Clinical Psychologist
Independent Practice
Plantation, FL, United States
Michael A Quiñones, PhD has an independent psychological and forensic services practice in suburban Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He provieds evaluation, psychotherapeutic treatment, and consultation on trauma-related and dissociative disorders. He specializes in the treatment of trauma-related and dissociative disorders, regularly employing therapeutic applications of hypnotherapy, mindfulness practices, psychedelic-induced states and other states of consciousness to empower clients to assume an active role in resolving their difficulties. Dr. Quiñones has conducted workshops on these topics for the Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis (FSCH) and the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH), and has a number of professional publications on trauma, dissociation, and alternate states of consciousness. This includes an article in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis on employing hypnosis in the treatment of Complex PTSD, an invited blog post for the organization MIND on the use of ketamine in treating Complex PTSD, and chapters in the books Not Just Bad Kids and Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders, second edition. He has also presetned in workshops on the neurobiology of adverse childhood expereices and developmental trauma, their negative impacts on functioning throughout the lifespan, and consequential effects on brain development. In addition, he is currently working on a book to be published by the American Psychological Association that will lay out a detailed model of how various states of consciousness can be evoked to treat trauma-related disorders by counteracting traumatic states of consciousness. Dr. Quiñones also serves as an expert on psychological trauma and dissociation in both criminal and civil forensic cases.
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Sunday, April 16, 2023
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM US Eastern Time