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Education and Certification
Rubin Battino received his master’s degree in mental health counseling in 1978 from Wright State University. He is licensed (LPCC) in the State of Ohio and is a National Board Certified Counselor (NCC).
Teaching
Battino is an adjunct professor in the Department of Human Services (counseling) at Wright State University. He has taught courses at Wright State on neurolinguistic programing (NLP), solution-oriented therapies, guided imagery, and Ericksonian hypnosis and psychotherapy. He and his colleague, T.L. South, Ph.D., have done year-long training in Ericksonian methods.
Hypnotherapy
Battino is the editor and co-author with T.L. South (and three other contributors) of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy: A Comprehensive Manual (Crownhouse Publishing, Ltd., 1999; second edition 2005). Battino has been an officer of the Milton H. Erickson Society of Dayton for many years and has given many presentations to the members on a variety of subjects. Battino has presented and been on the faculty of the international Erickson congresses and continues to do so. He has done weekend workshops for the London College of Clinical Hypnosis. Battino has done two all-day workshops for the Quest Institute in London, UK, primarily on hypnosis approaches and very brief therapy.
Book Overview
Other books by Rubin Battino include Guided Imagery and Other Approaches to Healing (2000); Coping: A Practical Guide for People with Life-Challenging Diseases and their Caregivers (2001); Meaning: The Life of Viktor E. Frankl (a biography in play form) (2002); and Metaphoria: Metaphor and Guided Metaphor for Psychotherapy and Healing (2002). In July 2019 he completed a new book entitled Guided Imagery and Hypnosis for Brief Therapy and Palliative Care. For detailed information on the books and instructions for ordering them, please see the Books page. For a complete list see the Psychotherapy Vita page.
Counseling Experience
For over 25 years Rubin Battino has served as a facilitator for Bernie Siegel-style support groups for people with life-challenging diseases and those who support them. He has been doing individual work on a volunteer basis with people who have serious diseases and has been developing methods for healing via hypnosis, guided imagery, and psychotherapy.
Battino now maintains a small private practice specializing in single-session therapy using hypnosis (clients can come back for more sessions). He has also developed many ways to elicit solutions from his clients, i.e., they tell him what and how to help them attain the changes they desire. Battino continues to publish articles (like case studies) on psychotherapy.
| Workshops | ▲ |
Rubin Battino offers experientially oriented training ranging from one- to two-hour introductions to the material to a ten-week, 30-hour workshop in the following areas:
- Ericksonian Hypnosis and Psychotherapy
- Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)
- Solution-Oriented Approaches
- Brief Therapy and Very Brief Therapy
- Guided Imagery and Other Approaches to Healing
- Metaphor and Guided Metaphor for Psychotherapy and Healing
Syllabi are available for these workshops. Fees are negotiable, but generally include full expenses.
| Master Classes | ▲ |
Rubin Battino offers interactive master classes online. Sessions include:
Rob McNeilly, 2024 Series
- Guided Imagery Therapy Approach, Expectation, Introduction to the Series & RB
- Exorcisms with Hypnosis + Narrative Therapy Comments + Frankl Quotes
- Metaphors
- Healing Language & Preparation for Surgery
- Direct Therapy Methods and Cheek’s Ideomotor Signaling Approach
- Methods of Eliciting Solutions From Clients, Solution Focused Therapy, and Gestalt Therapy Two-Chair Approaches
- What is Really Important in Life?; End of Life Issues, Ceremonies & Rituals; NLP Fast Allergy Cure Variations; Viktor Frankl; Poems
| Audio Recordings | ▲ |
Listen to relaxation exercises and case studies.
| Creative Writing (see also books) | ▲ |
Dr. Battino has written 17 plays and is working on a book of three-line poems. He is available for staged readings, or for reading selections of his works. One of his plays, Die, Already!, was produced in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1988.
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