How to hypnotize your child

How It Works, Examples, & Effectiveness

Published: January 15, 2021 Updated: October 20, 2022

Published: 01/15/2021 Updated: 10/20/2022

Hypnosis has been recognized to be an effective treatment for adults for many years. More recently, studies have shown that hypnosis and hypnotherapy for children, teens, and young adults has been helpful in alleviating a variety of issues. There are now many mental health professionals who have trained in hypnosis who specialize in working with children as young as 2 and 3 years old.

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What Is Hypnotherapy?

Hypnosis is a natural, relaxed state of body and mind that every person experiences everyday of their lives. Two examples of this are the moments just before falling asleep and just before waking up. In this semi-waking state, the mind is focused while the critical faculty is temporarily suspended. A hypnotherapist helps people deliberately enter that state in order to more easily create emotional and behavioral therapeutic changes.

Parents with kids experiencing a wide range of issues can benefit from hypnosis based treatment, including:

Anxiety
Depression
Nail Biting
Bedwetting
Behavior issues
Academic motivation
School/sports performance issues
Night terrors
Fear of the dark and other phobias

Hypnotherapy can be effective either as a stand-alone treatment or in combination with other treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), talk therapy, play therapy, and family counseling.

Any successful hypnosis session relies on the child or teen participating with the therapist. Three ways a child can participate in the process of hypnosis are maintaining focused awareness, following suggestions, and having a willingness to play.

Focused Attention

During normal waking consciousness, we are constantly moving our focus from one object to another. This is true for kids and teens as well as adults. Before, during, and after a session of hypnosis the therapist will help the child bring their attention into a sharper focus and keep it there. This can be accomplished by instructing the child to focus on the therapist’s voice, the sensations in their body, or the guided imagery that the therapist uses during therapeutic work.

In all of these instances, the therapist is keeping the child’s attention focused on one object or subject at a time.

Following Suggestions

Following the basic instructions of the therapist is essential to a successful hypnosis session. The main objective of any hypnosis treatment is to change behaviors and emotional states that have become ingrained and problematic. Following suggestions helps a person temporarily let go of their critical faculty and ridgid ways of thinking, making those changes easier to accomplish.

Suggestions are generally simple and easy to understand. “Close your eyes and begin to relax”, “Now focus your attention on your breathing”, and “Imagine yourself entering a calm, safe place where you feel at ease and relaxed” are all examples of suggestions a therapist might use.

Willingness to Play

A great deal of the hypnotic process has an element of imagination and play associated with it.

Because of its reliance on imagination and playfulness, hypnosis can be an especially effective way to help kids, including very young children. By maintaining an atmosphere of novelty, creativity, respect, and trust, children are more easily able to discover their innate strengths and resources to help create the changes they want. ¹

These criteria are only indicators that hypnosis treatment has the potential for positive results. Children and teens who don’t meet these and other criteria may still benefit from hypnosis. Ultimately, the decision to undergo hypnotherapy depends on the consensus of the child, caregiver, and therapist.

How Can Hypnotherapy Help a Child or Teen?

As mentioned before, hypnosis works best when play and imagination are fostered and encouraged. Skillful child hypnotherapists tap into children’s natural capacity for play and make the experience fun and engaging. Even the novelty of the word “hypnosis” itself often stimulates the child’s curiosity and imagination. This makes it more likely that the kid or teen will “buy in” to the treatment and participate in the process.

Many children and their parents are seeking treatment for fears, insecurities, phobias, and anxieties. The hypnotic trance state is characterized by feelings of relaxation, calm, and safety. In this state, the child is able to face their fears in a safe setting and discover new ways of relating to them. In this way, the child and therapist can find collaborative solutions to the problem states more easily than if they are simply talked about.

Example of Hypnosis for a Child

A typical course of hypnosis treatment for children and teens will include an initial assessment, several hypnosis sessions, and some kind of follow-up and support.

Usually, especially with children under the age of 12, the caregiver and child will meet with the therapist and discuss the presenting issue. Having a parent or caregiver present can help put the child at ease and help them feel safe. One way to speed up this process is to have the parent model some of the hypnotic techniques to be used. These joint meetings can continue until the child is ready to meet with the therapist alone.

