Master Clinician Series 2025: June: Working with visual and multi-modal hallucinations in psychosis

Friday, June 20, 2025, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM, A Live Webinar

This workshop will describe recent work that has shown how common visual and multi-modal hallucinations are in people at Ultra High Risk of Psychosis, those with First Episode, and those with complex presentations of PTSD and Psychosis. High occurrence rates of visual, tactile, and other sensory experiences will lead to new research that particularly considers the impact of these experiences when they happen together. For example, someone may report seeing, feeling, and hearing a hallucination at the same time, which is termed a multimodal hallucination. These seem particularly powerful experiences, and yet we do not have the tools to understand and treat them. This course will explore what leads to these (with particular consideration of the roles of processes like imagery, trauma, and dissociation), which can then be used as the underpinnings of new treatments where therapists help people understand what can cause these distressing experiences. From this workshop, clinicians will be able to identify hallucinations across sensory modalities and be able to draw on normalizing information that other people have similar experiences and that they do not need to be afraid. Furthermore, clinicians will be aware of key factors that increase the chance of having visual or tactile experiences that guide treatment. These treatments will help the person learn to manage their hallucinations differently using the best coping strategies and treatments.

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Full Course Bundle Affiliate (12 sessions) $1,310.00
Full Course Bundle Non-Affiliate (12 sessions) $1,545.00
Affiliate Individual Session (each session) $120.00
Non-Affiliate Individual Session (each session) $140.00

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (4.00 hours), APA Continuing Education credits (4.00 hours), ASWB Continuing Education (ACE) credits (4.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (4.00 hours)

1. Discuss the occurrence of hallucinations across sensory domains in people with psychosis.
2. Identify the impact and importance of non-auditory hallucinations, and to understand what a multimodal hallucination is.
3. Dissect and assess these experiences using existing and bespoke tools.
4. Identify key intervention techniques and approaches that may help alleviate the distress associated with visual and multimodal hallucinations.
5. Acquire the skills to talk to people with these experiences and help them understand and manage them better.

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

ASWB Approved Continuing Education Credit (ACE) – Social Work Credit 
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Stanford Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this activity receive 4.0 general continuing education credits. 

American Psychological Association (APA) 
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. 

Cancellation Policy
We will accept full cancellations up to 7 days prior to the start of the workshop. Please send cancellation requests to [email protected]

Stanford University School of Medicine reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary.

Accessibility Statement
 Stanford University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require accommodations, please contact the CME Conference Coordinator

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health

For activity related questions, please contact
     Name: Aline Rocha
     Title: Training Manager 
     Email: [email protected]

For CME general questions, please contact 
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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Medicine adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

There are no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity, except those listed in the table below. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.