Help Your Child Feel Calmer, More in Control, and Less Overwhelmed by Anxiety and Thoughts

If your child is worrying a lot, overthinking, getting stuck on thoughts, or feeling anxious before school or events, this is a good place to start.

You don’t need a diagnosis. Most children I see are simply struggling with anxiety that’s starting to affect their day-to-day life.

If you’re unsure, you can email me a short summary of their symptoms and I will confirm suitability.

No. There’s no pressure for your child to sit and explain everything.

Sessions are adapted to your child. We often use simple activities alongside conversation so they can feel more comfortable and open up naturally over time.

That’s very common.

The first sessions are about helping your child feel safe and settled. I work at their pace, and we don’t force anything. Most children begin to engage more once they feel comfortable.

Yes, where helpful.

You’ll receive clear, practical guidance on how to support your child at home, without adding pressure or reinforcing worry. Some sessions may include you, especially at the beginning.

Every teen responds differently, but some begin to notice changes during the early part of the programme, particularly around morning anxiety, nausea, stomach discomfort, urgency or feeling more able to manage situations that previously felt difficult. 

The 5-session Child Anxiety & Gut-Brain Programme is designed to create consistency and momentum. Rather than having occasional appointments, we work closely over approximately 30 days so your teen has time to learn the tools, practise them in everyday life, come back and review what happened, and build on each step.

Children can respond particularly well to this kind of work. Hypnotherapy uses imagination and focused attention in a way that often feels natural for younger people, while CBT and practical strategies help them understand what is happening and respond differently when anxiety or gut symptoms appear.

The goal is not to promise that every symptom will disappear within five sessions. It is to create meaningful change, greater confidence and a set of practical skills your teen can continue using after the programme has finished.

By the final session, we review their progress and create a clear plan for maintaining what they have learned and managing future difficult days more independently.

Yes, this is one of the most common reasons parents reach out.

We work on reducing the build-up of anxiety, helping your child feel more settled in the mornings, and giving them simple ways to cope with school-related stress.

Yes.

Anxiety often shows up in the body, especially in children. We focus on calming the overall response so both the emotional and physical symptoms become more manageable.

No.

You don’t need a diagnosis to start. If there are ongoing physical symptoms, it’s always sensible to have those checked medically, but many children are experiencing anxiety-related patterns rather than a medical issue.

If your child has more complex needs, we can discuss this before booking.

In many cases, I can support alongside other professionals, focusing on helping your child feel calmer and more able to manage their thoughts and emotions.

Both.

Sessions are available online or in person in Market Harborough, depending on what works best for your child.

No. I now work with children through the full 5-session programme rather than offering one-off sessions. 

In my experience, the children who make the strongest progress are usually the ones who have enough consistency to practise the strategies, come back, review what happened, and keep building on the work.

It also gives us time to build trust and a comfortable working relationship, something that can be especially important for teenagers before they feel ready to open up and properly engage with the work.

That ongoing structure creates accountability too. It is very easy to understand a tool in one session and then not use it when life gets busy or symptoms flare. Knowing we are reviewing progress together helps the work move into everyday life.

The 5-session programme gives us time to understand the pattern properly, build momentum, adjust the approach where needed, and help your child become more confident using the tools independently.

The aim is not more therapy, it is enough structure, trust and follow-through to give the work a proper chance to stick.

The first step is to book the full 5 session programme.  Or if you have questions please book the free 15 minute call to discuss your child and see if this programme is a good fit for them.