During the initial assessment and first sessions the child may be asked about their past and current experience of the problem state. As this can be connected with other medical and mental health issues, a therapist will likely ask about any past or current treatments so they can coordinate with other providers as needed.

Some other areas that may be explored before treatment begins include:

Identifying what triggers episodes of the presenting issue.
Clearly noting all the physical and emotional symptoms that accompany the problem state, including mental images, inner dialog, looping thoughts, and physical sensations. Even very young children have the capacity to notice and talk about these kinds of experiences.
It’s also important for the child to clarify their desired outcome from the treatment. For example, feeling relaxed and confident when they are called up in front of their class, or putting the experience of bedwetting behind them.

All of this information helps the child or teen and therapist figure out the best direction to take.

Next are the actual hypnosis sessions. The number of sessions needed will vary from child to child. Some experience satisfying results after one or two sessions while others benefit from a longer program of treatment.

At some point, the therapist will induce the first hypnotic trance, guiding the child into a state of deep relaxation and focused awareness. In addition to the strategies mentioned above a therapist can then employ various techniques to relieve the symptoms as well as address the underlying causes of the problem.

Is Hypnotherapy Effective for Kids?

Hypnosis, self-hypnosis, and hypnotherapy have been shown to be effective helping children and teens with a wide variety of issues including chronic headaches, pain management, and other emotional, self-regulation skills.

The following are useful studies regarding hypnosis for kids:

A 2007 study of 144 participants showed that children and youths who learned self-hypnosis for recurrent headaches reported reduction in frequency of headache from an average of 4. 5 per week to 1.4 per week, and reduction in average duration from 23.6 hours to 3.0 hours. The study also concluded that there were no adverse side-effects for self-hypnosis.²
A 2016 study assessed the efficacy of self-hypnosis in a therapeutic education program (TEP) for the management of chronic pain in 26 children aged 7 to 17 years. Of those patients, sixteen decreased their pain intensity, 10 reached all of their therapeutic goals, and 9 reached them partially. Self-hypnosis was the only component of the TEP associated with these improvements. The current study supports the efficacy of self-hypnosis in our TEP program for chronic pain management in children.³
A 2014 review article looked at the efficacy of hypnosis as a therapeutic treatment for children. It concluded that hypnosis is a powerful tool for teaching young people self-regulation skills and suggested more training in pediatric hypnosis be made available.⁴
A promising study done in 2010 showed that hypnosis lowered the anxiety and pain associated with dental anesthesia. Thirty children aged 5 to 12 were randomly assigned to 2 groups receiving hypnosis (H) or not (NH) at the time of anesthesia. Significantly more children in the H group had no or mild pain. This study suggests that hypnosis may be effective in reducing anxiety and pain in children receiving dental anesthesia.⁶

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How to Find a Hypnotherapist

Hypnotherapy as a treatment emphasizes personal empowerment and choice. Making an educated choice about your mental and emotional health requires some time and research. Here are a few suggestions for finding and choosing a therapist right for you:

Knowledge Is Power

The more knowledgeable you are about hypnosis, the easier it will be to make an informed decision about which hypnotherapist is right for you. Read articles and books, watch YouTube videos, and listen to podcasts about hypnosis. A little knowledge goes a long way when it comes to making decisions about your health and well-being.

Qualifications

Not all hypnotists and hypnotherapists work with children and teens. Most will be up front about this on their websites and other marketing material. Once you’ve found a potential hypnotist, ask them about any special training, degrees, or experience related to working with children. You can also review testimonials from other parents and caregivers.

Shop Around

Many hypnotherapists offer free initial consultations. These are great opportunities to personally meet a number of different therapists and compare their services.

Interview Potential Therapists

You are about to hire a person to perform a valuable service.

Conduct your initial conversation with a prospective therapist like you would a job interview, for example:

What is their experience with helping children and teens?
What kind of success have they had with past clients?
What kinds of additional support do they offer before and after your sessions?
Who do they consider to be an ideal client?

