In the world of child therapy it is now being recognised that more children are suffering from moderate mental health issues in the UK than ever before and the numbers are on the rise. There may be a number of factors that are contributing to this. For example,[…]

Working within the field of child therapy something I encountered for the first time many years ago (but didn’t have a “label” for yet) is selective mutism. The symptoms of this are characterised when a child who has an ability to communicate verbally does not. Often the child[…]

The number of children and young people with moderate mental health issues is on the increase and the supply of child therapy services to help overcome these issues just isn’t meeting the demand. CAMHS is the child and adolescent mental health service. They are part of the NHS[…]

NLP4Kids has been accepted as part of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition – Yay!

Do you remember being at school and hearing your teacher say something like: “Can you pay attention and stop looking at the ceiling!” (When a pupil is looking up) “You won’t find the answers up there!” “I know he’s not listening as there is absolutely no eye contact!”[…]

You are communicating all the time, even when you are not physically speaking you are communicating. You can never not communicate; this is why learning good communication skills from a young age is vital in developing healthy relationships with people as you grow up and why we, in[…]

This is the video version of the article that you can find on the NLP4Kids blog page at www.nlp4kids.org. It has some great tips for improving your child’s concentration.

Shyness is a challenge for many young children, luckily it tends to get better with age, however here are a few ideas as to how you can start to improve your child’s confidence now.