Hypnotherapy | SharonSelby.com | Parenting Tips to Help your Child with Anxiety

I am excited to have completed my training in hypnotherapy through Marisa Peer and the school of Rapid Transformational Therapy.

RTT is a distinctive therapeutic approach based on neuroscience, combining the most beneficial principles of Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy, NLP, and CBT. As a comprehensive solution-based therapy, RTT has been recognized for its unparalleled results.

RTT has won multiple awards including the Gold Stevie® Award: Marisa Peer – Using Neuroplasticity to Revolutionize Health (2019)

One mother’s experience…

“My 13 year old son started the horrible habit of biting his nails when he was 7 years old. Biting his nails turned into biting the sides of his fingers, and pretty soon, layer after layer of his skin began peeling off due to the incessant finger/nail-biting…I has horrified and heartbroken every time I looked at my son’s hands, they looked like they had third degree burns. Time after time we tried different approaches to help him stop this awful habit, but nothing worked. Because his grandfather and father have a milder version of this habit, I was hopeless my son would never be able to stop. But an in-person hypnotherapy session with Sharon Selby, and 21 days of listening to her recording at bedtime, he has kicked the habit!!! This is a miracle for us! It has now been over a month he has not brought his fingers anywhere close to his mouth. His hands have heeled, and he is so much happier for it. And so are we! Thank you Sharon!!” ~ N.

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And her son’s experience…

“Hi, my name is Tyler, and I’m a 13-year-old boy. My parents recently scheduled a hypnotherapy session for me about 1 month ago with Sharon Selby. I was not too enthusiastic at all, but Sharon astonished me. I formed a bad habit of biting, peeling, and eating the skin off my fingertips when I was 7 years old. People would stare at my fingertips and in one glance would want to throw up. In an attempt to break the habit, I tried several different solutions, but even putting extremely spicy hot sauce on my fingers wouldn’t stop me. I was greeted with a warm welcome and very friendly service upon arrival at Sharon’s office. I then clarified, and she fully understood the current situation I had with my fingertips. I was then told to do a series of various activities that made me feel more relaxed than ever in life. She provided me with plenty of comfort to open up my feelings and emotions and use this knowledge to help cure my habit. I was then issued a high quality customized recording only for me. She then asked me to listen to this recording for 21 days every night before bed, and while I was feeling very inspired at the beginning, 21 days in a row can be hard to listen to. The recording I was given was really soothing, and almost every night, it put me to sleep, which also helped me get a good night’s sleep (Something that teenagers including me don’t get very often). It’s been just over 1 month now and I’m still listening every night to the recording. All and all, since then, my fingers have recovered and I haven’t felt the need to bite or chew them, and Sharon has given me the best possible experience ever. “

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Another happy family, after just one hypnotherapy session:

“Hi Sharon – Thanks for checking in. My husband and I are amazed. Yes… we definitely see a huge difference in our thirteen year old daughter, both sleep wise and anxiety wise. She has been better than she’s ever been in fact!”

~ Camille

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More testimonials

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“I used to have a needle phobia where I would cry and be very afraid to get a shot. This happened for my first COVID vaccination. Then I did a hypnotherapy session with Sharon to help me with this needle phobia and when I went for my second COVID shot, I was much more relaxed and didn’t cry! I was really surprised at how easy it was and that it was over so fast. It was really no problem!”

~ Rachel, Age 17 years

This teenage girl was picking her skin due to high anxiety. After one hypnotherapy session, and listening to her personalized recording for 21 days, she’s stopped picking and was excited to reward herself with a manicure!

“Sharon is a one of a kind RTT (Rapid Transformational Therapy) therapist. Her empathetic nature and natural ability to guide her client during the session are quite remarkable. It’s clear that Sharon has dedicated herself to her craft and I thoroughly enjoyed my session. Rapid Transformational Therapy is a wonderful therapeutic method that gets to the root of the issue and clears it. Sharon’s session with me made a lot of things clearer and helped me make great positive shifts in my life. Would happily recommend her services to anyone.”