In the end, trust your heart as well as your head. If you get the impression that the therapist has empathy for your issue and you feel a sense of rapport, then that person is likely to be a good fit.

At-Home Hypnosis for Kids

Hypnosis is a natural state. It has been shown to be safe and effective for people to use both in clinical settings and at home.⁶ Most, if not all, hypnotherapists will teach some form of self-hypnosis to their clients.

Here are a few hypnosis-related techniques that parents, caregivers, and children can use at home:

Self-Hypnosis

The mechanics of a self-hypnosis session are not that difficult to learn. Scripts for self-hypnosis routines that can be memorized or recorded. Once one has learned how to elicit a trance state for themselves, they can either simply relax or apply the therapeutic techniques they have learned from a therapist.

Progressive Relaxation

This mindfulness technique is easy to learn and apply at home. Simply find a quiet space, close your eyes, and bring your attention to each part of the body from the top of the head down to the feet. Spend some time noticing where there is tension or stress and do your best to let go and relax.

Mindfulness for Kids

Part of any successful treatment of problem emotional states is being able to recognize immediately when they come up. Mindfulness skills can help kids identify these states before they become unmanageable and remember to apply whatever antidotes work best for them.

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For Further Reading

The following are helpful additional resources for hypnosis for kids:

Hypnosis Basics is a helpful video explaining some of the basic principles of hypnosis.
HMI College of Hypnotherapy offers free videos on hypnosis for health and self-improvement.
The Children’s Mental Health Network promotes and advocates for the availability and effectiveness of high-quality services for children with mental health needs and their families.

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Linden, J., (2020) Relationship Factors in the Theater of the Imagination: Hypnosis With Children and Adolescents, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, Vol. 62, Issue 1-2 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00029157. 2019.1568961
Kohen, D., Zajac, R., (2007) Self-Hypnosis Training for Headaches in Children and Adolescents, The Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 150, Issue 6 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022347607001333
Delivet, H., et. al., (2016) Efficacy of Self-hypnosis on Quality of Life For Children with Chronic Pain Syndrome, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Vol. 66, Issue 1https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207144.2018.1396109
Kohen, D., Kaiser, P., (2014) Clinical Hypnosis with Children and Adolescents—What? Why? How?: Origins, Applications, and Efficacy, Pediatric Integrative Medicine: An Emerging Field of Pediatrics https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/1/2/74
Huet, A., et. al., (2011) Hypnosis and Dental Anesthesia in Children: A Prospective Controlled Study, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Vol. 59, Issue 4 https://www. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207144.2011.594740
Paredes, A.C., et. al., (2019) Effectiveness of hypnosis for pain management and promotion of health-related quality-of-life among people with haemophilia: a randomised controlled pilot trial, Scientific Reports, Article num. 13399 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-49827-1

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Hypnosis For Children - CBS News

The Early Show

By Ellen Crean

March 29, 2002 / 2:45 PM / CBS

Children are often better candidates for hypnosis than adults, says one clinical psychologist, and the process can help resolve such problems as pain, anxiety, bed wetting, and asthma.

Robert Shacter of New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine talked about children and hypnosis on The Saturday Early Show. He says children tend to respond to hypnotic suggestion better than adults because they are more in touch with their imaginations.

Children can be hypnotized as early as age 3, he says, adding, "But in my personal experience, I have found that children ages 5 or older respond best to the treatment."

Here is part of a pre-interview with Robert Shacter.

The easiest way to hypnotize a child is to have them focus on a point, he explains. They will do that until their eyes begin to feel heavy, and they become sleepy. You now have them in a trance-like state. Once they are in this state, you begin to tell the child stories that can alleviate whatever problems they may have.

What role, if any, does the parent play during a hypnosis session?
As in any therapy, it is important for parents to know what is going on. But in the actual session the parent is either not there or in the backround. So they really don't play any part in the actual therapy.

How many times does a typical child visit a hypnotist?
Most children attend 4 to 8 sessions with a qualified hypnotist. During that time, the hypnotist can teach a child how to hypnotize himself.

How do I know if my child if a candidate for hypnosis?
Most children are good candidates. It just depends on whether the problems they are having can be helped by hypnosis.

