Paula Emmens

UK - South East

07494214673

“Dedicated to helping young people build bright, happy futures for themselves” Hello, my name is Paula, I am a licensed NLP4Kids practitioner in East Kent offering workshops and therapy to children and teenagers helping them to make sense of their feelings. I work with children between 5 and[…]

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“Dedicated to helping young people build bright, happy futures for themselves”

Hello, my name is Paula, I am a licensed NLP4Kids practitioner in East Kent offering workshops and therapy to children and teenagers helping them to make sense of their feelings.

I work with children between 5 and 17 years of age in either a workshop environment or one to one therapy.

Teaching simple NLP techniques in workshops is an excellent way to give children new skills to solve their own problems whilst building confidence, resilience and self-esteem. In a therapeutic one to one session, NLP is extremely effective and focuses mainly on positive, better ways to deal with specific challenges rather than spending lots of time dwelling on past negative, events or unwanted feelings.

Helping S.A.D people to feel better

I specialise in helping children and teenagers to overcome Stress, Anxiety and Depression (S.A.D). I am sure you are aware of the increase in the number of children struggling in these areas over recent years. Sadly, we hear of more and more young people self-harming, having panic attacks or dealing with traumatic events. I am passionate about helping S.A.D people to feel better.

As a parent to 4 wonderful children, I am all too familiar with the many different challenges our children are faced with today.

My early career was in corporate business where I was successful in a variety of co-ordination and management roles. In the latter years, I set up my own consultancy company. I was initially looking to learn NLP for my own personal development as I had seen first-hand the positive results as I was growing up. My Dad had been on a course as part of his leadership development program and even as a young person I could really see valuable impact. I knew that NLP would teach me life skills and help me to be a better coach to others. In my search for a suitable course I stumbled across NLP4Kids. Suddenly, I became very excited about a complete change of direction in my career! With the skills I have learned in business and my own family experiences, NLP4Kids was a perfect opportunity for me. I felt compelled to make a positive difference to young people’s lives and I am so pleased that I am helping to grow happy confident adults.

I have since qualified as an NLP4Parent and NLP4Teachers practitioner as I can see the value in helping the whole family and other main influencers in children’s lives. I hope to train as a licensed Hypnotherapy4Kids practitioner in the near future.

I am based in Ashford, Kent. Please call me on 07494214673 or email me at paula@NLP4Kids.org to book a FREE consultation.

Ashford
Canterbury
Maidstone,
Tenterden,
Folkestone

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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]