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Hypnotherapy for anxiety

John

Hi guys not sure if this has been touched on before.

My son who has diagnosis of ASD & ADHD is due to start college in Aug/Sept and due to his anxiety he is refusing to go we're getting all the usual responses from him "I can't be bothered, there's no point in it, why do I need to go"

The better half and I we're wondering if hypnotherapy would would help him at all? Obviously in a lot of neuro-typical people it can be beneficial but will it have the same benefits for a neuro-diverse person??

We're really lost for ways to help him overcome the anxiety and this isn't the first time it's stopped him for doing things either he was supposed to have a brace on his teeth, he was fine with all the appointments leading up to to getting it fitted and on the day completely refused to leave the house full on emotional breakdown so that didn't happen. We used to do indoor climbing together for about 9 months. We had an instructor who was great at teaching SEN kids to climb and really got the best out of him but he got a new job back in April and since then my son has refused to continue climbing which is a real shame because he was really good at it.

Really hope someone can share any experiences with hypnotherapy and if it's helped or not. We're local to Gravesend and Dartford if anyone knows of any good local therapists.

Thanks in advance 

John

Parents

  • Try to get him into talk about his future as an adult, what are his plans, and if he has plans or desires or imagined perfect life, that would require from him to go to college, than you can touch that topic, 

    Anyway college or no college, the biggest difficulty for me was getting a job, maybe his plans would benefit if he started an apprenticeship instead of college?

    college and further education is easily continued in adulthood, so there is no rush now, 

    I did not know what to do and did go to uni and dropped out when I found out, that courtse wasn't really for me

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  • Try to get him into talk about his future as an adult, what are his plans, and if he has plans or desires or imagined perfect life, that would require from him to go to college, than you can touch that topic, 

    Anyway college or no college, the biggest difficulty for me was getting a job, maybe his plans would benefit if he started an apprenticeship instead of college?

    college and further education is easily continued in adulthood, so there is no rush now, 

    I did not know what to do and did go to uni and dropped out when I found out, that courtse wasn't really for me

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  • in reply to Mariusz

    We've tried talking to him about what he wants to do as an adult but his answer is "I don't need to do anything coz I've got you" 

    It's not a proper college it's called a supported internship but the first year is class based to improve maths and English skills then he gets supported in the workplace for 2 years.

    But the difficulty getting him to understand that he does need to get a job at some point as we're not always going to be around for him and that he need things like this to help him learn how to support himself.