Here are some of the problems that might be helped by hypnosis:

How effective is hypnosis in children?
In the right child, hypnotism can be very successful. Remember: There are some children who have a harder time letting go. But for those who can, the results can be very positive. Another plus of hypnosis is that unlike drugs, the risk of harm is low.

Why aren't more doctors using hypnotism?
It's just not taught that much in schools, and some people still don't want to recognize it as a viable alternative. However, it is becoming more popular, and many insurers will cover it.

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How to hypnotize a child. Animal Hypnosis

How to hypnotize a child. Animal hypnosis

“Hello everyone. Today I will present you a video that was created as a result of four days of experiments with hypnosis of various animals. In this video, I will not only tell you in detail about the hypnosis of animals, but also teach you how to hypnotize them.

○ "Hypnosis" of animals as a self-preservation reflex. An overview of techniques for "hypnotizing" various animals.
○ “Hypnosis” of animals. How to hypnotize various animals?
Ask why this is needed? Aside from entertainment purposes, I would single out two. First, science. The study of unusual conditions in animals helps to understand similar phenomena in humans. Secondly, hypnosis training. Although not everyone recognizes animal hypnosis as such, and even more so its identity with human hypnosis, the mechanism of action itself is almost identical in both cases. Now a little digression into history. The very first animal hypnosis was recorded in 1646. The Jesuit priest Athanasius Kircher took a chicken with bound paws and laid it on its side. After she calmed down, he drew a line with chalk on the board, going from her beak, and then untied her paws. The chicken remained motionless. This is considered the first scientific description of animal hypnosis. Kircher believed that the chicken submitted to the winner, realizing the futility of his efforts, and when he received freedom, he continued to remain motionless, because he perceives the line as the bonds with which he was previously bound. Later, however, scientists became convinced that it was not the imagination of the bird, but the ability of animals to fall into a trance if the body gets an unusual posture. This is where all neurophysiological theories originate, stating that motor inhibition is the result of a change in the state of motor skills. However, none of them became the main one. To date, the most popular version of the explanation of animal hypnosis has become the point of view that considers this phenomenon as a protective reaction of the body. Its author is Charles Darwin. He suggested that hypnosis is a "fake death" to avoid being attacked.

How to hypnotize a child to lose weight. Teenage Overshoots, Parental Patience and Hypnosis

From the author: What is the most common thing parents miss when dealing with teenage children? Patience to just wait out all the teenage overtures. Hypnosis techniques can help restore patience.

A great science - pedagogy has long ago designated adolescence as "difficult". Here you have rapid growth, and hormonal changes, and the first attempts to realize oneself as a separate person, and numerous temptations of “adulthood” ... And therefore, probably, there are breakdowns, rudeness, atypical behavior, disrespect towards parents and elders in general - here it is , the same "teenage maximalism"! Adults - in accordance with the point of view of pedagogy - during this period, it is recommended to show understanding, coupled with patience. And with them, just with understanding and patience, moms and dads of teenagers sometimes have big problems. What is indicative is that these problems are most pronounced among thinking parents, who are quite aware of the precepts of pedagogy, and remember their own teenage affairs very well. The usual text of such a parent is: “It is clear that this is the age. I remember how I had it all. I know that you just have to endure, wait until it passes by itself. But I don’t have the strength to endure anymore ... But to understand some things (the following is an example: a daughter who got a tattoo on her neck - “like a girlfriend”; a son who is going to drop out of his studies at a prestigious gymnasium because he quarreled with a girl and etc.) - it doesn't work at all! And after all, this is not once, not twice - he (a teenage child) constantly has some new leaps!

Mothers cry and scream. Dads are angry. Grandparents groan and drink validol. Older siblings may occupy different positions, but often, in principle, withdraw themselves. And adolescence with all its delights continues...

I rarely, only as an exception, work with teenagers. Nevertheless, there are many appeals on the "teenage" topic. And very often it all starts with the phrase: “Do something with him so that he behaves normally! ...”, and then there is a continuation: “... otherwise I don’t have enough patience!”.

