Therapy for children in Cambridge

I have been working with children and young people for many years using two different techniques. The first is art therapy and the second is hypnotherapy. Both are extremely effective in helping children with anxiety or behavior problems.

Art Therapy in Cambridge

Children often find it very difficult to articulate their fears and feeling which will then be expressed in other ways such as behavial problems. For many years now art and play therapy have been used to help children to draw or play the situations they encounter or the things that frighten them. The child will then regain control and soon start to feel much better. Many children these days suffer from stress and anxiety due to the complex world we live in. this may be from constant testing at school, difficult family situations and many other stressors that can affect children and their behaviors.

Children work extremely quickly in therapy. I find that it is very easy to build up rapport and trust as children let me into their world. It is a great privilege working with children, I always treat the kids I treat with respect and the understanding they are longing for.

Hypnotherapy for children in Cambridge

For less serious problems, children are entirely suited to hypnotherapy and often respond incredibly well to therapy with amazing results even in one session. Hypnotherapy is a gentle and relaxing treatment for bedwetting, phobias, exam worries or many other problems that children may encounter as they grow up.

The 'Blowaway' technique for children

This single session hypnotherapy technique has been especially designed for use with children to help them resolve their anxiety, worry or phobia. The technique, utilising hypnosis, is aimed at removing obstacles to the child/teenager's development, so that the child/teenager will progress to be the best person they possibly can be.

The Blowaway technique is a very gentle type of hypnotherapy where during the session, as the child relaxes, they are encouraged to take a deep breath and 'blow away' any negative emotions or 'bottled up' feelings, resulting in both a reduction of anxiety or stress within the child and an increase in self-esteem and confidence.

The session ends with relaxation and positive hypnotic suggestions for both the child and adult. It is often a fun, interesting, informal and very liberating experience for both!

Hypnotherapy treatment for children and teenagers:

	Bedwetting in children or teenagers (Enuresis)
	Thumb sucking
	Nightmares or night terrors
	School phobia
	Emetophobia (fear of being sick)
	Fear or phobia of dogs or other animals
	Children who lack confidence
	Performance anxieties e.g. on stage or in exams
	Attention or concentration problems e.g. at school
	Child behavioural problems

Benefits of hypnotherapy for children

	More confidence
	Increased self-esteem
	Reducing anxiety and tension
	Enhancing their self-image
	Allowing them to get rid of some of their negative emotions.