Author Archives: Gemma Bailey
Yesterday after a rowdy and somewhat chaotic session of perceptual positions with my Y6 group, I sat in the hall waiting to see if anyone would show up for a drop in session with me. This is like counselling for problems that crop up on the playground, but[…]
Read MoreAt our children’s franchise discovery days (www.NLP4Kids.org/join-the-team) I am often questioned about why I think it’s ok to make money from the kind of work that we do. Surely we should not be making money from the suffering of children? Surely we should be a charity?! I have[…]
Read MoreWe’ve had a very busy week at NLP4Kids HQ as our quest to find more child therapists for our children’s franchise continues. We sent out an eshot this week to the Executives On The Web database advertising NLP4Kids as an education franchise and we’ve had several enquiries and[…]
Read MoreWe’ve recently set up a Facebook collaboration with Child Eyes (https://www.facebook.com/ChildEyes) I found their page really interesting because they highlight the images that children are bombarded with that, it could be argued cause them to grow up too quick. At NLP4Kids we frequently work with young people experiencing[…]
Read MoreI recently posted on the NLP4Kids Facebook page about a very young person I had met aged 9 if I recall correctly, who attended an after school activity every night of the week, on a Saturday and a further 3 on Sundays. As ever, opinion on where this[…]
Read MoreI joined a gym recently (that in itself is a revelation trust me!). As I was jogging away, I was listening to a podcast on my iPhone. I do this because I don’t always like to listen to the music that is blaring in the gym. However I[…]
Read MoreRecently the NLP4Kids team got together for a research project. We are going to be researching the effectiveness of our work in a measured way in a specific area of NLP with a specific defined group of people. On the day, we were very fortunate to have the[…]
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago NLP4Kids went into schools, offering free confidence building workshops in exchange for pupils donating to children in need. Lewis my assistant and I went into Christchurch School where we worked with four classes, years 3 to 6. Each class had over 30 children[…]
Read MoreAmongst stress and anxiety, depression in children is one of the top mental health conditions that young people face. When talking about child therapy depression comes up more often than not. Depression is an extreme feeling of hopelessness, sadness and lack of self esteem. Everyone feels sad sometimes,[…]
Read MoreWhen talking about child therapy anxiety is one of the hot topics of conversation. Anxiety is an intense feeling of fear or worry. Both of these are natural feeling but can cause a problem if a child feels unable to gain control of these emotions or if they[…]
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