I can't influence a teenager who, by the way, didn't contact me: "hypnosis by photo" is not my element. But mom's or dad's "lack of patience" - this can already be reformulated into a full-fledged request. I clarify: why do you lack patience? The meaning of the answer is always something like this: "To be calm about everything strange and annoying that a teenager does." I dig further: “And if you had enough patience, and you could remain calm - what then?”. Almost every parent goes into a trance from such a question: very few people thought about what he would do if he had the patience. And only after reflection the answers follow: “I would keep silent”; “I would carefully ask what he wants to achieve in this way”; “I would say that I still love him / her”; “would hug and hug”; “I would remember how I myself was in conflict with my parents and would tell my son about it,” etc. That is, in general, people know what can be done in such a situation, but because of irritation they do not have time to choose the right tactics.

That's it, there is speech material for work, you can use hypnosis techniques. Here it is good to use the Freeze Frame exercise, which is carried out in a state of trance.

In order for the exercise to be as effective as possible, the technique of temporal regression is used: the client-parent in the imagination goes to a relatively recent situation of communication with a teenage child, when "there was not enough patience". There one finds the moment when “something went wrong”—i.e. it was possible to rake out and not bring the matter to a scandal ... but it didn’t work out. And a few seconds before this moment, a “freeze frame” is made - everything freezes, and the parent has the opportunity to consider the whole situation in detail, try to understand the feelings and thoughts of each of its participants. How many interesting observations are always made from such an uncomplicated action! And then the most important thing comes - for the sake of which the exercise was done: the parent during the "freeze frame" has the opportunity to replenish his patience. And after that, the "movie" spins on. And his end turns out to be different, more constructive than it was in reality. And although the client is well aware that this is a figment of the imagination, hypnosis helps to firmly capture this feeling in emotional memory: when “they had the patience.”

It would seem that they played and played. But somehow it turns out that the client's reserves of patience increase. And in communicating with his teenage child, he no longer gives those stereotyped reactions to which the teenager responded with his own stereotypes. The system is starting to change.

How to hypnotize a 7 year old child. Elimination of diseases of childhood with the help of hypnosis

Hypnosis is an effective tool for ridding children of a variety of problems, including irrational fears and pathological anxiety, which, as a rule, are formed during the period of growing up and have a significant negative impact on the further development of personality. An insidious disease that occurs in 10% of children aged 5 to 12 years is enuresis. However, with the help of suggestion in a hypnotic trance, it is possible to overcome this serious pathology in children - urinary incontinence. No less in demand is the hypnotization of children suffering from encopresis - incontinence of intestinal contents, a painful disease that creates significant inconvenience for the comfort of growing children.

In some cases, only with the help of exposure to a state of half-asleep, it is possible to eliminate the most severe disorder of speech initiation - complete silence, called mutism. An equally important aspect of parents' attention is the presence of logoneurosis in children, and the early start of hypnosis treatment before the end of the complete formation of the baby's speech apparatus is of particular importance for overcoming stuttering.

Unfortunately, not all parents attach importance when their children demonstrate "bad habits" and "ugly manners": twisting on a finger and pulling out hairs, sucking fingers, biting off pieces of nails or completely biting them, peeling off crusts on healing wounds. However, such phenomena are not at all “bad habits” of children: these are clear signs of problems in the psycho-neurological spectrum that require mandatory medical intervention.

Often, after an emotional shock or mental strain, adults notice the appearance of nervous tics in children: involuntary winks of the eyes or rapid twitching of facial muscles. Such neurological defects can be completely eliminated as a result of hypnosis sessions.

Putting children into a hypnotic trance and carrying out suggestion have found wide application for the elimination of many psychosomatic diseases and somatoform disorders. Many cases of successful treatment with hypnosis have been described:

chronic inflammatory skin lesions - eczema;
bronchial asthma;
pathologies of an endocrine nature;
non-advanced forms of diabetes mellitus;
metabolic disorders that provoke obesity.

A special role is played by the use of hypnosis for the relief of pain in children, both of a psychogenic nature and of a physical nature. Sometimes, only after hypnotization, it is possible to save a baby or teenager from a tension headache and unpleasant manifestations of neurocircular dystonia. The striking effect of suggestion during trance on children undergoing treatment in burn and surgical departments, small patients suffering from oncological diseases was noted. Hypnosis brings invaluable benefits to children who are afraid of injections, surgical procedures, and visits to dentists.

