Self-Healing by Medical Hypnosis & the 4-6-Breathing Technique

This workshop addresses medical doctors, psychotherapists, healers and other professionals interested in the use of dynamical guided imagery under medical hypnosis to help patients regain a certain degree of control over chronic pain or their immune systems. The method of self-healing by imagination including the 4-6-breathing technique utilizes evidence-based concepts and practices known to the fields of psychoneuroimmunology and medical hypnosis. The concept is based upon scientific facts underlying such phenomena as the placebo and nocebo effects. No previous knowledge of or experience with hypnosis is required.This is a practical workshop with little theory. Its goal is to train clinicians and therapists by giving them „hands on experience with the basics of medical hypnotherapeutic work utilizing Dr. Schmid s 4-6-Breathing Technique® (Schmid 2016, 2011) and his Six-Dramaturgical-Elements (SDE) Method (Schmid 2010, 2009) in what Dr. Schmid calls Consciousness Medicine (Schmid 2015).The participant will learn first-hand how to use techniques of medical hypnosis, guided imagery and 4-6-breathing to help patients suffering from serious illnesses - such as AIDS, cancer, chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome, multiple sclerosis (MS), multiple chemical sensitivity etc.Morning session: Introduction of participants with exchange of backgrounds and expectations; Introduction to the basics of consciousness medicine, medical hypnosis and the 4-6-Breathing Technique®; presentation by Dr. Schmid of case studies exemplifying the use and results of his SDE-Method.Afternoon session: Demonstration of the SDE-Method and group discussion; practical work under supervision in pairs; discussion in plenum of the personal experiences just made in practice; the later afternoon is open for more theory (steps & guidelines), questions and answers; the workshop closes with conclusions in plenum.(A half-day workshop is also possible.)