Hypnotherapy Refresher and Clinical Integration Training - 6 hours
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When & Where:
- Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
- If you cannot attend this workshop on 6/24, you can pre-register for the on-demand version here: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/hypnotherapy-re...
- Time: 10:30am – 5:30pm Eastern Time
- CE Hours Included: 6 (please see below for details)
- Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
- Investment: $140 before Friday, June 12th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $160 after
- Presented by: Ellen Baker, LPC, NCC, NBCFCH and Ryan DeVane, LCSW, LISW, NBCDC-H, CCS (see bios below)
- Workshop Recording: A recording of this workshop will be available to review for 60 days, and should be available within two weeks of the live presentation. However, participants must attend live to receive the "Synchronous" CE Certificate.
- Instruction Level: Advanced
- Target Audience: Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists
- Please note that this workshop is intended for clinicians who have completed The Knowledge Tree's Clinical Hypnotherapy Certification Program
Educational Objectives:
After completing this workshop in its entirety, you will be able to:
- Discuss core hypnotherapy concepts and protocols, including research in the field
- Appraise common personal and professional blocks that interfere with implementation
- Assess individual learning and processing styles and apply this awareness to enhance skill acquisition and clinical implementation of hypnotherapy techniques
- Discuss clinical decision-making, case formulation, and treatment planning
- Utilize revised pre-induction interviews, hypnotherapy scripts, and additional tools
- Develop skills by engaging in structured practice sessions to increase fluency and confidence
- Design an implementation action plan to support the integration of hypnotherapy into clinical practice and identify strategies for ongoing study, practice, and skill building
Workshop Description:
Are you looking to refresh your hypnotherapy skills after time away from active practice? Do you notice hesitation or uncertainty when considering how to incorporate hypnotherapy into your clinical work? If you are ready to move from certification to confident integration, with greater ease, clarity, and presence, this workshop offers a structured and supportive pathway forward. This advanced refresher training is intended for clinicians who have completed The Knowledge Tree’s full hypnotherapy training (Levels 2 & 3) and are seeking to strengthen clinical fluency, practical application, and professional confidence.
Skilled clinicians may complete certification feeling inspired and well-prepared, yet still encounter challenges when integrating hypnotherapy into their day-to-day clinical work. Differences in learning and processing styles, along with the complexity of clinical integration, can sometimes contribute to feelings of overwhelm or hesitation when determining next steps. This course provides a supportive and collaborative environment to revisit foundational principles, explore common implementation blocks, and strengthen confidence and practical application skills.
The goal of this course is not simply review; it is reintegration. Our intention is that participants will leave with renewed clarity, strengthened clinical confidence, and additional practical tools to effectively incorporate hypnotherapy into their work.
Course Outline:
- Introductions, housekeeping, and opening guided hypnotic experience (20 minutes)
- Core hypnotherapy concepts review (from certification course) (50 minutes)
- Using hypnotherapy in your practice
- Review the different types of hypnotherapy approaches learned
- Review core concepts including ego strength, Window of Tolerance, engaging the emotional brain, trance, and early decision and introjections
- Summarize the cutting-edge research on implicit learning, memory reconsolidation, inhibitory learning and the subconscious mind’s role in creating new learning
- Common personal and professional blocks (50 minutes)
- Getting started
- Facing your own fears
- Performance issues, self-doubt, and Imposter Syndrome
- Fear of harming clients. Exposure phobia.
- Challenges with timing, billing, how to advertise, and navigating client concerns and questions.
- Learning styles and skill acquisition (50 minutes)
- Self-assessment
- Embracing your learning style to support skill building and implementation
- Understanding Aphantasia
- Using hypnotherapy to develop your hypnotherapy skills
- Clinical decision making (40 minutes)
- Guidelines for assessment, case formulation, when to use what intervention, and on-going treatment planning
- Overview of pre-induction interviews, scripts, and additional tools (40 minutes)
- Skills practice using a resource script to support fluency and confidence (80 minutes)
- Creating an Implementation Action Plan (20 minutes)
- Wrap up and final questions (10 minutes)
Workshop Schedule (Eastern Time):
- 10:00am - 10:30am | Sign-In and Welcome
- 10:30am - 12:00pm | Session
- 12:00pm - 12:10pm | Break
- 12:10pm - 1:40pm | Session
- 1:40pm - 2:20pm | Lunch Break
- 2:20pm - 3:50pm | Session
- 3:50pm - 4:00pm | Break
- 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Session
- 5:30pm | Continuing Education Certificates Available
Presented by:
Ellen Baker (she/her), LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia and the founder of Counseling with Heart, a private practice serving the north metro Atlanta area. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Emory University and her Master of Science in Community Counseling from Georgia State University.
