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Childhood is an important time when we lay the foundations of our personality and psychological associations that can remain with us for the rest of our lives. Equally, childhood is a time of flexibility and children are often more open to change than adults. Parents are ideally placed to notice their children’s habitual patterns of behaviour as they develop and this means that you can prevent such behaviours from placing limits on your child in later life.
NLP can be beneficial for children who have a social phobia, school phobia, anxiety, stress, children who have been bullied or suffer from low self esteem, those who have experienced bereavement or have other emotional or behavioural issues. NLP can empower your child to take control of their emotions, their behaviour and their thoughts. Uniquely tailored techniques can provide your child with strategies that will allow them to deal with all of the challenges they face in growing up. Due to their vivid imaginations and open-mindedness, children can particularly benefit from NLP.
What is NLP?
NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming) is a powerful tool for identifying and changing the habitual patterns of behaviour that affect all of us.As we learn about the world around us we build associations between experiences, things that we see, hear and feel. Through this process of learning we can become stuck with certain thoughts, beliefs, behaviours and feelings that can be counter-productive.
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For example, a child who finds social situations difficult may learn to respond in ways that ultimately make such situations even more difficult, for example, by withdrawing from other children or by creating a belief that others cause her to feel embarrassment or anxiety.
Over the long term, the repetition of negative patterns can limit our range of possible responses so we no longer have choice in how we deal with the events that happen in our lives. One of the principles of NLP is that “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got!” In other words, if you want something different, do something different.
NLP works by breaking down and shifting negative thoughts, feelings, beliefs and behaviours so that you can respond in more positive ways. Through the use of well established techniques that will be uniquely tailored to your child’s own needs, NLP provides your child with choice in how to respond to any situation.
NLP provides the child with internal strategies to enable them to respond to situations more successfully. By using methods such as drawing and story telling, sessions can be delivered in an exciting and non-threatening way. |
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