back and saying well done (use your child’s name)!” etc. This has engaged all of your child’s senses to make it a very real experience for them. They can add in their own observations as you go along. If your child is not enthused about participating you can use their favourite character and evoke the experience through them. In your child’s mind they have now lived the experience, and the idea of undertaking it in reality will be less daunting. When a child is daydreaming they are also in a highly suggestable state, so choose your language particularly carefully when you find them gazing off into space. Remember they are open to suggestion, and once that suggestion has entered their mind it may form the basis of a belief. Georgina Mitchell is a professional counsellor, psychotherapist and clinical hypnotherapist at Hypfocus Therapies and Training. Georgina works from locations in www.hypfocus.com.au
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