The Youth Fairy Chichester

Hello 👋 I'm Julie, therapist at The Youth Fairy, a growing team of solution-focused therapists who help children, teens and young adults struggling with anxiety, stress, anger, emotional control and low confidence. We use modern, brain-based approaches, including Solution Focused Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy, that actively encourage young people to:

🧚 Re-focus on the positive aspects of life
🧚 Recognise strengths
🧚 Improve quality of sleep
🧚 Engage more in positive activities
🧚 Engage more in positive interactions
🧚 Feel more emotionally in control

I work with children from 7 years old to young adults and am able to adapt my approach to work with those with additional needs, special educational needs, disabilities and neurodiversity. Areas I work with include:

• Anxiety
• Stress and overwhelm
• Low mood
• Anger management
• Social anxiety
• Low self-esteem
• Low confidence
• Emetophobia (fear of vomiting)
• Agoraphobia
• Exam anxiety and stress
• Trauma
• Self-harm
• Sleep problems

I was drawn to the solution-focused approach because it places children at the forefront, empowering them to recognise and harness their remarkable strengths. It minimises the need to dwell extensively on past trauma or problems. Instead, it centres on identifying how they aspire to feel, behave, or cope differently, ultimately guiding them towards a more positive future.

🌟About Me 🌟

Before my life as a Youth Fairy, I worked for many years in the Education sector and as part of my role I mentored young people who were experiencing difficulties. I also worked as a coach on government funded programmes, working with people and families experiencing a wide variety of issues in their lives such as grief, financial difficulties, depression and anxiety, helping them to regain their confidence and transform their lives. With this experience behind me, I decided to train in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy; I had noticed that when people were talking about how they would like things to be, they became more motivated and positive, just thinking about the steps they would take to achieve a better future.

🌟 Next Steps 🌟

🧚 Before a young person decides if they would like to work with me, I offer a complimentary, 1-hour initial consultation, which is an opportunity for you both to meet me to discuss best hopes.

🧚 As well as helping young people make positive changes, educating them on their well-being is something I know to be an important part of the change process.

🧚 So, in the consultation, I’ll explain to you and your child how the brain works (in an age-appropriate way) to create their specific problems and associated feelings, behaviours or symptoms and how I can help.

🌟 This understanding can be really motivational to children as they realise there is hope, see more clearly what we can do about it and supports them in developing more positive, healthy habits for life.

🌟 This knowledge is super helpful for you as a parent too - it allows for greater understanding, creates a common language to talk more easily with your child about their well-being and gives you specific ideas of how you can best support the process (and beyond). You’ll also get my relaxation audio download to help improve any sleep problems they are having and support the process. 😴😴😴

I hold an up-to-date Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate and am proud to be a member of the following professional bodies:

• National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH)
• Association for Solution Focused Hypnotherapy (AfSFH)
• Complementary and National Health Council (CNHC)
• National Board of Modern Psychotherapy (NBMP)