Children and Hypnosis


I can’t believe the miraculous change in my kids!

 Janine Peterson is 38 years old  and has 3 children aged  10, 12 and 15 years old

I have always been interested in hypno-therapy but it was was with some trepidation that I took brought my daughter then aged 10 and later my son aged 12 into see Steve and Cindy.

I worried about the impact of ‘messing’ with their young minds and deliberated long and hard about doing the right thing.

Well I have absolutely no doubts now that I did the right thing.

Steve described the mind to me as a computer, with software that sometimes needs reprogramming. After sessions with Steve my Husband and I simply could not believe the difference in our daughter. She went from being angry and destructive all of the time to being the opposite.  It was miraculous and two years on, she remains a happy confident child and an absolute joy to be with.

For my son the changes were more subtle,  I brought him in to see Steve for very different reasons;  he was lacking in confidence, finding it hard to communicate with people, particularly adults and I was worried about his low self esteem.

I have recommended HighTech Hypnotherapy to  several people and will continue to do so happily. Many thanks.

Hypnotherapy for children is proven to be very helpful, non invasive and fun. Children respond well to hypnosis and we have years of experience with children of all ages, as young as 7 years, helping them cope with all sorts of issues. (You can find the more common issues in the list below). When it comes to children, it’s vital that the Hypnotherapist has the ability to relate with the child, establish a rapport with them in order to help them with their issue. Steve has 4 children of his own, that’s why he has lots of experience in dealing with children of all ages.

The power of rapport

During our sessions with kids we always speak to a child at their level. We never use language that is out of their grasp nor do we speak down to the child. It is important that they are able to trust us; even the most shy child is able to find their tongue and speak about what happens in their reality, why the issue is stopping them and what they would prefer to be happening.

Imagination and hypnosis

The doorway between the conscious and the unconscious mind is the imagination. For children, it’s relatively easy to reach at the deepest levels, in a much quicker time than required by a good many adults. Stories, adventures, visualization, imaginative games, role-playing, magic, puppets, and costumes work most effectively with children. Any tools that stimulate the imagination are at the Hypnotherapist’s disposal.

What might be included in the session?

  • Playing a game
  • Using the child’s imagination
  • Use of favourite
  • TV program
  • Story telling
  • Going on a magical trip in a rocket ship to mars
  • Taking a trip to a magical forest

What will be included in a session?

  • Spending the first part of the session with both the you the parent and your child (until your child is comfortable)
  • Allowing your child to get used to the environment whilst Steve talks to them
  • Any questions you may have will be addressed in the beginning of the session
  • Allowing your child to explain why they are at the session

Some of the more common issues for children that we have successfully dealt with are;

  •  Bed wetting
  • Anxiety
  • Sleep issues
  • Learning and study
  • Weight management
  • Anger
  • Thumb sucking
  • Creating positive relationships to school, sport, teachers, siblings etc
  •  Self esteem and self confidence

 

Other common issues we work with Children on

Homework

Sometimes we find that it is useful to set the child homework. This is part of creating a new behaviour and with repetition the new behavior becomes the norm.

What Parents Need to Know to Make Hypnotherapy Work?

The only effective way we can work with children is for the parent to remain outside the room during the session. This is for 2 reasons. The first is that the quality of information is always better without the parent in the room (no matter how great a parent you are) and secondly the child won’t be tempted to refer to the parent for answers or use the parent to hide behind.

It is also very important that the parent doesn’t ‘re install’ the old behaviour by reminding the child of their old issue by being overly caring or thinking that mentioning the old issue might somehow help. It is more useful to keep talking about the new behaviour. For example a parent might say “Now remember you don’t wet your bed anymore” This creates the mental image of bed wetting (the unconscious mind cannot delete a negative such as no, not don’t etc), what might be useful is creating a image such as how excited do you think you will be when you wake up in a dry bed tomorrow morning? This creates 2 positive images, the dry bed and the excitement or discovering the dry bed.

It is advisable that you stay in contact with your hypnotherapist after the session to find out how best to language your communication around the issue.

How many hypnotherapy sessions are required?

Typically 2 sessions are needed. The first to create the new direction and eliminate the old negative emotions and or behaviours and the second to check in to see how it is all going and to make sure the new changes continue.

Up to date police checks

We have regular up to date police checks to work with children