Live webinar air date: November 5, 2025, 1 p.m. Eastern time
Date
CE credits
3
Exam items
18
Series
Description
This webinar discusses how hypnosis can be used to control acute pain and manage chronic pain. For managing chronic pain, hypnosis is used in an eight-module psychotherapeutic approach that is combined with meditation, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behavioral approaches. A biopsychosocial assessment is used to assess and inform the use of hypnotically informed psychotherapy for chronic pain. The hypnotic approaches will be presented in easy-to-follow sequences that will require no previous experience with hypnosis. The webinar is based on the APA book Clinical Hypnosis for Pain Control (2nd ed.) 2024.
Learning objectives
- Describe the difference between acute and chronic pain and how hypnosis is used to treat both challenges.
- Articulate eight modules of psychotherapy that are informed by hypnosis and used to manage chronic pain.
- Perform two types of hypnotic inductions that can manage chronic pain.
Presenter
David R. Patterson, PhD
Patterson is a professor of psychology (emeritus) at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He has 40 years of experience in treating acute pain at a trauma and burn center, as well as doing outpatient psychotherapy for people with chronic pain. He was funded by NIH for over 30 years, has published over 200 articles, and has done workshops in a dozen countries. He and Elena Mendoza recently published Clinical Hypnosis for Pain Control (2nd ed.) in 2024.
