A swift search on the words “Back to School and Mental Health” yields a long list of articles suggesting how parents can become more supportive of their children as they adapt to new levels of schooling. There is little doubt that students need support, but what about the parents? Clients often come in at this time of the year with existential angst and direct symptoms of being triggered by the idea of school starting again. 
 
What kinds of things go through a parent’s mind when children go back to school and/or off to college? Here are some of the issues therapists might encounter. 

• Lack of sense of purpose: Parents who are used to arranging their lives around their children’s schedules and needs may feel “tossed aside” as their young grow toward becoming more independent. 
• Overwhelm: School schedules can add extra items to the to-do lists parents make. A child shifting from a “stay at home” lifestyle to a new world of classes, after school activities, playdates, and various school events can add duties to overtaxed caretakers. 
• Empty Nest: It is always sad to reach the milestone of “losing” one’s child to college, but most parents adjust without much difficulty. Others, particularly those with weak or dysfunctional partnerships, struggle excessively with this life transition. 
• Overconcern and Worry: Watching a child grow can often trigger worries and concerns that a parent’s “baby” will suffer some terrible experience. From over-worrying about drugs, alcohol, and other destructive habits to fears that children may be sexually assaulted or abused can arise, particularly, if the child is reaching the age at which a parent may have suffered similar traumatic experiences. 

Children definitely need the support of their parents as they go through the various phases and stages in their education. When parents are feeling less than confident, competent, and/or organized, they aren’t able to do their jobs fully. This can fuel even more fear, anxiety, and depression. That’s why it’s important to work with parents and their problems, and quickly get to the material they need to address. 
 
Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy®, which uses age regression to get to the source of clients’ difficulties, is the kind of tool you need. The hypnotherapy session produces results such as: 

• Relaxation: The therapist can give the parent tools for calming down and achieving a relaxed state. 
• Titration of emotions: The client can be given concrete tools to ameliorate the effects of fear and anxiety in a state of hypnosis, and use them when these feelings arise in daily life. 
• Insight: Clients are able to see, through age regression, how current difficulties have emerged from traumatic experiences from the past. By expressing emotions that have been suppressed for decades, revising their way of seeing who and what they are, and making positive affirmations, they make changes in their lives that allow them to overcome their difficulties. 
• Regulation with Inner Child Work: Once clients understand what they went through as children, they can begin to work with this child, offering the love and support they always wanted and needed. Once this is developed, they can be more authentic in their expression of parenthood toward their own children during all ages and stages of life.

When it comes to speeding up the process of understanding the reasons why clients suffer from fear and anxiety, Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy® is a game changer. When you enroll in the Six Day Hypnotherapy Training and Certification Program at The Wellness Institute, you’ll be investing in a tool that will empower both you and your clients. 
 
You’ll learn and practice techniques in live, online classes. You’ll interact with your teachers and practice what you learn with your fellow program participants. You will also benefit from experiencing Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy from the standpoint of client and observer, giving you the opportunity to heal your own issues.  
 
There are a lot of hypnotherapy training programs, but none is as comprehensive and beneficial as the Wellness Institute’s Six Day Training and Certification Program. Participants, once they finish their practice sessions post-training, will receive two certifications: Clinical Hypnotherapist and Age Regression Therapist. These credentials will enable you to help clients discover the source of their issues and reclaim their birthright to being secure and happy adults. The credentials will also make you stand out when clients reach out to seek help through hypnotherapy. 
 
You may want to consider taking the Introduction to Hypnosis two-day course, which will give you the basics of hypnosis and allow you to help your clients relax and reframe old habits and attitudes. If you take this course and then decide you’d like to move on to the hypnotherapy training, you will receive a generous discount. 
 
No matter which of the hypnotherapy training courses, you select, you will get the best education and practice possible with programs from The Wellness Institute. It’s back to school time, so now you can get in on the learning curve, too! 

Enroll in the Six Day Hypnotherapy Training and Certification Program 
or  
Introduction to Hypnosis Course today!