Children’s Hypnotherapy in Carterton
Hypnotherapy may alleviate multiple emotional and behavioral struggles in children.
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Hypnotherapy for Children (Ages 5–15)
Many children respond positively to hypnotherapy — especially because their brains are naturally imaginative, playful, and primed for learning. This imaginative quality makes them well-suited to guided visualisations, stories, and playful metaphors that can gently encourage emotional or behavioural change.
In our first session, I spend time building trust and understanding your child’s motivation. We talk about what’s bothering them, how they’d like things to be different, and how change might feel. The desire to change is an important part of the process — without it, the mind is less likely to accept new suggestions.
Hypnotherapy is generally considered safe and low-risk for children. It’s a gentle and respectful process — your child stays in control at all times and cannot be made to do anything against their will. There’s no stage-show hypnosis here, just creative collaboration between your child’s imagination and my therapeutic tools.
Common areas of support include anxiety, fears and phobias, sleep problems, confidence issues, and school-related stress — though each session is uniquely tailored to your child.
Children’s Hypnotherapy – Carterton, Wairarapa
In a children’s hypnotherapy session, I use play-based, imaginative methods to guide your child toward positive change. For younger children, this might involve storytelling, role-playing, or metaphor — often without sitting still or closing their eyes. We tap into their natural creativity to visualise solutions to their challenges in a gentle, non-directive way.
For example, a child working through bed-wetting might play out the concept of bladder control using movement — like stopping and starting while walking a horse. These experiences help create symbolic understanding and plant positive suggestions in the subconscious.
For older children and teens, sessions are more structured — similar to adult sessions. They begin with a calming guided meditation followed by suggestions designed to support new thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
Hypnotherapy is a gentle and respectful process. Each session is tailored to your child’s needs, comfort level, and stage of development.
Disclaimer: Hypnotherapy is a complementary therapy and is not a substitute for medical or psychological treatment. Individual results vary. It is not used to diagnose, treat, or cure any medical condition.