CPD Event title: Working with Children & Young People for Hypnotherapists and Practitioners
Brief Description Of Event: Hypnotherapist’s Tool Kit. Work confidently with Specialised Solution Focused Therapy in youth mental health. Help empower young minds! Date and time Sat, 5 Apr 2025 10:00 – 17:00 BST
Learning Objectives:
Why Focus on Young Minds?
The age group of 10 to 25 is facing unprecedented challenges today, including severe anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicide, cyberbullying, and overwhelming emotions. Brad’s expertise will delve into the world of mental health in young people and the need for qualified specialists to make a difference.
Are you a hypnotherapist or practitioner looking to make a positive impact on the mental health of young people? Join us for an enlightening event with established Clinical Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapy Practitioner, Brad Smith BSc, DSFH, AfSFH (Reg), NBM. Brad is a head of department in a secondary school and also specialises in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy and is here to guide you through the art of working with children and adolescents. Brad has almost 20 years experience of working in schools in a wide variety of roles including Teacher, Head of Department, Assistant Principal in both teaching and learning and pastoral roles and as a Vice Principal. Brad’s experience spans both mainstream and alternative provision schools, the latter of which he continues to work in on a part time basis working with students who have been permanently excluded from mainstream education. Brad also specialises in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy and is here to guide you through the art of working with Children and Young people.
Course Structure:
Aims:
To confidently be able to work with children and young people explaining the key differences from working with adults to allow us to effectively work with young people.
To explain the differences between the adolescent and adult brain and how this impacts upon our work.
To describe safeguarding and child protection and your obligations to protect both the young person and yourself.
To identify a range of language patterns and metaphors that can be utilised in both the initial consultation and in therapy sessions.
To analyse case studies and reflect on possible solutions and outcomes for the young person.
What You’ll Learn
🧠 Understanding the Young Mind:
o The Brain: How It Differs in Young People
o Hormones and Neurotransmitters: How to Harness Them
o The Role of Parents: When and How to Involve Them
🗣 Communication Skills:
o Tailoring Language and Metaphors for Relevance
o Unique Consultation Techniques for Young Clients
o Effective Communication with Peers, Instructors, and Parents
😌 Stress Management:
o Fresh Language Patterns and Metaphors
o Tools for Stress Reduction
📚 Real-World Insights:
o Case Studies: Challenging Cases and Solutions
o Safety Guidelines for Therapists
o Safety Planning for Young Clients
Feedback from previous attendees:
” A great event. So pleased to have attended and I learned so many useful tips. Brad is a great presenter and explained things really clearly and thoroughly. He was also highly engaging which is quite a skill over zoom.”
“It was wonderful to listen to someone who had such a wealth of knowledge in his field. Excellent.” Sarah Morgan
“It was interesting to find out the development of the adolescent brain, how we can talk to parents about this in IC and found the tweaking of the IC for kids/young people really useful. Brad was particularly upbeat in making everyone confident in working with children and parents. Thanks.” Jacqui Keighley
“Useful about the training? Learning a new structure to work with children. It was really informative and relaxed so it made it feel easy to do this. Brad was really friendly and knowledgeable. Lisa was there to help when needed. The course went really well. It was a 7 hour course but flew by. Excellent!” Sophie Walker.
“It was a good reminder of how solution focused this method is. Also, a reminder of how different the teenage brain is – Excellent” Rachel Ghinn.
Date of event: April 05, 2025
Duration of Event: 1 day, 10:00am -5.00pm
Venue for event: Zoom
Name of trainer: Brad Smith hosted by New Horizon Training
Tel bookings:
Email bookings: enquiries@newhorizontraining.co.uk
Website: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1113997639929?aff=oddtdtcreator
Maximum number of participants: 30
Cost of Course: £149
Cost for NCH members: £134.10
How to claim discount:
Please use this link to look and book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1113997639929?aff=oddtdtcreator
Please use this code for your 10% discount at checkout: nch10
Additional information/requirements:
New Horizon Training Academy was awarded the Provider of Training Excellence in April 2023. The award from the Professional Development Consortium was awarded to professional training and learning providers to be recognised as a provider of training excellence with a fully accredited CPD. Now, in collaboration with the accredited Ayurva Therapy Training Academy, offers a great opportunity to help individuals enhance their careers. Our delegates can be sure that the training, learning or coaching activities are independently assessed to the highest standard.
A list of training events and courses can be found on our website at www.newhorizontraining.co.uk/events