Hello, my name is Heather………..and contrary to the popular belief held by many children and teenagers – grown up’s were once children too!   So here I am, showing up with all my childhood experiences (good and not so good) as well as all my life experience in general – in the belief that had I been taught NLP skills as a child, I would have been so much better equipped and able to effectively deal with some of life’s more challenging experiences.

A Psychology degree provided the opportunity to work on several research projects investigating a serious mental illness and I met some amazing families along the way. I learned a valuable lesson in humility and found that I had a real passion for making a difference.   As a single parent, with both personal and parental experience of ADHD and overcoming many other ‘stretches’ along the way, I brought up my two children with the realisation that the simplest of things can have the profoundest impact on children, parents and family life in general.  Through my work in specialist pharmaceutical sales I learned the true value of language and effective communication.

It has taken a while but finally, I am realising my ultimate desire to work with children/young adults through my chosen pathway of NLP4Kids.

Being a child should be the most wonderful and magical experience enabling growth and development on a journey to adult hood. With childrens’ boundless energy, limitless imagination and creativity combined with a natural curiosity about all things, childhood is the perfect time for the learning of new skills that can be embedded and established as they grow into happy, confident, empowered and successful adults. Nothing more than they deserve.

Life is not perfect or always fair and not always a magical experience and despite best will or intention things do go awry. Good self esteem and confidence underpins who we are and all we do and is majorly influenced by our values and beliefs. So, bullying or being bullied or even peer pressure can impact how children see themselves. Stress, anxiety and depression can greatly impact a child’s behaviour to the point of self harm, eating disorders or fears and phobias or to a lesser degree affect how they cope with exams, homework or even sporting activities.

What never ceases to amaze me is how very quickly NLP tools and techniques can help redress the balance and empower children to turn self destructive behaviours and negativity back into positive and constructive behaviour and actions – learning how to control violent outbursts and other emotional states, to stay calm. Eradicating limiting self talk and enabling goal setting, improving writing skills, concentration and memory, teaching communication skills so that they will be not only better communicators but good listeners as well! Children can learn how to cope with change – sometimes this is related to change of school and sometimes it relates to family issues, such as moving, parental separation or divorce.  Sometimes a child maybe coping with a health complaint or serious illness – NLP and therapy can have a major impact here particularly for pain management.

It is hard not to be excited when you know that all this change work is carried out in a fun, interactive and non-judgemental way, all the while tapping into children’s resourcefulness, creativity, energy and openness – helping them to become inspired and motivated to get results,achieve their goals and reach their full potential.

I offer private 1-2-1 NLP/THERAPY SESSIONS as well as conducting NLP WORKSHOPS for children (also, parents and teachers) within schools or other community setting ( mostly in small groups of 12 or less and within similar age range). My specialist area is ADHD.

I am located in Wootton, Northampton. Please….take up my offer of a FREE (without obligation) consultation (worth £100) where you can talk in confidence and establish that I am the right person to work with your child.