Hypnosis reduces post-traumatic reactions and eliminates stress-related disorders in children. Many parents who have chosen hypnosis to overcome their children's insomnia problems have noted a significant improvement in the quality and duration of sleep, falling asleep quickly, sound and deep sleep, and the absence of nightmares in their offspring. Hypnosis proved to be positive for correcting problems in the cognitive sphere: for the formation and development of learning skills, improving memory and increasing concentration.

However, it should be clearly understood that hypnosis is by no means a panacea for all existing ailments in children. To overcome serious diseases, an individual treatment program is required, including drug therapy, psychotherapeutic work, and the use of physiotherapeutic methods. Hypnosis will not eliminate complex mental anomalies, however, in any case, the presence of children in a hypnotic trance stabilizes the activity of the nervous system and will have an impact on reducing the duration of pharmacological treatment.

A special advantage of hypnosis techniques is their safety, atraumaticity, comfort for young patients. In hypnosis there is no magic and "intervention of otherworldly forces." Miracles are created by the resources of the body revealed in a state of trance and the inherent fundamental property - complete somatic and mental health, absolute psychological well-being.

How to hypnotize a child to sleep. Suggestion in a dream

How to suggest something to a person without hypnosis skills? There is a simple and effective solution - suggestion in a dream! As I promised in the previous article, now I will tell you how easy it is to inspire a person with what he needs, without having the skills of hypnotic influence.

How to suggest something to a person without hypnosis skills? There is a simple and effective solution - suggestion in a dream!

As I promised in the previous article, now I will tell you how easy and simple it is to inspire a person with what he needs, without having the skills of hypnotic influence.

Narrow-minded people may try to use this as a guide to implement dirty ideas.

I hasten to reassure everyone else that this usually ends in nothing, because such suggestions, even if they work, will not be lasting. And sometimes they can cause a response.

Knowledgeable people know about this, so they do not engage in nonsense, but get permission to suggest in a dream, and coordinate both the procedure and the text with the client.

This is especially true if you will make such a suggestion to your child. You don't want him to be scared if he suddenly wakes up during your experiments, right?

So, I warned you about safety, now the experience itself!

In order to suggest something to a person in a dream, do the following:

Determine the tasks to be solved with the help of suggestion;
Write the text of the suggestion;
Check this text for sustainability;
Agree procedure with client;
Wait for the right moment and make a suggestion;
Question the client in the morning;
Repeat the suggestion as many times as needed until the result is achieved.

Let me explain with an example:

For example, your child is lagging behind in English. Both he and you understand that it is difficult for him to memorize and reproduce words in a foreign language.

Then:

The task is to improve the memorization of words in English;

The text of the suggestion may be as follows:

“Now you are sleeping deeply, soundly. You have a pleasant, relaxing dream. And in this dream you hear my voice.

I tell you: “You love English! You experience real pleasure and pleasure when you think, speak, write and read in English, when you listen and freely understand someone else's speech.

For you to think, speak, write and read in English, listen to and understand English speech as easily and naturally as to think, speak, write and read in Russian, listen to and understand Russian speech!” etc.

Each text of the suggestion is selected according to the situation, based on personal characteristics and tasks.

You can end the suggestion like this:

“You remember all the settings that I told you in your dream.

Your subconscious mind will do everything possible so that you can assimilate these attitudes as efficiently as possible, at a speed convenient for you, using all the hidden reserves of your memory!

And now, while you continue to sleep soundly, your subconscious mind helps you to assimilate these attitudes as well, and removes everything that prevents you from learning English easily and freely, etc.

It must be understood that this is just a fragment of a real installation that can be done in a dream.

The environmental test is an elementary procedure.

Write the text of the suggestion, then set it aside for 15-30 minutes. Then return to the text and read.

If the text did not cause you internal discomfort, and the idea of suggestion is clear and simple, then it can be used.

How to hypnotize a child at home.

