Dr. Linda Thomson has been a nurse practitioner for more than 40 years and incorporates hypnosis into every aspect of her practice empowering patients to help themselves.  She is passionate about teaching other health care professionals how to utilize hypnotic skills and language in their clinical work.  Linda has taught workshops in medical hypnosis across the country and around the world.  She is the first nurse to become a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Hypnosis and the American Board of Hypnosis in Nursing.  Linda is a Fellow and Past President of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.  Known for her expertise in pediatric hypnosis, Linda is the author of the Harry the Hypnopotamus books - Metaphorical Tales for Children, the creator of a CD program entitled Stress Free Surgery and Up with Downtime, a video program to teach children self-regulation skills.  Linda was recently awarded the prestigious William Wester Award for her significant contributions to the field of hypnosis as applied to the treatment of children and research in the application of hypnosis with children.

Linda is employed as a Nurse Practitioner and Medical Hypnotherapist at Rockingham Mediacal Group in Bellows Falls, VT and at Pioneer Valley Pediatrics in Longmeadow, MA and Enfield CT.  Her private practice is Hypnosis for Health and Healing in Ludlow, VT. For more information visit Linda’s website:  http://www.hypnosisforhealthandhealing.org

Maureen Finnerty Turner, RNBC, LCMHC, LCSW

 Maureen Finnerty Turner, RNBC, LCMHC, LCSW, ASCH-Approved Consultant has brought her extensive background in nursing, psychotherapy, hypnosis, child development and in parenting issues  to develop innovative hypno-analytic techniques in her private psychotherapy practice in downtown Burlington and rural Isle La Motte - Motivation Hypnosis.  Maureen has been specializing in Hypnotherapy for the past 15 years and has taught self-hypnosis to thousands of individuals.

    For 20 years before moving to Vermont,

Maureen was the founder and CEO of

C.O.P.E. (Coping with the Overall

Pregnancy/Parenting Experience) –

which became the first ever Licensed

Mental Health Clinic to specialize in

Pregnancy and Parenting Issues in the

United States.  C.O.P.E. brought

programming to over 60 communities

in the Boston area including hospitals,

high schools and youth programs. She

has been a pioneer in developing new

techniques in psychotherapy since 1972.

Known for her expertise in age regression,

Maureen has developed a protocol for clinicians to use with their clients to help facilitate the re-integration of traumatic experiences.  She has given multiple workshops in age regression techniques to mental health professionals.  For more information, visit Maureen’s website at:  www.motivationhypnosis.com

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