Clinical Hypnosis 101: Ethical Tools & Techniques for Lasting Therapeutic Change
Presented by
Dreya Blume, LCSWThrough psychoeducation and experiential exercises, you will gain confidence in integrating hypnosis into your therapeutic work, expanding your clinical toolkit with powerful, evidence-based techniques for facilitating change.
Overview
1.5 Law and Ethics CEs Recorded: Summer, 2025
What if you could help clients unlock deep inner resources for healing and change with just the power of words? Clinical hypnosis is a research-backed therapeutic tool that enhances neuroplasticity, fosters emotional regulation, and accelerates transformation. In this engaging introductory training, we will explore the principles and mechanisms of hypnosis as you learn how to ethically and effectively guide clients into hypnotic states to reduce anxiety, manage pain, overcome habits, and strengthen resilience. Through psychoeducation and experiential exercises, you will gain confidence in integrating hypnosis into your therapeutic work, expanding your clinical toolkit with powerful, evidence-based techniques for facilitating change.
OBJECTIVES: Develop a foundational understanding of clinical hypnosis, including its history, scientific basis, and applications in psychotherapy. Learn essential hypnotic inductions, deepening techniques, and therapeutic suggestions to support client change. Identify ethical considerations, contraindications, and best practices for using hypnosis safely and effectively in clinical work. Learn how to guide clients through hypnotic experiences to enhance relaxation, behavioral change, and emotional healing.
About the Presenter
Dreya Blume (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, author, and educator. Dreya began working in the mental health field in 2004 in southwest Virginia, where she spent almost two decades serving the local transgender community as a gender therapist. She recently moved to Durham, NC, where she focuses on offering continuing education training to therapists and coaching for private practice clinicians who want to expand their business uniquely. Dreya loves to write and is the author of several books, including, “The Tarot Activity Book: A Collection of Creative and Therapeutic Ideas for the Cards,” “Journaling the Tarot,” “Everyone Has a Story: Using the Hero’s Journey and Narrative Therapy to Reframe the Struggle of Mental Illness,” and “Tarot for Transformation: Using the Major Arcana to Discover Your Best Self and Create a Life Worth Living.” All of Dreya’s books (under her former name, Andy Matzner) are available here: https://dreyablume.com/books. Dreya is also passionate about teaching. Before becoming a mental health clinician, she spent many years teaching English as a Second Language in places such as Japan, Australia, Thailand, and Hawaii. Once in Virginia, Dreya worked as an adjunct professor for almost twenty years at Hollins University, teaching gender studies and sociology in their Master of Liberal Studies program. In addition, she spent twelve years teaching future social workers in the human services program at Virginia Western Community College. Learn more about Dreya on her website: https://dreyablume.com/.