HYPNOTHERAPY FOR WRITERS
Dates: August 6-24, 2007
Instructor: Stefani Catenzaro
Cost: FREE to FTHRW
members; $20.00 for all others
Registration Deadline: August 1, 2007
Course Description:
Ever wonder what hypnotherapists really do when they place
you in a trance? Can they really put thoughts into your head
and make you do things like cluck like a chicken on cue? Can
they explore the deepest parts of your psyche and reveal hidden
secrets you've kept even from yourself? Can hypnotherapists
really find out about past lives?
Discover the difference between fact and fiction. Learn what
a hypnotherapist really can and cannot do. Hypnotherapy for
Writers will arm you with enough information that you will
know how to create a realistic hypnotherapist for your novel.
Covered Topics Include:
Hypnosis versus hypnotherapy
How does hypnotherapy work?
Techniques and Scripts
Uses of hypnotherapy
What you can & can't do
Realistic expectations of hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy and psychiatric illnesses
Relaxation techniques
Amnesia
Past life regressions
Techniques and terms
A day in the life of a hypnotherapist
BONUS TOPIC: Self hypnosis and dealing with writer's block
About the Instructor:
Stefani Catenzaro is a pediatric nurse practitioner and marriage
& family therapist who works at a residential treatment
center for emotionally disturbed youth. She incorporates holistic
techniques such as hypnotherapy, visual imagery and Reiki
when working with the children. She has three children of
her own, including one she chauffeurs to Boston (a two hour
drive) on a weekly basis for training with one of the best
skating coaches in the country.
Whenever she has a moment in between hockey games, baseball
games, ice skating lessons and competitions, she opens her
trusty mini-laptop to create dark, paranormal worlds, where
the hero and heroine learn that there is always hope for a
better life no matter how dire the circumstances.
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