Attunement Institute

RelationalExperientialAttachment-Focused

Attunement
Institute

Relational & Experiential Psychotherapy Training

Advanced training in attachment-focused, relational, experiential, and hypnosis-integrated psychotherapy.

01Training Pathways

A path from foundational skill to clinical mastery

Progressive clinical training in relational hypnosis, experiential psychotherapy, attachment-focused treatment, and therapeutic communication.

Intro

Introductory Workshop

Get introduced to the integrative relational-experiential approach to therapy that incorporates clinical hypnosis.

Certification Track

ASCH-Approved Training in Clinical Hypnosis

Get formal hypnosis training that counts towards certification in clinical hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). This is not required to take the Foundational & Advanced Workshops of the Attunement Institute described below, but may help participants who wish to be more knowledgeable about and proficient in working with clinical hypnosis.

ASCH Level I

ASCH-Approved Level I Training in Clinical Hypnosis

A beginning understanding of the concepts, principles and clinical applications of hypnosis — with faculty-led small group practice.

ASCH Level II

ASCH-Approved Level II Training in Clinical Hypnosis

Advancing skills and confidence with elicitations, reorienting, and integrating hypnotic applications into practice.

Workshops

Foundational Workshops

Approachable, practical, and immediately applicable — a lower-barrier entry into the relational method.

5 CEs

Relational Hypnotic Strategies for Anxiety Disorders

Short and moderate-term relational hypnotic strategies for soothing, regulating, and ameliorating anxiety symptoms.

4 CEs

Utilizing Hypnosis in the Treatment of Narcissistic Wounds in PsychotherapyA Relational Approach

How self psychology, attachment theory, and clinical hypnosis can facilitate attachment repair in patients with narcissistic wounds.

8 CEs

Relational Hypnosis for Chronic Pain and Functional Disorders

Identifying and utilizing the interpersonal healing interactions embodied in the therapeutic relationship to help patients develop a healthier somatic relationship with their bodies.

6 CEs

Hypnotic Strategies for Evoking the Therapeutic Relationship

Hypnosis as an 'in-between' state — strategically evoking transference, the contemporary relationship, and the therapeutic alliance.

Advanced Workshops

Advanced Workshops

The Institute's signature trainings — integrative, experiential, and cohort-based clinical depth.

Eric Spiegel, Ph.D.

From the Founder

“Often, when we are at our best as therapists, we are 'being hypnotic without doing hypnosis.'”

Eric Spiegel, Ph.D. — Founder & Director

Licensed psychologist, Past-President and Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and co-author of Attachment in Group Psychotherapy (APA, 2013).

02Explore the Institute

Where to go next

Our Approach

Change happens in relationship

The relational, experiential model at the core of every training.

Frameworks & Models

Two core models, one practice

Attachment-focused relational hypnosis, and advanced therapeutic communication.

Consultation & Mentorship

A professional home

Ongoing consultation that turns a workshop into a developmental arc.

About Eric Spiegel

The clinician behind the Institute

Psychologist, trainer, and founder — integrating attachment, experience, and hypnosis.

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Registration opens ahead of the fall training slate.