A Gentle, Experiential & Somatic Approach to Children’s Hypnotherapy

Every parent wants their child to feel happy, confident, secure, and free to be themselves. 

But children do not always have the words to explain what they are feeling or why certain reactions keep happening.

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Sometimes, there is more happening beneath the surface.

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The subconscious mind stores thoughts, memories, emotions, beliefs, and experiences. Children can learn emotional patterns somewhere along the way that continue to influence how they feel and respond, even when they are not consciously aware of them.

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The Bunny Talk Process™ is a playful, experiential approach to hypnotherapy that helps children explore what may be happening beneath the surface.

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Through hypnotherapy, imagination, play, and creative expression, Bunny Talk gives children another way to understand their emotions and discover new ways to respond.

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Children’s Hypnotherapy & the Bunny Talk Process™

What Is the Bunny Talk Process™ for Children?

The Bunny Talk Process™ was created by hypnotherapist Claudia Rickard as a way to help children and young people express and work through emotions in a non-threatening way.

The process brings together hypnotherapy, play, imagination, storytelling, creative expression, and somatic awareness in a way that feels natural for children.

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The goal is not to correct a child's behavior or make them explain everything they are feeling.

It is about creating a safe space where emotions can be explored, understood, and gently worked through.

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As children begin to recognize what they are experiencing, they can develop greater emotional awareness, confidence, choice, and self-trust.

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How Bunny Talk Combines Hypnotherapy, Subconscious Work & Somatic Awareness

Children experience and communicate emotions differently than adults.

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The Bunny Talk Process allows us to work with the subconscious mind, emotions, and body in an experiential way rather than relying only on conscious thinking.

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Emotions are energy in motion. Sometimes emotions, memories, and learned responses can continue to influence a child long after the original experience has passed.

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Bunny Talk creates a way to explore those patterns and make space for something new.

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How Children’s Hypnotherapy Can Help With Anxiety, Fears & Emotional Patterns

Every child and family is different. Bunny Talk may be supportive for children and young people experiencing:

• Anxiety, worries, and emotional overwhelm

• Fears and phobias

• Separation anxiety

• Fear of death

• Anger and emotional outbursts

• Trouble sleeping or sleeping independently

• Bedwetting

• Nail biting, picking, and hair pulling

• Habits and recurring behavioral patterns

• Confidence and self-esteem

• Pain

• Eating-related concerns and eating disorders

• Self-harming behaviors

• Difficult life changes and transitions

• Difficulty expressing or understanding emotions

• And more

 

For self-harm, eating disorders, persistent pain, or medical or mental health conditions, this work is intended to complement appropriate medical or mental health care, not replace it.

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Hypnotherapy for Children With Anxiety, Worries & Emotional Overwhelm

Children may know they are worried or overwhelmed without understanding why they feel that way or how to change it.

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Hypnotherapy and Bunny Talk offer an experiential way to explore the emotional and subconscious patterns underneath those responses.

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Hypnotherapy for Children With Phobias, Fears & Separation Anxiety

Fears can feel very real to a child, even when they understand logically that they are safe.

Bunny Talk can provide a gentle way to explore fears and emotional responses while supporting greater confidence and a sense of security.

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Hypnotherapy for Children With Sleep Issues, Bedwetting & Recurring Habits

Sleep difficulties, bedwetting, nail biting, picking, hair pulling, and other recurring patterns can sometimes be connected to deeper emotional or subconscious responses.

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Bunny Talk can be used as part of an experiential approach to exploring those patterns.

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Hypnotherapy for Children With Anger, Emotional Outbursts & Behavioral Patterns

Behavior is communication.

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Rather than focusing only on changing the behavior, Bunny Talk allows us to become curious about what may be happening beneath it.

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This can help children develop greater awareness of their emotions and new ways of responding.

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Hypnotherapy for Children With Confidence, Self-Esteem & Emotional Challenges

Children can carry beliefs about themselves that develop from experiences, relationships, or situations along the way.

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Working with the subconscious can help create space for greater self-awareness, confidence, and self-trust.

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How the Subconscious Mind Can Influence Children’s Emotions & Behavior

How Children Develop Emotional Patterns Without Realizing It

Children are constantly learning from their experiences and the world around them.

Some thoughts, emotions, and responses become patterns without a child consciously deciding to create them.

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Those patterns can sometimes continue to influence behavior long after the original experience.

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Why Talking About a Problem Doesn't Always Change the Pattern

A child can understand something intellectually and still feel completely differently inside.

They may know they are safe but still feel afraid.

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They may know they should stop a habit but still feel compelled to do it.

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They may understand what they are supposed to do but still have the same emotional reaction.

This is where working with the subconscious mind can offer another pathway for change.

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Working With the Subconscious Mind, Emotions & the Body

My approach is experiential.

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Rather than asking a child to simply think their way through an emotion, we can work with the relationship between the subconscious mind, emotions, and the body.

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The intention is to help create greater awareness, choice, confidence, and ease.

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A Family-Based Approach to Children’s Hypnotherapy

Parents Experience the Bunny Talk Process Alongside Their Child

Bunny Talk is a family experience.

