Louise Molloy Therapy

24/09/2023

“Are you even listening to what I’m saying?” 🤦🏼‍♀️ Something we’ve all said or thought at some point when speaking to children. We look at their body language and their facial expressions and possibly their lack of response and assume that they’re definitely not listening! I experienced this recently with a teen client, it felt like their lack of engagement, the endless “I don’t knows” 🤷🏼‍♀️ and their demeanour pointed to them not being interested in the work we were doing. I could not have been more wrong! 🙈 A week later I hear from their parent who tells me their child thoroughly enjoyed the session and they’d had a great week at school as a result 🥳 So the lesson here is 🤓: keep on providing your child and teen with those positive words of encouragement, keep telling them that you are proud and they are loved 🥰 Remind them that they can always talk to you 💬 Your words are not a waste, you’re not wasting your breath, your child is just processing and is not always going to gush with gratitude and thank you for your inspirational words, however, they may well do in years to come 🎉 You are being listened to - keep doing what you’re doing, it’ll be worth it💙😊

22/09/2023

Knowing a parent is beginning to see their child happy and confident once more is beautiful 🥰 I’m so honoured to be able to support them on that journey. When they feel compelled to write a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Google review to tell the 🌍 about it, we’ll that’s the icing on the cake 🧁🥰

20/09/2023

Sometimes when worrying about your child, it can help to look in the mirror and look at your own actions and behaviours to see if there are any similarities with how you see your child coping.❗️Worried about how they are handling conflict? ➡️Ask yourself “how do I handle conflict?” ❗️Worried about how they manage their anger? ➡️Ask yourself “how do I manage MY anger?” ❗️Worried about how they manage their anxiety? Ask yourself “how do I manage MY anxiety?” This isn’t about blame, it’s about recognising areas where you can model better actions and behaviours, because whether we like it or not, children model the behaviour and actions of the people around them.
And sometimes, we can be modelling the best behaviours in the world but our child can still find these things a struggle so if you’d like to chat about how you can help your child, improve their emotional well-being, send me a DM or get in touch via the contact details in my bio 💛

14/08/2023

Do you know a child or teen struggling with their self-esteem? Is it stopping them from getting involved in activities or enjoying their life?

Are they:
👉🏻 Self-critical and hard on themselves
👉🏻 Lacking in confidence?
👉🏻 Believe that the other kids are better than they are?
👉🏻 Doubt their abilities no matter what it is that they are doing?
👉🏻 Letting others treat them poorly?

Would you like them to feel more relaxed, calm and confident about themselves instead?

I'm a therapist offering children and young people the opportunity to join me in a series of four online 1-2-1 sessions where they'll learn how to:
⭐️ Change their negative internal chat
⭐️ Increase their resilience to new situations e.g starting a new school/college
⭐️ Increase their confidence and self belief in their own abilities
⭐️ Be proud of who they are!

Sessions are available on a first come first served basis.

If you'd like to know more, DM me or use contact details in bio.

20/06/2023

Change is never easy but it will be worth it in the end, just hang in there🙂🫶🥳

14/06/2023

Sometimes it’s worth checking in with ourselves to ensure that what we’re offering, to anyone having a tough time, is in fact empathy and NOT sympathy! Empathy let’s the person know you really hear them and want to support them ❤️Sympathy tells a person, you have my attention for a few minutes but then I’ll be on to the next thing 🤦🏼‍♀️ If anything it can leave the person feeling worse, because they may feel rejected, worthless, stupid for sharing etc. So if you know someone is having a tough time and isn’t sharing much, check in with yourself and see if what you’ve been offering them previously has been sympathy or empathy?!

12/06/2023

Here’s another quick tip to help manage overwhelming thoughts or feelings 🤓 It’s a simple acronym N.A.I.L to help you, a child or young person begin to explore those unhelpful thoughts and feelings in a simple 4 step strategy! Give it a go, what’s the best that could happen as a result of trying it out?! I’d love to hear how you get on with it so please do get in touch to share your feedback! Or if you’d prefer to have a chat about how I can help you or your child - contact details are in my bio 🥰

08/06/2023

Did you know it’s National Best Friends Day today?! 🫶 It won’t surprise you that friendships are so important for children and teens when growing up🤓When they’re going great it’s amazing but when issues arise or they fall out they can feel like their whole 🌎 is caving in which can affect their and 😔 If you’re child is struggling with this, give me a call to see how I can help them find their way through this tricky time ☎️ (link in bio)

06/06/2023

It’s tricky to know what’s the best way to help your child or young person sometimes 🤦🏼‍♀️ If they are experiencing any, or all, of the above 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻give me a call ☎️so we can have a chat. Contact details in bio 😎 Sometimes starting a conversation is the best way to finding the right help for your loved ones 💡💕

31/05/2023

It’s so heart warming when you receive testimonials from parents who recognise the hard work their child has put in, so that they can manage themselves differently in challenging situations 😊 Get in touch if you’d like to see how I can help you and your child💡

05/11/2022

I recently chatted to a lovely lady called Claire who works with parents to help them parent in a way that is better for them and benefits the whole family too 🥰 She not only offers 1:1 and group sessions, she also has a lovely and supportive FB group called Conscious Parents Re-villaging that you should check out: https://www.facebook.com/groups/consciousparentsrevillaging/permalink/1189874905245535/

02/09/2022

I’m sure many parents and care givers are familiar with asking the question “how was school today?” and getting a response that is loaded with lots of negatives of how their day was the worst day ever! 🤦🏼‍♀️

💡Instead of asking “how was your day?” change the question to “tell me 3 good things about your day” If they tell you they really want to tell you about the drama that happened, let them know you will listen to them, AFTER they have focused on some good stuff that happened that day too! 🌈

Practicing this daily will break their habit of always focusing on the negatives and help them to realise that there is actually positives to their day too!! 🧠

The positives don’t need to be massive, they can be as simple as “I had a laugh with my mates at break time” or “lunch was nice” - it’s just about retraining their brain to look for the positives instead of focusing on the negative continually😊

29/08/2022

👉🏻Are they worried about making friends at a new school? 👉🏻Concerned about their final GCSE/A-level year? 👉🏻Nervous about ‘fitting in’? 👉🏻Would you like them to feel more relaxed, calm and confident instead?

I'm an NLP4Kids Practitioner working with children and teens to help them:
⭐️Challenge their negative 'internal chat'
⭐️Feel more relaxed and empowered
⭐️Increase their self-esteem and confidence

I offer 1 to 1 appointments and workshops both face to face in Marlborough, Wiltshire and Newbury, Berkshire and over Zoom.

If you'd like to know more, send me a DM or FB message or you can get in touch via my website www.louisemolloytherapy.co.uk 😊

21/02/2022

Hi, I’ve recorded a short video to introduce myself and what I do! If you want to know more or feel this could help you or a young person in your life, please get in touch so we can have a chat 👉🏻 contact details in bio

05/01/2022

05/01/2022

Hi, I’m Louise and I coach young people to feel empowered to take responsibility for their thoughts and feelings, focusing on the positive changes they want to see in their lives instead.

Is your child experiencing any of the following?

➡️ Low self-esteem or self-confidence

➡️ Anxiety

➡️ Exam stress

➡️ Negative thoughts

➡️ Poor communication skills

➡️ Unhelpful beliefs or behaviour patterns

If they are, get in touch by sending me a message so we can have a chat about how I can help.

I offer face to face appointments in Marlborough, Wiltshire or Newbury, Berkshire. I understand that life can be busy so I offer online appointments via Zoom too.