In this session, Dr David Patterson provides an introduction to hypnosis. He shares insightful research into hypnosis and uses client examples from his personal practice to illustrate the effectiveness of using hypnosis to relieve chronic pain.

In this session, Dr David Patterson investigates how to use hypnosis for patients who are in crisis and emergency, whom are frightened and in great pain. Dr Patterson provides examples of how he has used hypnosis to treat patients in crisis situations and in emergency room care in hospitals. He then outlines the most effective...

In this session, Dr David Patterson investigates the psychology of pain control. He discusses the important role education plays in the treatment of chronic pain and that we, as clinicians, need to understand the neurophysiology of pain. Dr Patterson further explains the differences between pain, suffering and pain behaviour.

In this session, Dr David Patterson investigates assessing pain for treatment with psychological approaches and hypnosis. Dr Patterson discusses the benefit of using a biopsychosocial approach to assess chronic pain.

In this session, Dr David Patterson investigates the basics of hypnosis. He discusses how to define hypnosis to patients and dispel some of the myths that are associated with hypnosis. Dr Patterson outlines the potential harmful affects of hypnosis and provides us with a step-by-step guide for a basic hypnotic induction.

In this session, Dr Patterson demonstrates a rapid hypnotic technique for patients that are in crisis with pain or anxiety. He walks us through the step-by-step process of this kind of hypnotic induction.

In this session, Dr David Patterson investigates Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and hypnosis for pain management. Dr Patterson outlines the basics of CBT and how he uses these principles with his patients. Dr Patterson discusses how CBT is a powerful technique to use for chronic pain management and shares his new research findings on combining...

In this session, Dr David Patterson investigates the neurophysiology of mindfulness. He explains the science behind Zen Buddhism and mindfulness and outlines ways to bring our patients into the present to reduce their pain and suffering.

In this session, Dr David Patterson investigates theories of hypnosis. He outlines the theories of Hypnosis as a trait, hypnosis as a social interaction, hypnosis as a special state and hypnosis as a brain phenomenon, describing each theory’s content and how they might be helpful for treating patients.

In this session, Dr David Patterson demonstrates a hypnotic induction for preparing patients for difficult medical procedures. It can also be used for preparing for threatening situations such as preparing to go to court. Dr Patterson walks us through the stages of the induction with deep relaxation explaining the techniques that he uses.

In this session, Dr David Patterson investigates psychological and psychiatric disorders as they relate to chronic pain. Dr Patterson discusses the importance of doing a thorough evaluation assessing for depression, anxiety, PTSD and other axis 1 disorders. He explains how treating these disorders can reduce pain and outlines how to integrate these disorders into chronic...

In this session, Dr David Patterson investigates dissociation in hypnosis. He defines what dissociation is and explains the differences between pathological dissociation and normal dissociation. Dr Patterson outlines how to use normal, benign dissociation in hypnosis to separate control over behaviour from conscious control and encourage multiple pathway of brain processing.

In this session, Dr David Patterson outlines how to design hypnotic suggestions. According to Dr Patterson, designing suggestions is one of the most difficult parts of learning hypnosis. Dr Patterson offers recommendations using examples from his own clinical practice to help clinicians create their own effective suggestions.

In this session, Dr David Patterson investigates motivational interviewing. He discusses the science behind changing behaviour and how we can use motivational interviewing to create behaviour change and apply this to the problem of chronic pain.

In this session, Dr David Patterson investigates non-linear hypnotic inductions. He discusses the differences between direct and non-direct hypnotic inductions, explaining how non-linear inductions reduce resistance and are more likely to be generative. Dr Patterson outlines how to use the disruption of linear processing to facilitate hypnosis with metaphors and generative suggestions.

In this session, Dr David Patterson demonstrates advanced non-linear inductions. He outlines what this induction involves, explaining the role of truisms, introducing the resource in our brain to create a kind of dissociation. Dr Patterson then shows us how to use looping suggestions.

In this session, Dr David Patterson investigates the basics of hypnosis for pain control. Dr Patterson discusses the difference between acute and chronic pain and the difference between neuropathic and musculoskeletal chronic pain. He then outlines how we can use hypnosis with these specific types of pain and offers suggestions for using hypnosis with pain...

In this session, Dr David Patterson investigates Erickson’s principle of utilisation. He discusses hypnosis as a co-operative approach between the hypnotist and the subject and how the notion of utilisation is an important concept that comes out of the co-operative approach. Dr Patterson explains what utilisation is and outlines two applications of utilisation in hypnosis.