CLINICAL HYPNOTHERAPY FOR CHILDREN
Gentle, effective support for anxious, overwhelmed or emotionally sensitive children and teens.
Helping Your Child Feel Safe, Calm and Confident Again
As a clinical hypnotherapist with more than 20 years’ experience of working with children, I specialise in supporting young people aged 5–18 with anxiety, fears, and emotional regulation. Many of the children I work with are sensitive, bright and kind but they’re struggling. They may be experiencing school refusal, sleep issues, emotional outbursts or fear-based behaviours that are leaving you, as a parent, feeling helpless. That’s where hypnotherapy for children can make a real difference.
Hypnotherapy offers a calm, safe space for children to feel heard and understood — and helps gently uncover the root cause of their challenges. Using child-friendly language, relaxation and guided imagery techniques, I support them to feel calmer, stronger and more in control.
Most children are naturally imaginative and open, which makes hypnotherapy an ideal approach.
How can hypnotherapy help children?
I work with children and teenagers across a wide range of issues, including:
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Separation anxiety or fear of being alone
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Bedwetting or stool withholding
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Sleep struggles or nightmares
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Phobias (e.g. fear of the dark, dogs, sickness)
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Nail biting or thumb-sucking
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Anger, irritability or emotional outbursts
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Exam or school anxiety
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Driving test or performance nerves (for teens)
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Low self-esteem or confidence issues
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Social anxiety or school refusal
If your child is displaying patterns of worry, fear or overwhelm or is just not themselves then hypnotherapy can help uncover what’s going on under the surface.
Signs of Anxiety in Children
Child anxiety doesn’t always look like worry. It can show up in surprising ways. You might have noticed:
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Difficulty concentrating or sitting still
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Poor sleep or vivid nightmares
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Tummy aches or feeling sick
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Angry outbursts or increased irritability
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Frequent toilet use or bedwetting
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Withdrawing from friends or activities
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Refusing to go to school or try new things
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Often, these behaviours are not ‘naughty’ or defiant, they’re signs that your child’s nervous system is on high alert. Hypnotherapy supports children to feel safe in their bodies and minds again.
A Child-Led, Responsive Approach
No two children are the same and no two sessions are either. My approach is gentle, flexible and led by your child’s needs on the day. Sometimes a planned session will shift depending on how they’re feeling, and that’s okay. I work intuitively and adaptively, creating a calm, grounded environment for your child to feel in control and supported.
Sessions can take place in person at my peaceful therapy space in Solihull, or virtually via Zoom. I also offer bespoke personalised hypnotherapy recordings, so your child can listen at home, perfect for bedtime, travel anxiety or ongoing support between sessions.
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