Ellen began her career in residential and foster care, providing strength-based, trauma-informed support to children and families. Her professional path later expanded into program supervision, state-level training, and clinical consultation, experiences that shaped her collaborative, system-oriented perspective and deep respect for the complexity of healing work. She established her private practice in 2013 to offer more personalized, integrative care.
Her clinical work weaves together brain- and body-based modalities, including hypnotherapy, EMDR, Brainspotting, and IADC® therapy. She specializes in supporting individuals navigating anxiety, depression, and the lasting impact of trauma, and she is equally passionate about guiding fellow therapists in their own growth and professional evolution.
Ellen is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Clinical Fellow in Hypnotherapy (NBCFCH), as well as a HeartMath® Certified Trainer. She combines thoughtful facilitation with warmth and humor, creating training spaces that invite curiosity, participation, and meaningful integration. She currently facilitates The Knowledge Tree’s Hypnotherapy Clinical Certification Program created by Becky Beaton-York, Ph.D., NBCFCH—an opportunity she considers one of the greatest honors of her professional career.
Ryan DeVane, LCSW, LISW, NBCDC-H, CCS
Ryan DeVane (he/him), LCSW, is the Founder and Clinical Director of Grounded Wellbeing, a group practice centered on LGBTQ-affirming mental health care and trauma recovery. He provides individual, teen, and family therapy, with specialized focus on queer, trans, and gender-expansive individuals (ages 11+).
Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and a Master of Social Work from Kennesaw State University. With over a decade of experience across nonprofit leadership, community mental health, inpatient care, and private practice, he brings broad clinical and organizational insight into his work. At The Knowledge Tree, he reviews social work accreditation standards for new workshops, ensuring alignment with ethical, inclusive, and clinically sound practice.
His clinical approach is grounded in psychodynamic theory and shaped by a deep commitment to trauma recovery, relational attachment, and identity-affirming care. A Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Meditation Teacher, and Sound Healer, Ryan collaborates with clients to foster self-understanding, resilience, and lasting healing.
As a trainer, Ryan brings authenticity, relational depth, and inclusive leadership to the learning space. Drawing from both professional expertise and lived experience, he creates environments that are accessible, affirming, and psychologically safe. Participants experience his training as grounded, engaging, and thoughtfully responsive.
6 CE Hours Included - Details by License Type Below:
- PSYCHOLOGISTS: The Knowledge Tree, A Summit Professional Education Company is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Knowledge Tree, A Summit Professional Education Company maintains responsibility for this program and its content. For more detailed information on the current CE ruling in Georgia, or if you are licensed in another state or country, please click here.
- COUNSELORS: The Knowledge Tree, A Summit Professional Education Company has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP), ACEP No. 7153. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Knowledge Tree, A Summit Professional Education Company is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Please click here for more detailed information.
- SOCIAL WORKERS: TKT has applied for approval for this workshop through the Georgia Society for Clinical Social Work (GSCSW). If you are licensed in another state or country, please click here for more detailed information.
- MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPISTS: TKT has applied for approval for this workshop through the Georgia Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (GAMFT). If you are licensed in another state or country, please click here for more detailed information.
Registration: To register for individual workshops, you may use our online payment option, or to pay by check you may print and complete the Registration Form and mail or fax it to our office. The registration form is available on our website: www.theknowledgetree.org. Registration is permitted until the time the workshop begins, unless otherwise specified.
Multiple Workshop Special: There is a 10% Discount with registration for two workshops. There is a 15% Discount with registrations for three or four workshops. There is a 20% Discount with registration for five or more workshops.
Refund/Cancellation Policy: If you can no longer attend a workshop you have registered for, you can either receive a credit for another workshop or receive a refund if you are within the refund policy period. Refunds will be given for cancellations received at least five days prior to the workshop. More information about refund/cancellation can be found here.
Attendance Policy: 100% attendance and completion of a course evaluation is required at any CE program in order to receive credit for that CE program. No partial credit is given. Certificates of completion will be available in each attendee’s account once the broadcast has ended and the course evaluation completed.
ADA Requests: We will make every effort to accommodate any reasonable ADA request. Please call or email us at least two weeks prior to the event. Payment and registration are required to fulfill an ADA request.
No Conflict Policy: Neither The Knowledge Tree nor its speakers have received any commercial support for this program or its contents and will not receive any commercial support prior to or during this program.
System Requirements: Live Interactive Webinars are facilitated via Zoom. System requirements for the Zoom platform are linked at our FAQ page.
We are an approved vendor for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for easy reimbursement of educational expenses for VA employees.
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