About the lecture:
This lecture presents the latest scientific findings on the mechanisms underlying hypnosis, integrating perspectives from neuroscience, cognitive psychology and clinical practice. Participants will learn about contemporary theoretical models of hypnosis – ranging from state-based approaches, through cognitive-social models, to integrative models – and their relationship to neuroimaging data.
Particular emphasis will be placed on the neurobiology of hypnosis, including changes in the functioning of key brain networks (DMN, executive network, salience network), the role of neurotransmitters such as GABA, and the mechanisms regulating attention and perception. The processes of neuroplasticity and memory reconsolidation will also be discussed as the foundation for lasting therapeutic change.
The second part of the lecture will present evidence-based clinical applications, including the effectiveness of hypnosis in the treatment of pain, anxiety disorders and depression, and its integration with other therapeutic approaches. The lecture combines scientific rigour with the experience of practitioners working with altered states of consciousness.
About the Speakers:
Magdalena Gajdzińska – hypnotherapist and lawyer, certified member of the International Hypnosis Association. Graduate of the Professional School of Hypnotherapy. She specialises in working within the transpersonal, holotropic and psychedelic paradigms. Currently undertaking the Grof Transpersonal Training programme. Co-organiser of workshops on the integration of psychedelic experiences and author of the workbook ‘Psychedelic Integration in Practice’. She combines a therapeutic approach with a deep interest in altered states of consciousness.
Piotr Matejuk – a hypnotherapist and psychedelic therapist with over 15 years of clinical experience. Co-founder of the Professional School of Hypnotherapy, psychotraumatologist and crisis interventionist. PhD candidate at the Institute of Psychology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, graduate of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute (USA) and the Psychedelic Sitters School. Currently undergoing MAPS certification. Member of the Society for Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis. Author of the book ‘Self-Hypnosis – Close Encounters with Oneself’. He has lectured at, amongst others, SWPS, Jagiellonian University and the Medical University of Silesia. He specialises in working with trauma and the integration of experiences in expanded states of consciousness.
http://www.hipnoterapia.edu.pl
http://www.psychedelictherapy.pl
http://www.magdalenagajdzinska.com