Presented by Dr. Scott McGuinness, Eric Bates, & Kyle Sullivan

1.25 LMHC CEUs
1.25 NBCC CEUs

An overview of the Bengston Healing Method will be given utilizing video clips from William Bengston’s past conference presentations (e.g., Iclif Executive Education Centre at ASB, 2014) coupled with a traditional lecture. Next, the empirical basis of Bengston Healing will be discussed (e.g., Beseme et al., 2018) as well as how it is differentiated from the Placebo Effect (e.g., Bengston and Moga, 2007). Then, the method by which healing is conveyed, Image Cycling (Bengston, 2010), will also be conveyed to participants. Participants will be encouraged to experiment with Image Cycling. Anecdotal accounts of healing using the Bengston Method will be provided throughout the workshop to help illustrate main points, and to describe how the method works with clients struggling with inflammation, chronic pain, and mental health disorders. A demonstration of the Bengston Healing will be conducted by using one or more participants who are in attendance. The demonstration will be processed by the participants with the presenters and larger group. The presenters will identify ways how Bengston Healing can be used in conjunction with conventional, evidence-based, approaches to counseling. A discussion about how to include this method in informed consent forms will also take place, given that psychotherapy and the energetic intervention will occur simultaneously and not apart from one another. PowerPoint slides will be used throughout the presentation when discussing research. Reference materials about the method will be digitally distributed at the conclusion the presentation.

This workshop was originally presented at NYMHCA's 2022 Virtual Convention: Summer of CEUs, and was recorded for future on-demand use.