Product reviews for Scripts and Strategies in Hypnotherapy with Children

This comprehensive handbook for hypnotherapists and other professionals in the health care sector provides an extensive collection of sparkling crystal clear scripts and strategies with a problem~ and age appropriate approach for 5-15 year-old youngsters. Any difficulties children of this age group may encounter on their way to further development whether of a physical, mental, educational, emotional, or behavioural nature is richly provided for by tailor-made solution focused approaches. Lynda Hudson, a very experienced and highly professional therapist and lecturer, stresses repeatedly the importance of 'going with the flow' of information provided by the young clients themselves, speaking their languages, using their learning style and adapting metaphors to their experiences so that the intervention is totally relevant to the child and therefore more powerful.

The book is structured into 13 chapters, the first two of which are of a general nature, with useful summary boxes. Individual problems or major issues are tackled in the next 11 chapters.

These chapters are structured into:
The final section lists most useful references and resources referring to the specific problems dealt with in each of the previous chapters.

• Description, explanation, and/or characteristics of the problem in hand.


• Suitable aim of hypnotic treatment.


• Suitable approaches to the problem.


• Extensive age related, detailed, easy to follow scripts.

This unique handbook will provide professionals with many new, creative insights and suggestions to help relieve difficulties so many youngsters and their immediate environment are experiencing.