Children over the age of 7 can benefit from Hypnotherapy.

In order for any therapy to be effective with children it is important for the child to feel completely comfortable, happy and at ease with their therapist.

It is essential to establish the child's view of their problem. I use a variety of play techniques to enable the child to feel relaxed and secure. Through structured engagement with play, the child is able to express difficult and painful issues.

Most importantly, I develop a therapeutic strategy that fits the child's reality, identifying symbolic representation of the problem whilst at the same time creating resolution through symbolic resources.

The key aim of hypnotherapy with children is to engage the child's attention and encourage them to become absorbed in real or imagined events. Children are more imaginative than adults, they have a wonderful capacity for play and can be hugely resourceful. Through the process of metaphor, story and key characters, the child receives new understanding and comes to realise that they can actualize their new understanding into new, more appropriate and helpful behaviour.