Children's Hypnotherapy Course
The demand for children's hypnotherapy has never been higher, as children increasingly face complex challenges. Children’s hypnosis and hypnotherapy are gaining recognition as holistic approaches for addressing anxiety, confidence, sleep, and emotional challenges. The KidsMatters® children's hypnosis training has been helping hypnotherapists meet the needs of children for over ten years.
You’ll learn to use children’s hypnosis and advanced hypnotherapy techniques—plus accessible, practical applications of CBT and NLP—to support young clients. The course breaks down sometimes complex approaches into easy-to-implement strategies, guiding you to work confidently and ethically with children and their parents. Through child-friendly protocols, you’ll empower children to achieve positive change and lasting wellbeing.
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Children's Hypnotherapy Training
It’s very easy to think of children as being “little adults” when it comes to hypnosis, but nothing could be further from the truth. As a mum of two, when I started working with kids I assumed I could easily adapt the hypnotherapy approach I was using with adults. But it didn’t land correctly, because I didn’t understand just how different working with children was.
I developed KidsMatters®, which contains clear, easily applied protocols, to initially ensure I was working effectively with children and have been sharing this knowledge with KidsMatters® practitioners for over ten years.
Kids are highly imaginative, and we need to learn how to work with their often rapidly changing state of flow. It’s also imperative, if you’re planning to work in the field of children’s hypnotherapy, that you understand how to work with their parents, and sometimes schools. Working with kids means working as part of a team.
If you’d like to work in this exciting, increasingly in-demand area, training as a KidsMatters® practitioner will give you everything you need to confidently work with clients from as young as five up to their teenage years.
Curriculum
Welcome and Introduction
- Use of Logo and Course Titles
- Certification, Assignments and Course Navigation
- Welcome
- Learning Outcomes
- Optional Assignments
Tailoring Your Approach to Children
- Working with Imaginative Flow
- How can Hypnotherapy Help Children?
- What Age Can You Work With Children
- Contraindications
Working With Neurodivergent Children
- What is Neurodivergence?
- An Overview of Neurodivergent Conditions
- Meeting the Child's Needs
- Parental Expectations
- Discussing the Possibility of Neurodivergence
Team Working With Parents
- Establishing a Relationship with the Child & Parents
- Therapeutic Boundaries
- Team Working with Schools
Children, Ethics and the Law
- Overview
- Child Protection and Wellbeing
- Confidentiality
- National and Local Laws
- Professional Membership and Insurance
- Implied and Informed Consent
Fun and Games
- Benefits of Therapeutic Games
- Rapport Building
- Discussing Sensitive Issues
- Inner Resources and Solutions
- Explaining Hypnotherapy
- Encouraging Parental Child Interaction
- Drawing and NLP
- Scripts
- Resources
Inductions
- Child Friendly Inductions
- Example Personalised Inductions
- Quick and Effective Indctions
- Naturalistic inductions
- How to Tell When a Child is Hypnotised
Child-friendly Hypnotic Language, Metaphors & Storytelling
- Hypnotic Language Considerations
- Metaphors and Storytelling
Solution Focused Approach
- The Miracle Question
- Scaling
- Goal Setting
- Accessing Inner Resources
NLP Anchor
- Secret Superhero
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Thoughts, Emotions and Behaviours
- Distorted and Irrational Thinking
- ABCDE Approach
- Combining CBT with Hypnosis
- Homework
Revisiting Trauma and Letting Go
- Revisiting Trauma
- Letting Go
- Submodalities
Mindfulness
- What is Mindfulness?
- Emotional Regulation
Self-hypnosis
- Teaching Self-hypnosis
Self-esteem and Self-confidence
- Self-esteem
- Self-confidence
- Self-Esteem/ Self-confidence Protocol
Self-destructive Behaviour
- What is Self-Destructive Behaviour?
- Self-destructive Behaviour Protocol
Bullying
- How Bullying Affects a Child
- Bullying Protocol
Bedwetting
- Bedwetting
- What Causes Bedwetting?
- Bedwetting Protocol
Anxiety
- What is Anxiety?
- Anxiety Symptoms in Children
- Explaining Anxiety to Children
- Working with Anxiety & Anxiety Protocol
"Picky Eating"
- What is Picky Eating
- Picky Eating Protocol
Phobias
- What is a Phobia?
- What Causes Phobias?
- Phobia Protocol
Exam Nerves
- Causes of Exam Anxiety
- Hypnosis for Exam Anxiety
- Exam Anxiety Protocol
Thumb Sucking and Other Habits
- Thumb Sucking
- Thumb Sucking and Habit Protocol
Concentration Issues
- Concentration Issues
- Concentration Issues Protocol
Chronic Pain
- What is Chronic Pain?
- How Hypnosis Can Help
- Chronic Pain Protocol
References & Bibliography
- References
- Bibliography
- Online Journal Articles
Resources and Scripts
- Resources
- Scripts
- Logos
- Video from Workshop 9th October 2022
Assignments
Included in your course...
Video demonstrations
Learn the techniques by watching Claire demonstrate them with clients.
Client resources
Whether you are an experienced hypnotherapist, or work with women in a different way, you'll find all the client resources, including forms, handouts, scripts and recordings, to work effectively with your clients.
Optional assignments
You have a choice of working through the course material in your own time and, on completion of the course, contacting me to issue your certificate. Alternatively, if you wish to have further support, you are welcome to complete and submit assignments for marking.
Self-paced learning
You can complete this course at your own pace and are asked to submit your assignments within six months.
Free certificate in hypnotherapy
If hypnotherapy isn't your primary modality, you can access our Certificate in Hypnotherapy course free of charge. This course is designed to offer you an overview of hypnotherapy theory and techniques but it is not designed to qualify you as a hypnotherapist. If you wish to train as a fully qualified hypnotherapist, you are advised to complete a CNHC Accredited Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy.
Online portal access
You will have access to an online learning portal for twelve months from purchase of your course. Written materials can be downloaded so that you have permanent access to them.
Business support
You will receive advice and support in marketing your services and images, text and logos to launch your children's hypnotherapy service.
CPD hours
You have a choice of completing the course without assignments, by working through the online course materials. This counts for 8 hours CPD or CE. If you prefer to complete assignments, which you receive feedback on, this counts for 15 hours CPD or CE. Both options are accredited by the ACCPH.