Features and limitations of child hypnosis

Hypnosis is an effective technique for treating children, because in this age category the imagination is very developed and mobile, and children are very suggestible. At the same time, childhood creates a number of difficulties.

The difficulty lies in the fact that children of preschool and early school age (usually up to 9years) are not able to adequately express their thoughts. They cannot independently establish and concretize the situations that they are afraid of, they cannot tell about their experiences in an understandable language. That is why hypnosis is not used for children under the age of nine. However, such an age limit is a very conditional milestone, since the formation and development of the cerebral cortex occurs in each person at different rates.

Hypnotherapy can be used to help children, provided that a trusting relationship is established between the doctor and the client. The little patient must fully trust the hypnologist who works with him. It is necessary that the child feel that the therapist sincerely empathizes with him, worries about what is happening in his inner world and acts with a single goal: to help him. It is from the personality of the hypnotherapist, his ability to find the right key to the heart of a small person, that the success of the event depends.

Since the child is a mobile and active fidget, he quickly switches his attention to new stimuli, including changes in the behavior of the doctor. Especially clearly the guys feel the lack of confidence in the hypnologist, his doubts and indecision. Therefore, only experienced professionals who exude unshakable confidence are taken to work with children. Those doctors who know how to carefully control their thoughts and manage emotions.

Due to such characteristics of children, it is advisable to conduct a preliminary consultation before starting hypnosis sessions, at which the doctor will determine the degree of suggestibility of the patient, his psychological readiness to cooperate with the hypnologist. If it is not possible to establish a trusting contact between the doctor and the child, then it is pointless to attempt treatment with hypnosis.

An important component for the success of hypnosis is the willingness of parents not to be present during the sessions. Such an indispensable condition is not at all a whim of a doctor, but an adequate necessity. Often it is the individual characteristics of parents, their style of behavior that is the unconscious root cause of children's problems. The prevailing worldview in adults is a sword of Damocles for children, not giving the kids the opportunity to realize and rethink their experiences. Erroneous stereotypes of adults are catalysts for psychological problems in children.

There is a common situation when parents “inspire” their offspring: “You are a loser, a fool, a lazy person. You won't get anything." That is, they simply lay in the child's subconscious mind an installation for inevitable failure. It is because of this that the presence of adults at sessions of children's hypnosis is not welcome.

Another prohibition for hypnotherapy of children is taking pictures. Many parents want to capture on camera how the hypnosis session went. However, such actions simply distract the little patient and reduce the doctor's efforts to zero.

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Hypnosis for children | New Empowered You

Imagine that someone understood your needs and helped you as a child.

I love working with children because they change so easily and because their whole life path becomes more favorable, happy and successful.

And in this post I will share with you some of my knowledge and experience of working with children.

Why do children need therapy?

Every child grows under the influence of his environment and his parents in the first place. And each child forms certain beliefs and automatic behaviors, in order to adapt to this environment of his.

Every parent knows that it is often difficult to understand a child's personal needs and to behave or act appropriately. Children themselves do not understand their emotions and feelings and do not know how to explain them. So there are all sorts of misunderstandings and misinterpretations.

Also, every parent, even with the best intentions and knowledge, can make mistakes in raising their own child. But these misunderstandings and mistakes can lead to a child's behavioral adaptation, which sooner or later can cause problems.

In addition, we cannot prevent certain events in our lives that will definitely have a negative impact on the child, such as divorce, illness or death of a loved one, accidents, or something else. Unfortunately, child abuse also happens all too often.

If there are problems with a child, it is important to work with him as early as possible.

Does hypnosis work on children?

Children are excellent subjects of hypnosis, and there are several reasons for this.

Their rational mind is less critical and less dominant than the mind of adults. And so he is much more open to new, positive suggestions.

At the same time, children have a rich and vivid imagination, one of the main healing aspects of hypnotherapy.

Another reason why hypnotherapy is especially effective for children is the incredible ability of the child's brain to change ( neuroplasticity ). You probably know that children learn quickly and develop skills like learning languages and more effortlessly. This same ability allows the child to change and recover quickly when using hypnotherapy.

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How to hypnotize a child?

