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Larry NEIDIGH
r. Larry Neidigh received his Ph.D. from the University of South Florida in 1987. He subsequently accepted a post-doctoral internship at Community Behavioral Services in Orange Park. He simultaneously accepted a position in the Psychology department at the University of North Florida, where he served 15 years as a tenured associate professor. As the demands of his growing clinical practice grew, he eventually decided to retire from UNF and dedicate his time to the full-time clinical practice of Psychology. Though trained as both a psychotherapist and a psychological evaluator, over the years, Dr. Neidigh has specialized in the practice of Forensic Psychology and serves as the Clinical Director of Community Behavioral Services. He conducts Forensic Psychological Evaluations for both the criminal and civil courts. He is widely recognized as an expert in performing child
custody evaluations, sexual offender risk assessments, parental fitness examinations, psychological evaluations for diagnostic and treatment purposes, psychoeducational evaluations, and evaluations for the criminal courts focusing on competency, sanity, and mitigation. In addition, Dr. Neidigh was trained and certified in hypnotherapy in 1992. He is the co-author of the Anger and Violence Intervention Guide which is used with clients who are court-ordered to the anger and violence intervention groups. His wife, Joni Neidigh is a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist and co-author of the guide. Included in the guide and program are many techniques and scripts related to hypnosis. Dr. Neidigh’s first career was in the music industry. He was a performer, teacher, studio engineer and producer. He now uses his expertise to write and produce relaxing hypnotic music for use in hypnotic recordings and other settings.
The Hypnotic ABC’s of Anger This presentation will be informative as well as interactive. Participants will receive an overview of how they can contribute to existing court-ordered and/or voluntary group programs in a meaningful way as well as with individuals. Dr. Neidigh will demonstrate how to implement this simple tool and show hypnotists how they can develop a script to use with individuals who are experiencing anger in a way that contributes to emotional distress or behavioral issues. He will also discuss how he incorporates hypnotic music into those groups or individual sessions. 34
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