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Michael Yapko
"Hypnosis and Positive Psychology: Implications for Overcoming Depression"
Positive Psychology is emerging as a powerful new force in clinical practice, one in which clinicians are deliberately shifting their treatment focus away from reducing pathology to expanding wellness. Hypnosis can be thought of as the original positive psychology for its enduring emphasis on identifying and mobilizing positive client resources for achieving therapeutic goals. Depression in particular, the most common mood disorder in the world, is highly responsive to those interventions that empower the individual and re-direct focus to positive possibilities. Thus, a hypnotically based emphasis on and amplification of client strengths can be a powerful means of intervention in specific ways to be described in this address.
Bio:
Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and marriage and family therapist residing in Fallbrook, California. Dr. Yapko has had a special interest which spans more than a quarter century in the intricacies of brief therapy, the clinical applications of hypnosis, and treating the disorder of major depression. He is the author of numerous books, including: Treating Depression with Hypnosis: Integrating Cognitive-Behavioral and Strategic Approaches, Hand-Me-Down Blues: How to Stop Depression From Spreading in Families, Breaking the Patterns of Depression, Trancework: An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis, and his newest book, an edited volume called Hypnosis and Treating Depression: Applications in Clinical Practice. Dr. Yapko is internationally recognized for his innovative work, routinely teaching to professional audiences all over the world. He has been invited to present his ideas and methods to colleagues in 28 countries across six continents, and all over the United States. Dr. Yapko is a member of the American Psychological Association, a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, a past Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine's Division of Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine (in England), a member of the International Society of Hypnosis, and a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including The Pierre Janet Award of Clinical Excellence, a lifetime achievement award from the International Society of Hypnosis, and The Milton H. Erickson Award of Scientific Excellence for Writing in Hypnosis from the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. On the personal side, Dr. Yapko is happily married to his wife, Diane, a pediatric speech-language pathologist. Together, they enjoy hiking in the Great Outdoors in their spare time.
Lunch Presentation for AAMFT-CA, San Diego District May 4, 2007 Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D.
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