Gisele Cotton

I specialise in working with children aged 8 and above and am able to adapt my approach to work with those with additional needs, special educational needs, disabilities and neurodiversity.  I work with children struggling with the symptoms and behaviours associated with anxiety, stress, anger, excessive negativity and low confidence and the solution focused approach helps them regain a greater level of emotional resilience, control and develop a much more optimistic, positive and confident outlook on life.

As well as helping them take positive steps towards their goals, during sessions, they will also learn how their brain works to create their specific concerns so they can understand why they have been feeling or behaving in these unhelpful ways. They will learn strategies to help them take back control in the first instance, and then be able use this knowledge and skills to better self-manage their emotions and behaviours more easily in the future.

I offer a complementary one-hour initial consultation which can be face to face or online, during which my main focus will be on your child; discussing their current situation, their best hopes for the therapy and how we can collaborate to bring about positive changes to support them in achieving their goals. During this, I also provide a helpful and age-appropriate explanation about how the brain works, ensuring that both your child and you have a clear understanding of the process, know what to expect and understand how you can support the process in-between sessions. Sessions are solution focused with 30 to 35 minutes of talking followed by 20minutes of clinical hypnotherapy which is an guided relaxation.