Young people · 8 to 18
They already have
everything they need.
Sometimes they need
someone to help them find it.
Young people often respond faster than adults to transformative hypnosis. Their imagination is vivid, their unconscious reactive, their capacity for change remarkable — provided the approach is adapted to their age and their world.
For parents
An approach
designed for them,
not for adults
Working with a child or teenager is not working with a small adult. The language, the pace, the metaphors used, the way of connecting — everything is adapted to the young person’s age, personality, and world. The goal is not to “fix” them, but to help them access their own resources.
Sessions generally take place with a parent or guardian nearby for children under 16, but not in their presence, with their explicit agreement. Confidentiality of what is said in session is respected, within the bounds of the young person’s safety.
School anxiety · Self-confidence · Phobias · Sleep disorders · Emotional regulation · Restlessness and hyperactivity · Exam preparation · Difficult relationships · Grief · Fears · Bedwetting · Functional pain
Support from age 8. If your child is under 8 and you think hypnosis could help, feel free to contact me — we will explore together what is possible.
Why hypnosis works so well with young people
Their imagination
is an extraordinary resource
A naturally active imagination
Children and teenagers naturally enter states close to hypnosis — play, reading, daydreaming. Transformative hypnosis draws on this capacity they already possess, without any particular effort on their part.
Fewer conscious resistances
Adult patterns have had years to consolidate. In young people, they are often more recent and more flexible. Changes can be remarkably fast — sometimes from the very first or second session.
Tools they keep
Beyond the immediate change, young people leave with a better knowledge of themselves and inner resources they can draw on independently. It is an investment that accompanies them well beyond the sessions.
Areas of support
What hypnosis
can support
School anxiety and exams
Exam nerves, fear of judgment, performance anxiety, mental blocks in writing or speaking. Hypnosis can help young people reclaim their real abilities, access their resources when they need them, and approach challenges with greater calm.
Self-confidence and self-worth
Feeling inadequate, too much weight on others’ opinions, a tendency to put oneself down. Hypnosis works on the deep beliefs the young person has built about themselves — often without being aware of it — to open a more accurate and kinder inner space.
Emotional regulation and restlessness
Overflowing anger, restlessness that is hard to contain, impulsivity, difficulty calming down. Hypnosis can help young people develop better access to their own inner states and find regulation strategies that truly belong to them.
Phobias and intense fears
Fear of the dark, of animals, of separation, of doctors, of vomiting — phobias in young people can invade everyday life entirely. Hypnosis allows work on the root of the fear with gentleness, using the language of the child’s own imagination.
Sleep disorders
Difficulty falling asleep, recurring nightmares, night wakings, fear of the dark. A child’s sleep is a sensitive barometer of their emotional state. Hypnosis can help soothe what disrupts the night by working on what feeds it during the day.
Grief, separation and transitions
Parents’ divorce, relocation, loss of a loved one, change of school — children go through real losses that adults sometimes underestimate. Hypnosis offers a safe space to welcome and move through these difficult emotions.
Functional pain and bedwetting
Recurring stomach aches, headaches without identified organic cause, nocturnal bedwetting — these physical manifestations often have an emotional or psychological component. Hypnosis can address them effectively, always as a complement to prior medical assessment.
Relationships and social integration
Paralysing shyness, difficulty making friends, rejection, bullying, feeling different. Hypnosis can help young people develop a stronger inner security — a foundation that makes relationships more fluid and less painful.
Contraindications and limits
Transformative hypnosis is contraindicated in young people presenting an active psychotic episode, unstabilized epilepsy, or severe dissociative disorders. It does not replace child psychiatric or psychological follow-up. Where a diagnosis exists, consultation with the treating physician or specialist is required before any session. Parental presence is required for those under 16.
Your child
deserves to be heard.
The first session is a listening space for you and your child. We will explore together whether transformative hypnosis is suited to their situation.
Transformative hypnosis is a wellness practice. It does not constitute a medical or psychotherapeutic act, does not establish any diagnosis, and does not replace medical or psychological follow-up. Marc Devillard is a member of the ACNN (Academy of Naturopaths and Naturopathic Practitioners of Canada) and is not a member of a regulated health profession under Bill 21 (Quebec).