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Help Young People Make Decisions: Parents & Professionals
As well as sharing a decision making strategy with you, we’ll be reflecting on NLP4Kids from seven years ago. Back in the pre-covid days, I used to run an even in London where I would do a demonstration of a decision making strategy to encourage people who were[…]
Read moreThe Dangers of Too Many Choices: Parents & Professionals
We know that when someone feels overwhelmed, they may be more likely to get anxious and feel under pressure. Whilst me might see having choices as advantageous, too many choices can definitely induce overwhelm. Have you heard of choice overload? This is when there are so many choices[…]
Read moreStop it with The Labels!: Parents & Professionals
Since the birth of modern psychology in 1879, there have been more refined and accurate diagnosis of mental health difficulties and learning differences. As awareness of these have increase, so has casual labelling of traits that we recognise from the world of psychology. However, having a label –[…]
Read moreWhat I Didn’t Want to Tell You About NLP4Kids
I’m writing today because we really need to up-our-game to address the growing number of mental health issues that C19 has left in its wake. We need more people on our team; people like you. As much as we’re in the business of making a difference, it needs[…]
Read moreCreating Responsible Attitudes: Parents & Professionals
In this video, I’m sharing a strategy that we use at NLP4Kids to get young people to feel empowered to take more responsibility. It’s extremely simple but all of the steps are important to do to ensure it works effectively. The key thing to remember is that if[…]
Read moreUnder Pressure: Parents & Professionals
A few days ago the UK government released a white paper detailing their goals to help more primary aged children meet the expected standards in Education. This has lead many to ask the question: How do we improve standards with our increasing the levels of pressure and stress[…]
Read moreHow to Handle Resistance to Resolution: Parents & Professionals
I have 3 tips to dealing with resistance to resolution. Resistance to resolution is when a young person is not compliant with the ideas or strategies you offer that would obviously make their lives better! Sometimes this happens not because the young person is resistant to improving themselves[…]
Read moreDealing with Repetitive Behaviours and OCD Tendencies: Parents and Professionals
Here are 9 tips for helping a young person who has some obsessive or repetitive tendencies in how they behave. Whilst this is not a video specifically for OCD, it may still have some benefits. Often we use the term OCD without a diagnosis and to describe repetitive[…]
Read moreWhat’s Your *Real* Problem: Parents and Professionals
Before working with any kind of practitioner or reaching out to an organisation to ask for mental health support for a young person, it’s a really good idea to properly define what the problem is. The benefit of doing so will enable the practitioner to offer the right[…]
Read moreThe Beetle in Your Shoe: Parents and Professionals
Sometimes we know what the problem is but are just too tired or distracted by other things to be able to do anything much about it. The problem with putting things off (and hoping eventually they’ll just sort themselves out) is that it is costing you more energy[…]
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