Some pressures on young people are timeless, others are new, changing and not always understood by older generations.
I have worked extensively with young people experiencing EBSA, or Emotionally Based School Avoidance (what we used to call ‘school refusal’.) In doing so I have supported many students to return to school, their peers and their learning.
Many of the other things I can work on are below. If an issue on your mind isn't listed here then please don't worry - there is still help at hand. Contact me and we can agree a plan.
Some young people, for their own reasons, don't wish to share the nature of their issue, and think that this is a reason not to get in touch. Hypnotherapy can work well even if you want to keep your reason for coming to yourself. One teenager said he would see me, but he was tired of telling professionals his story and he didn’t want to speak; it wasn’t a barrier to us making progress. Contact me and I will explain how.
Finally, some choose not to be formally hypnotised, which is fine by me. We have other options. I have 30 years of experience of working with young people, and will seek to help them to feel in control of the process.
As well as school absence issues, some of the more common requests to work on are:
