Of course, we would all like to consider childhood as a carefree time, full of happiness, love and laughter. However the reality is that many children face similar challenges in every day life as their adult parents, the difference for children, is that they do not have the wisdom or years of experience to make sense of their feelings.

It is claimed by many child psychologists that between the ages of 3 years and 11 years is an imprint period. This means that childhood experiences between these ages are likely to have an impact on who that child becomes, how they feel, behave and represent the world to themselves in later life. This is why it is extremely important that a child is given the opportunity to understand their feelings and emotions. Failure to do so, could lead to that child growing up and feeling unable to ever achieve their full potential.

Common problems for children include:

• Exam stress e.g. 11+ examinations, GCSE’s or specialist subject exams.
• Lack of Confidence caused by natural shyness or life experiences.
• Low Self Esteem e.g. self doubt, lack of assertiveness, negative beliefs, sensitivity.
• Phobias From mild fears to sheer terror.
• Bereavement- remember this can be a confusing time for children, they may react to the emotions of others who are close to them or may experience a deep loss for someone/something that may be regarded as minor by others around them.
• Parents Divorce or any other kind of changes in home life can also cause disruption to an ordinarily balanced emotional state.

Children are much easier patients than adults as their minds are more open to the idea of improvement. They have not received the same conditioning from life that adults have. This means that results occur much more quickly when working with children. We ask parents to support their child throughout their treatment in a variety of ways, and this may usually involve others within the family behaving or reacting in new ways. Since we usually work alone with the child after the initial consultation involving the child and parent(s) we am able to build up good rapport with the child, and this way the child will usually express themselves a little better when their parents are not around. This is because when the parents are in the room, they would tend to let their parents do most of the talking and thinking!

Our team are qualified in NLP with qualifications or experience in working with children. They have each undertaken a specialised NLP course for children and have regular retraining and CPD. Parents should therefore feel comfortable and confident about having their child work with an NLP4Kids practitioner.

Our team members all have up to date CRB checks, ISA registration and insurance.

What parents are saying about NLP4Kids…
“Her confidence has definately improved and she now dealing with the friend issue at school very well. The school has just telephoned me today to let me know how mature she has been and that they feel she has more confidence.”

“The best bit of news for her is that she remained calmer for her dancing exams and the dancing teacher was very impressed at how she dealt with her nerves. She got a merit for her ballet but a distinction for her tap, she is over the moon!!”

“He now tries to reach his full potential instead of denying that he is good enough to even try.”

“…She has learnt to communicate more effectively (especially with adults.)”

“He does more (i.e. Homework) independently.”