Ann Payne

UK - South East

07846311614

Hi, I’m Ann, a licensed NLP4kids and NLP practitioner based in West Sussex and Surrey. I work with children between the ages of 5 and 17 years of age in either workshops in schools, workshops in the community or one-to-one therapy sessions. I also work with adults in[…]

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Hi, I’m Ann, a licensed NLP4kids and NLP practitioner based in West Sussex and Surrey.

I work with children between the ages of 5 and 17 years of age in either workshops in schools, workshops in the community or one-to-one therapy sessions. I also work with adults in one-to-one therapy sessions.

I have worked in the field of child and family social work for many years. Through that work, I acquired a passion to help children and their families to find ways of dealing with the challenges or difficulties they were facing. I have undertaken various courses that have enabled me to work during my social work career with children and parents who have faced traumatic situations. Also, I have undertaken studies and worked with children who had special needs and their families, and I am aware of how the children and their parents struggle with anxiety, difficulties in social situations, difficulties at school, mental health problems and face various other challenges in their life.

Though my career I could see how therapy was beneficial to children and their families, so for that reason I trained in NLP and became a Licensed Practitioner with NLP4kids.

NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) can work very well with quick results when working with a child or an adult that finds himself/herself in a negative cycle. It is solution-focused so there is no need to spend time dwelling on the past and time can be used to work on positive solutions and looking at how to make changes for a positive future.

I am also a qualified solution-focused hypnotherapist. Therefore, my sessions are a blend of NLP techniques and solution-focused hypnotherapy. Each session is client-led and tailored precisely to meet the individual’s needs, offering practical skills, tools and techniques to overcome challenges, with clear directions that the client can use straight away to start to make changes.

Face-to-face sessions are available in my therapy room in Lingfield, Surrey. If you cannot attend my therapy room, sessions can be done virtually via zoom or home visits can be arranged. Call me to discuss what option would work best for you.

I offer a FREE initial telephone call so you can learn more about the therapies I offer, and how they could help you or your child.

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How Does Our Therapy Help Children and Young People?

We use a combination of safe and effective therapies with children and teenagers that help them learn how to control their thoughts, emotions and behaviour. Our practitioners are specialists in working with children using a form of therapy called NLP. This stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming. "Neuro" relates to the brain and "linguistic" refers to language and how it is used inside the mind and out of the mouth! "Programming" describes the patterns and habits created, learnt and followed. Using NLP techniques and strategies, (which we have adapted to be fun, safe and easy for children and teenagers to use) we give young people the skills to think in new ways so that they feel in control and learn to understand the world from the perspective of others as well as their own. NLP is a cognitive form of therapy, with some parallels to CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy.) Our work is effective in helping children overcome bad habits, behaviour problems, fears and self esteem problems as well as many other challenges. (See the list below for more suggestions about the types of problems we can help with.)

In addition, our practitioners may have qualifications in other specialist therapies, such as EFT/TFT (tapping techniques), Coaching, Counselling and Hypnotherapy for children.

Hypnosis is perfectly safe for children because it is a relaxed state that they already utilise when learning, watching television or doing something creative. Some children will be able to experience a deep, eyes closed relaxing trance. Young children are usually more suited to an awakened trance. This is induced when playing games, colouring or whilst other activities that our Hypnotherapy4Kids practitioners have been trained to use. Our Hypnotherapists will notice the subtle shifts in your child�s levels of awareness so that they can begin to implant suggestions for change or improvement as soon as they see that an awakened trance is achieved.

The first step in helping your child is to contact a practitioner who is local to you. You can call them on the number above or complete the contact box below if you would like the practitioner to contact you. They will conduct a consultation with you, either over the phone or in person. Once they have understood the challenges your child is facing, they will invite you and your child to meet with them. If you decide to go ahead with some therapy or coaching sessions for your child, the therapist will advise you of the best course of action. Your therapist will give you feedback and advise to help you support your child and you will remain in full control of the number of sessions you book and how often. [Read Less]