Podcast 07: Helping a child today plants the seeds for decades of positive growth

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Hello I’m Richard Sinclair your host for the special edition of Amanda Wright’s hypnotherapy podcast and today’s edition helping a child today plants the seeds for decades of positive growth.I have with me today renowned expert Amanda Wright are leading figure in child and teen hypnotherapy she’s been doing wonders especially with ADHD children using her unique and exciting methods

Amanda, let’s dive right in. Thanks for the warm introduction, Richard. I’m excited to share why supporting children with hypnotherapy is so important. That’s great and I know our listeners are certainly intrigued by your approach. You often talk about how every empowered child has the potential to become an amazing force for good in the world. Can you tell us a bit more about this? Certainly. As a hypnotherapist, I firmly believe that every child we empower today can indeed shape a better tomorrow.

People ask why I choose to work with children. The answer is simple. It’s fun. Seeing the rapid improvement in children, the change in their habits, thoughts or behaviours is deeply rewarding and I get to have fun too.  Amen, to that. Change through fun. That sounds fantastic. So tell us now how exactly do you bring about these incredible transformations?

Well Richard, it’s a combination of techniques, some inspired by the pioneering work of Melissa Tiers and Kelli T Woods. They are fantastic hypnotherapists and well-known in the USA. I also use a wide range of hypnotic mindfulness and yoga methods as well. I blend them in a way that captures children’s imagination and encourages their subconscious to engage in learning in an active, exciting way.

The real game changer, the secret source, if you like, is dopamine. The neurotransmitter that is released when we experience novelty, curiosity, and engagement. Fun we say is the only way of hijacking a child’s trance. It’s the glue that makes the change. It’s the thing that sticks and also happens to be the best thing that we have to use for a vast range of hypnotic methods. It’s the heart of this program.

That sounds absolutely fascinating. But tell us now, how does that work actually in practice, especially with children and teens with ADHD? Well, I teach children to change states to rewire their brains. The brain, especially during childhood and adolescence, is incredibly malleable. I take advantage of this. I guide them to practice forming different neural connections, rewarding them with a better feeling state. and when they repeat this, it starts to form patterns that can run on their own. So effectively, helping a child today truly plants the seeds for decades of positive growth.

Remember, a belief is just a thought that you keep thinking, so changing your thoughts and feelings about those things is your pathway to change. This changes subconscious patterns and programs they’re formed by repetition. Anything that is done, felt or even imagined repeatedly begins to create habitual programs. You may have heard the saying that neurons that fire together, wire together.
And as we say, kids and teens’ brains are changing all the time, both reinforcing as well as pruning connections at a phenomenal rate. I teach children and teens to practice making different connections and reward them with that better feeling state. It works incredibly well. It’s fun. This is what gives the kids the dopamine rush for them to want to try it again and again. It’s the magic that works in hypnotherapy.

Well, so every child you assist, every session you conduct, it’s not just about the now, but it’s about instilling a pattern for the lifelong, positive transformation. Absolutely, Richard. That’s why there’s no cookie cutter approach in my work. Every child is unique and therefore my sessions are tailored to the child or teen specific needs. Over the years and being a parent myself, I’ve learned the art of flexibility, especially when dealing with neurodiverse children and teens. a common reason parents bring their children to me.

I empower these children showing them that they can control how they feel in the world and that in a world that seems so uncertain. This is my mission, allowing them to feel calm, safe in the world and this is what allows growth and flexibility for them in the future.

Inspiring words Amanda, your work clearly has a profound impact on these children’s lives. Can you give us an example of such a child that you’ve helped with these incredible methods? Certainly Richard.

Just recently I’ve worked with a young man who’s felt very concerned. He’s quite anxious about going on the school camp. And with just two sessions, he’s learned through fun and inspiration and repetition. He’s learned new ways to deal with his social anxiety. He’s doing incredibly well. He’s happy, uplifted and inspired about the opportunities he has and he’s looking forward to moving forward and going on holidays on his own in the future.

And then there’s the other young girl who was getting bullied at school and she’s now learned some new methods, techniques and technologies so that she can now return to school and not feel concerned or upset by the bullies, she’s learned how to empower herself and feel strong in the moment. And this is true lifelong positive transformation that I’ve seen happen in just a short number of sessions.

Not only are the children happy Richard, the parents are absolutely delighted and that’s why I’m seeing an influx of more and more children in my practice and I welcome this because this is the positive path to change. That’s wonderful Amanda and any work that you’re doing with children, naturally you’d want to be involved with the parents as well. Is there something that you do for them to help them with the ongoing care for their children, with the issues that they come to see you about?

Yes Richard, in the sessions that I have, the parents are involved at the initial stage, often they’re the ones who make the contact and outline what it is. what it is that the children are concerned with and how they’d like to see them change.

When they come to the session, the parents and the children come together to the session. The parents are always in the room when I work with the children, and they are both learning the new techniques and technologies that I’m showing the children. So oftentimes they are also involved in learning these things so they can practice them at home with the children, the new technologies and techniques. It helps both the children and the parents.

That’s great Amanda and I’m sure that in these times where there’s such a shortage of services for child development issues that a program such as yours must be a wonderful benefit to many families. I would like to think so and that’s why people tell me I’m also happy to work with the other services I see myself as ancillary support working with doctors and other practitioners, pediatric practitioners as part of a team.

We all work together to change and enhance the life of children and getting in early is such a reward. It helps to change children now so that these issues they’re confronting don’t become habitual programs that run on into the future. That’s wonderful, Amanda

Thank you very much for your time today. That wraps up another great episode of This is Your Special Time with Amanda Wright, hypnotherapy. Thank you all for tuning in and a huge thank you to Amanda for speaking to us today with her amazing insights into hypnotherapy for children.

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