Gestures: The unspoken language

The Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey is pleased to welcome Rob Staffin, PsyD, ABPH.

Please join us on Saturday,  January 25, 2025 as Rob  presents: “Gestures: the unspoken language.”

This program will be held virtually on Zoom from 11AM to 1PM EST.
The Clinical Conversations are free to members of ASCH, its component sections, SCEH, and ISH.  There is a $15 fee for nonmembers.  All proceeds go to fund the Stephen R. Lankton Scholarship Award.

Description: Communication comes in packages, it is embodied.  Gestures are one element of that package.  They have multiple and varied purposes: they punctuate and augment our messages; represent ideas and concepts; serve as reference points; and can be used to engage, distract and or assess responsiveness.  Their subtlety makes them ideal for clinical work as they are not consciously attended to yet influence perception, understanding, and meaning; they are core elements of limbic communication.  We routinely employ them in the course of normal conversation, harnessing them mindfully with strategic intent is an easy transition.

We are pleased to also announce that this conversation has been approved for 2 ASCH CEs.  In order to be eligible to receive a certificate of attendance, participants must attend the live program in its entirety. No exceptions. We will keep track of attendance through the zoom recording.

Dr. Robert Staffin is a clinical psychologist who lives and practices in Teaneck, New Jersey.  He received his doctorate from Yeshiva University’s Frekauf Graduate School of Psychology in 1990.  His research was in infant social development.  Since completing his doctorate, he has worked in hospitals and clinics with children and adults.  In 2003 he and his partner, Gail Talcoff, MSW, co-founded Staffin & Talcoff Associates, Inc.  He is an adjunct clinical supervisor for both Yeshiva University and Rutgers University.

Dr. Staffin has been teaching hypnosis nationally and internationally for over 20 years.  In addition to being an approved consultant for the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, he is the president of the Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey and a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychological Hypnosis. He is the author of More Common Therapy: The experiential psychotherapy of Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D.