Sian Noon

HPD, DfSFH AfSFH MNCP MNCH (Reg.)

Clinical, Solution Focused Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy, NLP

The breakthrough - a term I'm fond of using to describe the moment in which I can clearly see the change in the young person I'm working with. 

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For some, it occurs quickly, after a couple of sessions. For others, a few more.  Everyone makes change at their own pace. 

But when it happens, I am flooded with absolute pride for the young person in front of me.

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That moment when a 16 year old boy, usually so insecure he talks with his head down, shielding his face with an overgrown fringe, walks in, dressed to the 9's, hair tied up, and sits open and upright in the chair with a big smile his face.

Being unable to get a word in, when a 10 year old girl, who struggled to think of any daily positives in session 1, barely takes a breath in-between the list of 15 she is happily reeling off.

Realising that the 15 year old girl, who was so terrified of the dark she still slept with the light on, walked to her session by herself at dusk. And the look of surprise on her face when you point this out because she hadn't even noticed - it just wasn't a problem anymore.

When the 12 year old girl, who was so shy and scared of saying the wrong thing that Mum had to talk for her in the consultation, struts in....yes struts...plonks herself down, looks you straight in the eye and just glows with self-esteem.

When a 15 year old boy, who had such crippling anxiety and paranoia that he hadn't been to school in months, stops on the way out and says, 'Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you.  I've decided to go back to school next week.' No fuss, no fear, like it's the most normal, casual thing in the world.

There are many ways I can measure your child's progress throughout the therapeutic process. Self-assessment within sessions, feedback from yourself and other key figures in their life and of course, their own observations of behavioural and emotional changes too.

I'm also a member of CORP, a national research programme measuring the amount of clinical 'significant change' that takes place with each individual using this therapeutic approach. Your child (and you with their permission) can be shown their weekly and overall progress visually which can be lovely to look back over and see just how far they have come. 

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But the breakthrough is something else. Impossible to fully capture with data, numbers and progress graphs.

It's that moment at which all the different elements of the process appear to come together.  Where they don't even appear to recognise the enormity of the changes themselves, even though we clearly can.  

Because this is who they are now.  Being that person they always wanted to be.

Happy, calm, confident, in control.

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You can be confident your child is in an experienced pair of hands. In addition to training in Clinical Solution Focused Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy I also have over a decade's experience of working with children in an educational setting as a teacher and Head of Year, responsible for the social and emotional well-being of the students in my care. 

Part of my therapeutic process includes teaching you and your child how the brain works to create the issues at hand so they can understand why they have been feeling or behaving this way. They will learn strategies to help them take back control in the first instance, and then be able use this knowledge and skills to better self-manage their emotions and behaviours more easily in the future.

I am creative in nature and this allows me to be flexible and responsive to individual needs. With younger children I may adapt explanations to include their favourite characters or interests and use various sensory resources if necessary to encourage positive engagement.

​I have an up to date Enhanced DBS certificate and am a member of the following professional bodies:

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• National Council For Hypnotherapy (NCH)

• National Council Of Psychotherapists (NCP)

• Association For Solution Focused Hypnotherapy (AfSFH)

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