~ Shirin

“My daughter had huge anxiety about sleeping downstairs in her room. Long story short, she moved her bedroom downstairs and then a terrifying dream occurred and she didn’t sleep in that room for a year and a half. She continued to sleep upstairs in the spare room to be close to us. She kept saying “I can’t change my feelings”, “I can’t change my thoughts”. And then Sharon did a hypnotherapy session with her and she listened to her personalized recording. Literally, she’s now sleeping downstairs every night, no issue, no problem. It was kind of kind of amazing to me. You’re meant to listen to the recording for 21 days after you’ve had your session with Sharon and she only listened eight days because she got bored of hearing the same lovely, beautiful recording that Sharon had made. Nevertheless it worked! It was amazing! It was really, really helpful so I highly recommend it.”

~ Nicole

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Is Hypnotherapy Science-Based?

Yes, hypnotherapy is science-based and there is a lot of evidence-based research published in medical journals stating its efficacy. No form of counselling or psychotherapy is ever 100% guaranteed but hypnotherapy is credible and reputable within the medical community.

Read more about hypnotherapy on the BC government website: Healthlink BC

What Is Hypnotherapy?

Hypnotherapy is therapy with hypnosis but not like stage hypnosis. You will be fully awake and know exactly what you are saying and doing. You will also be in a deeply relaxed state, have your subconscious mind open to suggestions, and understand the root cause of your issues. Then, through hypnotherapy, I will help you reprogram and change your restricting beliefs. We can focus on positive, new ideas and new habits will be identified and formed.

Results are usually achieved at a rapid pace. You will then be given a personalized recording to listen to for 21 days, once or twice a day. This will transform you from your limited beliefs, whether it is a mental or physical issue. Listening to this recording is essential to your long-term success, as this is how you rewire your brain to accept the new, healthy self-beliefs that will free you from previous negative self-beliefs and/or patterns of behaviour.

Debunking Myths about Hypnotherapy

The Mindful Movement has published a couple of excellent articles busting the myths about hypnotherapy, including Hypnotherapy Mythbusting 101 and Top 5 Most Common Hypnotherapy Myths Debunked.

How Young Can A Child Be to Do Hypnotherapy?

Hypnotherapy works really work with very young children, because children are naturally open to suggestions. For example, for two year olds, the focus would be on creating a beautiful 10-15 minute recording for them to listen to every night or every day for 21 days, specifically focussed on an imagination story that frees them of their struggles. For children ages 7yrs. +, it is likely that as part of the hypnosis, I will also regress the child to see what scenes from childhood the child remembers which are subconsciously connected to the root, the reason, and the cause of their specific struggle they are facing now.

For more information, read this article:

https://marisapeer.com/hypnotherapy-for-children-and-teenagers/

What time and financial investment is required?

A session for a child or teen is typically 85 minutes long for the initial session, which includes hypnotherapy and the personalized audio recording. For an adult, it often takes 1 hour and 55 minutes for an initial session.

The client then needs to commit to listening to the personalized recording every day or night for 21 days. The recording for a young child is 10-15 minutes. The recording for an adult is 15-20 minutes. The recording is designed to be transformational. Listening to the recording for 21 days is the key to being free of old, negative self-beliefs and installing new, empowering positive self-beliefs. (It’s okay if you fall asleep during the recording, your subconscious will still hear the positive, self-empowering messages.). Clients love listening to their recordings because it’s all about them and how capable they are.

After one week, I will call you or your child for ten minutes to follow-up and check in that listening to the recording every day is going well. After the second week, I will do another ten-minute follow-up phone call. On day 21 (or as close as possible), there is a one-hour session to do a thorough follow-up and go deeper with understanding your previous patterns and how they no longer serve a purpose.

Total price for a child or teen: 1.5-hour session + personalized audio recording + 55-minute follow-up session = $500 + GST. For 2 hour session + personalized audio recording + 55 min. follow-up = $600 + GST

Total price for an adult: 1 hour and 55-minute initial session + personalized audio recording + 55-minute follow-up session = $600 + GST

For some clients, the above package is all you need. For some clients, who have multiple or more complex issues, you may need to repeat the above process so we can focus on a different aspect of your struggles.

It is usually estimated that a person can be free of their struggles in 1 – 3 full hypnotherapy sessions, which is much quicker than traditional talk therapy. A second hypnotherapy session would not occur until the 21 days of listening to the recording had been completed from the first session.

If you are interested in Hypnotherapy for your child, teen, family or as a parent, please add your name to my waiting list by clicking here.

What Issues Does Hypnotherapy Help With?

