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Presenter: Philip Appel, PhD

This workshop deals with the subject of hypnosis in rehabilitation and in the amelioration of suffering from untoward medical events that alter a person?s physical, intellectual or emotional capacities. The concept of suffering from a lasting medical event is all about the wounding of self, and the narcissistic injury or threat incurred. In this workshop we will look at one particular approach to restoring a sense of self that is not identified necessarily with self as a physical being alone or as an agent or narrator of one?s life. When medical illness or injury creates lasting disability then facets of self are confronted as the remembered sense of self may be in conflict with the experienced sense of self. Use of hypnosis with a choiceless awareness mindfulness meditation exercise as well as Assagioli?s exercise in Disidentification and the use of ego-state therapy combined with loving kindness will be explored. The workshop will have experiential components as well as didactic.