Lunch & Learn
The AACH values our platform. As professionals in this field, we created our monthly Lunch and Learn series in the summer of 2024 to introduce new topics and conversations from a member of our board to other curious, evolving professionals. A new topic is presented at each meeting, occurring on the third Friday of each month. These meetings are $25 per class and last one hour, starting at noon CT. Interested? Fill out the form below with your information and payment to Lunch and Learn with us.
Past Lunch & Learn Information
March 21st, 2025: After the History & Getting the Agreement, presented by Don Hardy-Holley and Pemba Bayo.
Don Hardy-Holley, past president of AACH, has had extensive experience with hypnosis since 1973. He started his training with AACH in 1994. Don has been in private practice in San Antonio, Texas, since 1986, two years after completing a master’s degree in educational psychology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. After training with AACH, he changed his entire practice to focus on using Clinical Hypnoanalysis.
Don has extensive experience teaching adults about hypnosis. He is Board Certified as a Diplomate by AACH.
Pemba Bayo is a hypnoanalyst in Chicago, IL. Pemba has served people of all ages as a child development center director, elder caregiver, case manager, and now as a licensed clinical social worker. Pemba was fortunate to receive life-changing hypnoanalysis with Don Hardy-Holley, MA, LPC, LMFT, NCC, and was thoroughly persuaded that Hypnoanalysis is the treatment of choice for those ready to resolve past trauma, making room for the present. Her practice name, Present Moment Journeys, accurately describes Pemba’s life philosophy and approach to healing goals.
Learning Objectives for this Lunch & Learn:
Understand the Composite Personality and how it’s formed.
Understand the importance of forming and maintaining a strong client rapport.
Be able to explain basic suggestions and hypnosis using a diagram and a few words.
Realize that we are not healing. We are contacting the Healer within the client.
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Upcoming Conferences
2025 Annual Virtual Conference
May 1st- May 4th, 2025
Join us for a weekend of virtual learning.
Dr. David Leistikow, Master Training Analyst, Presents
“HOW PRE-BIRTH TRAUMA AFFECTS LIFE”
Dr. David Leistikow, a native of the Iowa farmlands, enjoys the country and farming lifestyle in beautiful Colorado. He graduated from the University of Iowa Medical School and is Board-Certified in Family Medicine, Holistic Medicine, and Brief Psychotherapy under Hypnosis.
Dr. Leistikow founded the Brief Psychotherapy Institute of the Rockies with Dr. John Scott and Debbie Holliday.
David enjoys teaching and holds faculty instructor positions with the University of Colorado and the Deepak Chopra Meditation Centers. As a pilot, he enjoys flying planes. He uses his body and mind medicine to sustain a happy and healthy lifestyle as a triathlete in his spare time. He is married to Dr. Kandel, and they have three grown children.
Conference Schedule:
May 1st : Introduction to Hypnoanalysis
Participants will be actively involved learning the basics of hypnosis.
May 2nd-4th: The Advanced Course,
This year’s conference is about demonstrating a complete age regression back to the prenatal experience. We will demonstrate how reliving the emotional experience during an age regression will lead to resolving and replacing the initial trauma with a new positive reframing. This year’s master training analyst, Dr David Leistikow, has over 40 years of experience in the field of trauma resolution through hypnosis and age regressions. The critical theories supporting the evidence-based Hypnoanalysis modality will also be explored.
Conference Pricing
Early Bird Offer* (available through April 15th)
$445.00 (savings of $40.00)
*This fee is limited to non-members and first-time attendees only.
Our early bird offer includes one-year free AACH membership, a $135.00 value! (Note that first time attendees who attend the 2025 full conference and obtain a free one-year membership will receive the member rate when signing up for the 2026 conference before the one-year membership expires.)
Day 1: Introduction to Hypnoanalysis
Participants will be actively involved in learning the basics of hypnosis.
Course fee: $99.00 per person;
$89.00 for two or more from the same group
8 CEUs
Full Conference (4 days)
May 1-4, 2025
Members: $359.00/ Non-members: $485.00
Graduate Students: $175.00 NIU Grad Students: $100.00
30 Continuing Education Hours are awarded by NBCC - ACEP #7538
Advanced Conference Only
May 2-4, 2025
$250.00
22 Continuing Education Hours are awarded by NBCC - ACEP #7538
NOTE:
To qualify for the Advanced Conference only, a participant must have attended an Introduction to Hypnosis in the past
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) ACEP #7538.
The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council as follows: for Licensed Professional Counselors under 681.140(f)(1); for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists under 801.261(f)(1); for Licensed Clinical Social Workers under 781.3501(f)(1).
AACH is an approved CE provider in the State of Indiana (License Number 9800247A).
All attendees who attend the entire conference will receive a certificate showing 30 hours of CE. These CEs may be recognized by states other than Texas and Indiana. Please check the regulations related to your licensure to ensure that your state will recognize this training.
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Tier 1
$100
Online Course Only
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Tier 2
$200
Online Course +
Virtual Support
Tier 3