Description
From the initial interview to creating the best metaphors, readers will find a guide to using this alternative therapy with young clients. Individual sessions are discussed, as well as how hypnosis can help with specific problems such as anxiety, depression, divorcing parents and habits like thumb sucking, bedwetting, and lack of motivation. Lynn Lyons, LICSW, has been a psychotherapist for 25 years and specializes in the treatment of anxious children and their parents, with a special interest in interrupting the generational pattern of worry in families. In addition to her private practice in Concord, New Hampshire, she presents internationally to mental health and medical providers, educators, school nurses, and parents on the topics of anxiety, pediatric hypnosis, and the importance of experiential strategies in therapy. She is the co-author with Reid Wilson of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous and Independent Children and the companion book Playing with Anxiety: Casey’s Guide for Teens and Kids.
