

Treating Complex Pain and Addictions With Bio-electrode Therapy: An Acupuncture Point Stimulus Method for Relief of Human Suffering
Jun 17, 2020

Dr David Bowler, MBChB, CCFP, CAFCI, PgCPain

“Zoomnosis – the changing landSkype of clinical hypnosis”
Sep 16, 2020

Saul Pilar, MD

“Sounds and Music in Hypnosis”
Oct 21, 2020

Dr. Gabor Filo

“Monday Morning Stuff”
Nov 18, 2020

Harry Stefanakis, PhD

“Language in the Fractures of Life: The Interface of Poetry and Hypnosis”

Meetings/rounds for 2019 included:

Date:

Presenter:

Topic:

Jan 16, 2019

Dr. Heather Fay

“Hypnosis to Prepare for Surgery”
Feb 20, 2019 Saul Pilar, MD “Brain Psychedelic Update and Related Hypnotic Phenomena”
Apr 17, 2019 Annual General Meeting
  Harry Stefanakis, PhD “Anchoring in Clinical Hypnosis”
May 15, 2019 Dr. Bal Pawa, BPharm, MD “Reboot Your Autonomic Nervous System”
Sep 18, 2019 Derek Chang, MD “Clinical Hypnosis for Addiction Relapse Prevention”
Oct 16, 2019 Harry Stefanakis, PhD Follow-up practice session to the Trance and Trauma workshop
Nov 20, 2019 Kourosh Edalati, MD
James Stabler MSW, RCC
Clinical Hypnosis to Enhance CBT

Meetings/rounds for 2018 included:

Date:

Presenter:

Topic:

Jan 17, 2018

Paul Swingle

The Neurological Patterns associated with Anxiety & Depression

Mar 21, 2018

Leora Kuttner

“Hypnosis and Sleep Enhancement” plus Directed practice session I (follow-up for February workshop)

Apr 18, 2018 CSCH Annual General Meeting plus Directed practice session II (follow-up for February workshop)
May 16, 2018 Davidicus Wong

“Mindfulness Based Hypnosis”

Jun 20, 2018   TBA
Sep 19, 2018 Panel Discussion Ethical Challenges of Clinical Hypnosis
Nov 21, 2018 Derek Chang, MD Using Clinical Hypnosis for People Living with Substance Use Disorders: A Clinical Discussion

Meetings/rounds for 2017 included:

Date:

Presenter:

Topic:

Apr 19, 2017

Olivia Fermi

How to Discover and Utilize Therapist Direct Experience of Energy Fields for Enhanced Trance Work with Clients

May 17, 2017

Leora Kuttner

Relieving headaches with hypnosis

June, July & Aug 2017

N/A

Please note there were no monthly meetings from June to August, 2017, inclusive for the summer holidays. Monthly meetings resumed in the fall.

Sep 20, 2017

Harry Stefanakis

CORE Living: 8 choices for living well

Oct 18, 2017

James Stabler

Energy psychologies

Nov 15, 2017

Lance Rucker

In-and-Out Hypnosis — Real Time vs. Clock Time

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