Hypnotherapy helps with many behaviours and emotions. In my practice, I will be focussing on emotional issues and behaviours connected to emotions such as: anxiety, worry, phobias, OCD, self-esteem, depression, self-regulation, nail biting, hair pulling, eating sugary foods for comfort, sleep etc.

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I am excited to have completed my training in hypnotherapy through Marisa Peer and the school of Rapid Transformational Therapy.

RTT is a distinctive therapeutic approach based on neuroscience, combining the most beneficial principles of Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy, Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP), and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). As a comprehensive solution-based therapy, RTT has been recognized for its unparalleled results.

RTT has won multiple awards including the Gold Stevie® Award: Marisa Peer – Using Neuroplasticity to Revolutionize Health (2019)

One mother’s experience:

My 13-year-old son started the horrible habit of biting his nails when he was seven years old. Biting his nails turned into biting the sides of his fingers, and pretty soon, layer after layer of his skin began peeling off due to the incessant finger/nail biting…I was horrified and heartbroken every time I looked at my son’s hands, they looked like they had third degree burns. Time after time we tried different approaches to help him stop this awful habit, but nothing worked. Because his grandfather and father have a milder version of this habit, I was hopeless my son would never be able to stop. But after an in-person hypnotherapy session with Sharon Selby, and 21 days of listening to her recording at bedtime, he has kicked the habit!!! This is a miracle for us! It has now been over a month and he has not brought his fingers anywhere close to his mouth. His hands have healed, he is so much happier for it, and so are we! Thank you Sharon!!

And her son’s experience:

I’m a 13-year-old boy. My parents recently scheduled a hypnotherapy session for me about one month ago with Sharon Selby. I was not too enthusiastic at all, but Sharon astonished me. I formed a bad habit of biting, peeling, and eating the skin off my fingertips when I was seven years old. People would stare at my fingertips and in one glance would want to throw up. In an attempt to break the habit, I tried several different solutions, but even putting extremely spicy hot sauce on my fingers wouldn’t stop me. I was greeted with a warm welcome and very friendly service upon arrival at Sharon’s office. I then clarified, and she fully understood the current situation I had with my fingertips. I was then told to do a series of various activities that made me feel more relaxed than ever in life. She provided me with plenty of comfort to open up my feelings and emotions and use this knowledge to help cure my habit. I was then issued a high-quality customized recording only for me. She then asked me to listen to this recording for 21 days every night before bed, and while I was feeling very inspired at the beginning, 21 days in a row can be hard to listen to. The recording I was given was really soothing, and almost every night, it put me to sleep, which also helped me get a good night’s sleep (something that teenagers, including me, don’t get very often). It’s been just over one month now and I’m still listening every night to the recording. All and all, since then, my fingers have recovered, I haven’t felt the need to bite or chew them, and Sharon has given me the best possible experience ever.

Tyler

Another happy family, after just one hypnotherapy session:

Hi Sharon – Thanks for checking in. My husband and I are amazed. Yes… we definitely see a huge difference in our thirteen-year-old daughter, both sleep wise and anxiety wise. She has been better than she’s ever been, in fact!

Camille

More testimonials:

I used to have a needle phobia where I would cry and be very afraid to get a shot. This happened for my first COVID vaccination. Then I did a hypnotherapy session with Sharon to help me with this needle phobia and when I went for my second COVID shot, I was much more relaxed and didn’t cry! I was really surprised at how easy it was and that it was over so fast. It was really no problem!

Rachel, Age 17

This teenage girl was picking her skin due to high anxiety. (Photos below) After one hypnotherapy session, and listening to her personalized recording for 21 days, she has stopped picking and was excited to reward herself with a manicure!

Hands showing before and after treatment

Sharon is a one of a kind RTT (Rapid Transformational Therapy) therapist. Her empathetic nature and natural ability to guide her clients during their sessions are quite remarkable. It’s clear that Sharon has dedicated herself to her craft and I thoroughly enjoyed my session. Rapid Transformational Therapy is a wonderful therapeutic method that gets to the root of the issue and clears it. Sharon’s session with me made a lot of things clearer and helped me make great positive shifts in my life. Would happily recommend her services to anyone.