Hypnosis is a resourceful and suggestible state of mind used by the hypnotist for therapeutic purposes. The hypnotist directs the process while the client himself enters the state of hypnosis.

When working with adults, the hypnotist needs to disarm their rational mind in order to tap into the powers of the unconscious mind. It is also very useful to use their imagination abilities.

Because children are much less critical and have limitless imagination, it's often enough just to start with "Let's pretend..." or "A long time ago..." - so simple and easy!

“Mom, dad, my stomach hurts”

When my daughter started school, her stomach often hurt in the evenings. Cooking a heating pad for her has become habitual.

When I studied hypnotherapy, I also studied a lot of psychology in order to understand clients and treat them accordingly. This also applies to child psychology. In doing so, I learned that regular abdominal pain in children is an expression of tension.

Feedback from teachers confirmed this. They told me that my daughter tries very hard to do everything right and doubts herself.

When I realized this, I changed our approach. One evening my daughter said again that her stomach hurt.

While she was in bed, I asked her to imagine a nice walk so she could relax. And when she calmed down, I asked her to imagine that her stomach was warm and relaxed, and also that it was filled with emoji. It was very easy for her to imagine the colorful, soft, happy and friendly emoji inside.

And after that evening she never complained about pain in her stomach. Simple, fast and easy!

What problems can be treated

Hypnotherapy can help children in such problems as:

Anxiety, including anxiaga before exams
Fears and phobia
Depression
Disorders of food behavior and much more

Reviews of parents

Olga, because our son Tim (11) had problems:

Afraid of noise, especially loud motorcycles / traffic situation
Afraid of facing new situations
Was unsure of himself

After learning about the above problems, Olga invited Tim to a one-hour therapy session.
He was a little excited about this session. When they finished, Tim was very calm and balanced .

Olga advised me to listen to her audiotape regularly. Tim listened to her recording daily. Moreover, Olga has been instructing Tim for a week already, and this has also been beneficial.

After 4 weeks we noticed that Tim's behavior changed.

Tim is no longer afraid of motorcycles; now he is relaxed in the traffic situation
He is mastering new situations; he changed school recently and is open minded

It was amazing how Tim changed his behavior in a few weeks. This method works and helps change behavior.

Renata, Netherlands

Before we contacted Olga, my daughter (aged 15) had orthorexia - a clinical picture that even all doctors do not recognize. The food was carefully sorted into healthy and unhealthy. Meat, fish and eggs have been removed from the menu for ethical reasons. White flour and sugar are taboo. Out of respect for nature and the environment, she stopped eating food that was transported by air...

Of course, weight loss, abdominal pain and depression followed. Due to a bad mood, the appetite for "healthy" food worsened, and the daughter's condition continued to deteriorate - vicious circle .

After a quick transformational therapy, the mood slowly improved and there was confidence that the love of the environment and health could be integrated into everyday life. As her self-confidence increased, her appetite got better and better, and she soon returned to her normal weight.

I am very impressed _ with the speed and effectiveness of therapy and can only recommend it! Many thanks to Olga!

Dina, Germany

Hypnosis for children - questions and answers

Is it safe to hypnotize a child?

Hypnotherapy is completely safe.
Hypnosis cannot force your child to act against their will, but hypnotherapy is an effective way to find the root cause of a child's problem and resolve it.
The hypnologist acts solely in the interests of the child.

Is there an age limit for hypnosis?

Hypnotherapy uses speech for transformational work. Therefore, it is important that the child's language skills are already developed. In doing so, the hypnotherapist adjusts his or her own language to the language and level of understanding of the child. As a rule, hypnotherapy is suitable for children from 5 years old.

Is hypnosis suitable for childhood trauma?

Hypnotherapy is especially useful for helping trauma survivors rebuild their memories of trauma or abuse, as well as give them a greater sense of control and eliminate painful feelings such as self-blame.

Can hypnotherapy change a child's personality?

Hypnotherapy changes beliefs and automatic behaviors when you want them to, but cannot change who you are. Because hypnosis works on your mind - your thoughts, feelings and emotions - it can only help you change them and bring out the best in your personality.

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