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Parents and caregivers are an important part of the process and have the opportunity to experience Bunny Talk themselves.

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This allows parents to learn and grow alongside their child and gain a deeper understanding of their own emotional patterns.

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It also creates an opportunity to bring what is learned into everyday family life.

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Supporting Emotional Change at Home & Within the Family

The goal is not to blame the child or the parent.

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It is to better understand what may be happening beneath the behavior and create more connection, understanding, and confidence within the family.

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Parents may also receive simple ways to support and reinforce the work at home.

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A Flexible Hypnotherapy Process for Children & Families

Bunny Talk is offered as a minimum of 3–4 sessions to give us time to connect, explore, and create meaningful change.

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For some families, that may be enough. For others, Bunny Talk can be offered as ongoing support when additional concerns arise, during life transitions, or when something new comes up that a child or family would like to work through.

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The process is flexible and individualized to each child and family.

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When Therapy or Talking Alone Hasn't Helped Your Child

An Experiential Approach for Children Who Are Still Struggling

Sometimes a child has already talked about what is happening. They may understand the problem and even know how they want to respond.

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Yet the fear, feeling, behavior, or pattern is still there.

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That is where working differently may be helpful.

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Bunny Talk offers another way to explore subconscious patterns, emotions, and the body when conscious understanding or talking alone has not created the change a family hoped for.

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A Different Approach When Your Child Understands But the Pattern Continues

Understanding something and changing something are not always the same thing.

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Hypnotherapy works with the subconscious mind, where many of our learned patterns and emotional responses live.

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Bunny Talk brings that work into an experiential approach designed for children.

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Integrative Wellness & Hypnotherapy for Children at Grounded Visions Wellness

Samantha | Integrative Wellness Practitioner & Certified Clinical Master Hypnotherapist

I am an Integrative Wellness Practitioner and Certified Clinical Master Hypnotherapist, and I incorporate the Bunny Talk Process into my work with children and families.

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My work is centered around experiential approaches that work with the conscious and subconscious mind, emotions, and the body.

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I am not a licensed therapist or mental health provider. Bunny Talk is not psychotherapy. It is one of the integrative approaches I incorporate into my work as a hypnotherapist and wellness practitioner.

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An Experiential Approach to Children’s Hypnotherapy

My intention is to create a space where children can feel comfortable being themselves while exploring emotions and patterns in a way that feels engaging, imaginative, and natural.

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And while Bunny Talk was created with children and young people in mind, my broader hypnotherapy work can also support adults who feel that talking about a problem alone has not created the change they are looking for.

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Serving Families in Delray Beach, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach & Palm Beach County

Grounded Visions Wellness is located in Delray Beach, Florida, and I work with families throughout Delray Beach, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, and surrounding Palm Beach County communities.

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In-person and virtual children's hypnotherapy and Bunny Talk sessions are available, allowing me to work with families locally and beyond South Florida.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Children’s Hypnotherapy

What Is Hypnotherapy for Children?

Children's hypnotherapy is an experiential approach that works with the subconscious mind. It can incorporate imagination, play, creative expression, and body awareness in ways that feel natural to children.

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Bunny Talk is one of the experiential approaches I use within children's hypnotherapy.

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Can Hypnotherapy Help a Child With Anxiety?

Bunny Talk may support children experiencing anxiety, worries, emotional overwhelm, fears, and other emotional patterns. The approach allows us to explore what may be happening beneath the conscious response.

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Can Hypnotherapy Help Children With Fears or Phobias?

Yes. Bunny Talk can be used as an experiential approach for children experiencing fears, phobias, separation anxiety, and other fear-based responses.

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Can Hypnotherapy Help With Children’s Sleep Problems?

Children's hypnotherapy may be supportive for sleep difficulties, including trouble sleeping independently. Bunny Talk can also be incorporated when emotional or subconscious patterns may be connected to the difficulty.

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Can Hypnotherapy Help With Nail Biting, Picking or Other Habits?

Bunny Talk may be used to explore recurring habits and behaviors such as nail biting, picking, hair pulling, and other patterns.

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What If My Child Knows Better but Keeps Repeating the Same Behavior?

A child can consciously understand what they want to do while experiencing a different subconscious or emotional response.

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Working with the subconscious mind offers another way to explore those patterns rather than relying only on reasoning or willpower.

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What If Therapy Hasn't Helped My Child?

Some families explore hypnotherapy after talking about the problem has not created the change they hoped for.

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Bunny Talk offers an experiential approach that works with subconscious patterns, emotions, and the body. It can be used alongside other appropriate support.

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Can Parents Participate in the Bunny Talk Process?

Yes. Bunny Talk is a family experience in my practice. Parents have the opportunity to experience the process themselves and learn and grow alongside their child.

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Do You Offer Hypnotherapy for Children in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach?

Yes. Grounded Visions Wellness is located in Delray Beach, Florida, and I work with families from Delray Beach, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, and surrounding Palm Beach County communities.

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Can Children's Hypnotherapy Be Done Virtually?

Yes. Virtual children's hypnotherapy and Bunny Talk sessions are available for families who prefer to work together remotely.