Shirin

My daughter had huge anxiety about sleeping downstairs in her room. Long story short, she moved her bedroom downstairs and then a terrifying dream occurred and she didn’t sleep in that room for a year and a half. She continued to sleep upstairs in the spare room to be close to us. She kept saying, “I can’t change my feelings, I can’t change my thoughts.” And then Sharon did a hypnotherapy session with her and she listened to her personalized recording. Literally, she’s now sleeping downstairs every night, no issue, no problem. It was kind of amazing to me. You’re meant to listen to the recording for 21 days after you’ve had your session with Sharon and she only listened eight days because she got bored of hearing the same lovely, beautiful recording that Sharon had made. Nevertheless, it worked! It was amazing! It was really, really helpful so I highly recommend it.

Nicole

Is Hypnotherapy Science-Based?

Yes, hypnotherapy is science-based and there is a lot of evidence-based research published in medical journals stating its efficacy. No form of counselling or psychotherapy is ever 100% guaranteed, but hypnotherapy is credible and reputable within the medical community.

Read more about hypnotherapy on the B.C. government’s website: HealthLink BC

What Is Hypnotherapy?

You will then be given a personalized, relaxing recording to listen to for at least 21 days, once or twice a day. This will transform your limited beliefs, regardless of whether you are struggling with a mental or physical issue. Listening to this recording is essential to your long-term success, as this is how you rewire your brain to accept the new, healthy self-beliefs to help free you from previous negative self-beliefs and/or patterns of behaviour.

Debunking Myths about Hypnotherapy

The Mindful Movement has published a couple of excellent articles busting the myths about hypnotherapy, including Hypnotherapy Mythbusting 101 and Top 5 Most Common Hypnotherapy Myths Debunked.

How Young Can A Child Be to Do Hypnotherapy?

Hypnotherapy works well with very young children, because children are naturally open to suggestions. For example, for two-year-olds, the focus would be on creating a beautiful 10-15 minute recording for them to listen to every night or every day for at least 21 days, specifically focused on an imaginary story that frees them of their struggles. For children ages seven or older, it is likely that as part of the hypnosis, I will also regress the child to see what scenes from childhood the child remembers which are subconsciously connected to the root, the reason, and the cause of the specific struggle(s) they are facing now.

Marisa Peer, the founder of RTT Hypnotherapy, has a valuable and informative article: Hypnotherapy for Children and Teenagers.

What Time and Financial Investments Are Required?

A session for a child is typically 85 minutes long. For teens and adults it is best to book a 110-minute session. This includes the personalized audio recording.

The client then needs to commit to listen to the personalized recording every day or night for at least 21 days. The recording for a young child is 10-15 minutes long, whereas the recording for an adult runs for 15-20 minutes. The recording is designed to be transformational, and listening to it for at least 21 days is the key to releasing old, negative self-beliefs and installing new, empowering, positive self-beliefs. And it’s okay if you fall asleep during the recording, as your subconscious will still hear the positive, self-empowering messages. Clients love listening to their recordings because it’s all about them and how capable they are.

After one week, I will contact you to follow up and confirm that listening to the recording every day is going well. After the second week, I will do another follow-up. On day 21 (or as close as possible), you or your child/teen will have a 55-minute session to do a thorough follow-up and gain a deeper understanding of previous patterns and how they no longer serve a purpose.

Total price for a child: 1.5 hour session + personalized audio recording + 55-minute follow-up session = $525 + GST.

Total price for a teen or adult: 1 hour and 55-minute initial session + personalized audio recording + 55-minute follow-up session = $630 + GST.

For some clients, the above package is all you need. But for those who have multiple or more complex issues, there are many layers. In these cases, we will work together to address each layer but this often takes a few sessions, as you may need more hypnotherapy so we can focus on a different aspect of your struggles.

It is usually estimated that a person can be free of their struggles in 1-3 full hypnotherapy sessions, which is much quicker than traditional talk therapy. A second hypnotherapy session would not occur until the 21 days of listening to the recording has been completed from the first session.

If you are interested in Hypnotherapy for your child, teen, family, or as a parent, please add your name to my waiting list.

What Issues Can Hypnotherapy Help With?

Hypnotherapy helps with many behaviours and emotions. In my practice, I focus on emotional issues and behaviours connected to emotions such as anxiety, worry, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), self-esteem, depression, self-regulation, nail biting, hair pulling, eating sugary foods for comfort, sleep, etc.