.Bedwetting (Enuresis)
.Nail Biting
.Divorce
.Hyperactivity
.Concentration Issues
.Phobias
.Depression
.Anxiety
.Anger Management
.Sibling relationships
.Step-parent difficulties
.Exam nerves
.Eating issues

Children are capable of more. Children have innate resources to be tapped into and directed towards meaningful goals. Children are much more than their symptoms or their diagnosis. Children are naturally orientated towards growth (Lyons, 2015).

Children respond very well to hypnosis and remarkable change can be witnessed, even in the lightest state of trance. The methods of inducing a child into hypnosis include the use of stories and imagination. In fact, I describe hypnosis to the child, as just listening to a story and using your imagination. It’s just like daydreaming. The child is able to close their eyes or keep them open, whatever they feel comfortable with. In younger children especially, they seldom remain still in their chair. The hero in the stories I tell to the children will be the child in front of me. I describe relaxing and empowering scenarios that solve problems for the hero (the child client).

The children are free to play with toys or colour in pictures whilst we discuss the difficulties or ‘things the child would like to improve’. This prevents them from becoming bored when listening to the adults talking. It also allows me to get to know what the child is interested in and whom their favourite cartoon characters/singers are. I can then use this information to create personalised hypnotic stories. An example of this was using an Ariana Grande story to remove a very severe dog and cat phobia that was manifesting into panic attacks.