Child & Teen Hypnotherapy
Based in Bath with Laura Wiltshire
Helping young people feel calmer, stronger, and more themselves again
What they might be experiencing
- Anxiety, worry, or panic attacks daily
- Low confidence or poor self-esteem, as a constant behaviour
- School refusal or exam stress on a regular basis
- Sleep difficulties
- Emotional outbursts or mood swings (more than usual)
- Friendship difficulties or social anxiety
- OCD tendencies or repetitive behaviours being displayed
- Hair pulling or skin picking
- Physical symptoms like headaches or stomach aches with no clear cause
This is what we know...
The brain learns through repetition. Thoughts and behaviours become habits, even the unhelpful ones. So over time the brain just keeps running on what it knows, what it is familiar with. That’s why some young people get stuck in cycles of panic, withdrawal, perfectionism, anger, or low self worth.
The good news is: the brain can change.
When children and teens hypnotherapy in Bath with Laura Wiltshire starts to help them understand what’s happening in their brain and body, it gives them the space to breathe. They begin to feel gently hopeful, even if that feeling of hope has been lost for a while. That’s when they start thinking and responding differently, things begin to shift in their thought processes and behaviours. Often sooner that they expect.
How I Work with Children and Teens
Solution Focused Hypnotherapy helps children and teens build new emotional pathways, calmly, gently, and with a focus on what’s working well for them in their lives. This is achieved through talking therapy.
There’s no pressure to talk about anything they’re not ready for. We focus on solutions, strengths, and the brain’s natural ability to learn and change. This is where the use of hypnotherapy is so beneficial.
Hypnotherapy is a natural, familiar state, it is the same one the brain uses and creates in daydreaming, imagination, or deep focus. All states that the child and teen brains are already familiar with. That’s why it feels so safe and comfortable for young people when i use it in our sessions.
In sessions, I help them to:
• Feel calmer and less overwhelmed
• Build their confidence and emotional resilience
• Improve their sleep, focus, and mood
• Reduce panic, anger, and negative patterns of behaviour, helping them feel more
in control
• Reconnecting with their strengths and potential
Step by step, through guided relaxation and practical, brain-based tools, they develop new patterns of thinking and behaving, that help them to feel more in control, from the inside out.
What Sessions Look Like
• Children benefit in my sessions with them from using a combination of
creative tools, metaphor, and imagination
• Teens welcome having a respectful and easy space to talk and explore
without pressure
• Trust, confidence, and emotional safety are built every session between myself
and them
• Judgement free, no labels, no force, just support, this is a safe space for them
Safety, Trust and Confidentiality
I am DBS Enhanced Checked, and lead every session with compassion, empathy, and respect.
Confidentiality is crucial for young people to feel safe enough to open up. in our sessions together what they share stays between us, unless, safeguarding requires otherwise.
Importantly, they deserve a space where they feel heard, protected, and never
judged. Knowing they can trust the person they’re talking to matters deeply, and that’s something I take seriously, every step of the way.
A Little About Me
Laura Wiltshire, BSc (Hons) Psychology, DSFH, HPD, Certified Hypnobirthing Practitioner
- Qualified and registered Solution Focused Hypnotherapist
- Advanced Hypnotherapy Diploma (AHD) in progress
- Neurofeedback training specialising in ADHD and Insomnia in progress
Member of:
British Psychological Society (BPS)
Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
Association for Solution Focused Hypnotherapy (AfSFH)
- CPHT Alumni (Clifton Practice Hypnotherapy Training)
- Regular CPD in working with children and young people
Experienced in working with children, teens, and families in person, online, and internationally
I follow all safeguarding guidelines and take great care to uphold the emotional and physical wellbeing of every child I work with. Where useful, I’m happy to collaborate with other professionals involved in your child’s care, always with permission, and always with sensitivity to their privacy and progress.
Common Issues I Support
• Low confidence and self-esteem
• Emotional regulation and overwhelm
• Sleep issues and nightmares
• Tics and Tourette’s (worsened by stress)
• Bedwetting and toileting anxiety
• Stress linked to ADHD, dyslexia, or learning pace
• School, social or exam pressure
• Blended family challenges or big transitions
• Self-harm or shutdown
• Trauma, grief, and emotional shock
• Anxiety and panic
This list isn’t exhaustive. If your child or teen is struggling with something that doesn’t appear here, please know, as that support may still be available.
A Way Forward
It might feel heavy right now, for them and for you, but neither of you are alone in this.
With the right support, young people can reconnect with themselves, find calm, and step into a future they feel more prepared for.
If you’d like to explore support for your child or teen, I’m here, kind, confidential, professional, and fully on their side. No pressure. Just a genuine wish to help.
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