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 Anneke at admin@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, June, July, and August)
Meeting Time:	6:45pm start (please arrive by 6:30)
Meeting Place:	#304 – 1055 West Broadway Vancouver, BC, V6H 1E2

Upcoming Meetings

Note: ALL presenters have decided to permit SKYPE participation for their presentations.

Date:	Presenter:	Topic:
Wed, Sep 16	Saul Pilar, MD	Sounds and Music in Hypnosis The effect of sounds and music has been a millennia-old tradition. It can be used as a background or as a focus of the desired mind-body healing. As much as the current science can explain the effects on the brain and the immune system, the methods are similar to those of centuries ago. By including the sound and music experience you have a choice to enhance the hypnotic and trance experience on you and your patients. Dr Saul Pilar is a General Practitioner seeing patients in his clinic on a part-time basis. With over 45 years of experience in integrative medicine, he selects effective techniques in individual cases.
Wed, Oct 21	Harry Stefanakis, PhD	Language in the Fractures of Life: The Interface of Poetry and Hypnosis Poetry and clinical hypnosis activate neurobiologically rooted abilities that allow humans to change perception and integrate conscious and subconscious processing. Both pay careful attention to the use of language in capturing and directing attention, activating emotion and building connections. Both look to move the receiver’s focus towards awareness, insight and/or life affirming change. As such clinical hypnosis practice can be augmented through understanding and utilizing poetry.
Wed, Nov 18		(details to follow)

Recent Meetings

Date:	Presenter:	Topic:
Jun 17, 2020	Dr David Bowler, MBChB, CCFP, CAFCI, PgCPain	“Zoomnosis – the changing landSkype of clinical hypnosis”
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

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