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A modern, solution-focused approach to positive change for children, teens and young adults. I hold an Enhanced DBS and am fully insured.

I'm Vicki, therapist at The Youth Fairy, a team of Solution Focused therapists dedicated to improving the emotional well-being and mental health of children and teenagers suffering from anxiety, stress, anger, emotional regulation and low confidence. I offer a 1 hour consultation (free) face to face in Heathfield or online, to discuss your child's situation and how I can help them regain more emotional control and see them feeling happier, calmer and much more confident in a relatively short amount of time. As well as helping young people make these changes, I’m passionate that educating them on their mental health is such an important and essential part of the change process. By empowering them with this knowledge, we can help young people to develop more positive, healthy habits for life. In the consultation I’ll explain to you and your child how the brain works to create their specific problems and associated feelings, behaviours or symptoms. This understanding can be really motivational to children as they realise there is hope, see more clearly what we can do about it and how to promote more mentally healthy behaviours in the future. 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). And because this modern, well researched approach is solution focused, it means your child won’t have to focus on the past in great detail or revisit traumatic events to make really positive change. Instead, it supports children to recognise their strengths and gives them the tools to move forward. You’ll also get my relaxation audio downloads to help improve any sleep problems they are having and support the process. Before training as a therapist and joining the Youth Fairy team I have a background in bereavement care and have assisted hundreds of families through their grief journey. This includes helping children cope with the loss of a family member, parent or sibling by enabling them to regain control of their feelings. Although grief is a specialist area, I also work with a range of other concerns such as anxiety, stress, trauma, low mood and low confidence/self-esteem.

11/12/2025

It really is the most magical time of the year 🌟

💬 Be honest!
Who's more excited? You or your children?

10/12/2025

✨On the Blog ✨

It’s that time of the year again – the Christmas nativities! 🎄🎅 The countdown for Christmas has officially started!

💫 If your children are of primary-school age, the Christmas Nativities at school are often an exciting time for parents, not to mention the fact that for many of you reading this, this year may be the first opportunity since the pandemic where you will get to watch your child perform in person, which of course makes the whole experience extra special!

🎄 Those of us who have worked in schools before, know the hard work that goes into putting the Christmas nativities and performances together: finding or creating the perfect script, the endless practising, learning Christmas songs word for word, the amazing costumes the parents create and tending to the last-minute nerves, forgotten lines, or costume disasters!
Amongst the busy-ness and the excitement, it can be so easy to lose sight of what a huge expectation the Christmas nativities are for our children. Whilst many children enjoy the opportunity to shine, there are also many others who can think of nothing worse than performing, singing, or speaking in front of an audience.

😫 It’s worth remembering that, even as adults, this is often something that fills many of us with dread! Further still, some of you reading this as parents may know all too well how difficult your own child finds these occasions and are keen to support them through these inevitable nerves.
Performance anxiety can be linked to any event where an individual feels pressure to succeed or be at their best. This might include:

🎭 Pantomimes, shows and performances
🏈 Sporting matches
🧐 Sitting an exam
🎖 Competitions
😫 Job interviews or work experience
⁉️ Or answering a question in class

It can lead to:
😔 Sweating
😔 Shaking or trembling
😔 Feelings of dizziness
😔 Forgetting lines
😔 Stammering or stuttering
😔 Complaints of feeling sick or a tummy ache
😔 A racing heartbeat
😔 A feeling of dread and obsessively thinking about the event – and feeling certain that it will go wrong.

So, if your child is feeling the anxiety as their day to perform looms ever closer, the ideas in this blog may just be what they need to hear!

So, grab a cuppa and head on over to the Parent Pad to read more about:
👉 How performance anxiety is created
👉 Where to go for further help and support
👉 How to support your child to cope better with nerves and build confidence

Take a read here: 👇 👇 👇
https://www.theyouthfairy.com/spotlighting-performance.../

09/12/2025

🧚 My Schools programme offers a number of options that support the mental health education and wellbeing of children and teachers.

Areas I can have a positive impact on include attendance, behaviour, performance (exam, sports, stage), engagement, retention, general wellbeing and I can tailor the programme to focus on your school’s needs at any given time.

At a glance...

✔️ Primary, Secondary and Post-16
✔️ Group wellbeing programmes for students
✔️ Group wellbeing programmes for teachers
✔️ One to One Therapy for students
✔️ CPD for teachers & pastoral staff
✔️ Workshops for parents on children’s mental health
✔️ Understand the neuroscience of mental health
✔️ Outcome measuring software to evidence impact
✔️ Happy, confident, motivated, resilient pupils & staff

⭐ Find out more here...

https://www.theyouthfairy.com/programmes/strive/

08/12/2025

✨ It's seeing the joy in childrens faces as things become more Christmassy.
Is there anything better? 🥰

🧚♀️ May your Monday be magical

07/12/2025

Set up and ready for the students to arrive for Module 3 at CPHT Surrey Hypnotherapy Training ✨

It’s Decembers module so that only means one thing…Christmas Jumpers 🎅🏻🎄🤶🏼

06/12/2025

Had such a lovely time attending the WOLO Foundation Festive Fiesta Winter Ball last night with my beautiful fellow fairies 🧚

What an inspiring evening supporting a charity that does so much good 💛✨ even got to meet the big guy himself 🎅🏻

06/12/2025

As we kick off the festive period...out comes all the delicious food, drinks and sweet treats 😍😋 Biscuits, hot chocolates and mince pies galore!

your favourite winter treat? 🎄⛄😀

05/12/2025

I was so pleased with this from amazing Jenna just had to reshare. She was really struggling when we first met with anxiety, self harm and suicidal thoughts 😢

But now feels so much happier than she did before and can see the positive side of life 🥰🧚 all in just 7 sessions together.

Full testimonial below 👇👇👇
“I was a bit worried about meeting Vicki because I didn’t know what she would be like for example her personality or attitude/tone in voice but in the end, it was really fun. I was struggling with a lot of suicidal thoughts; anxiety and I generally didn’t feel happy with life.

Overall, after having sessions with Vicki, I feel a lot happier than I did originally. I enjoyed the activities like learning about the brain and I enjoyed the wheel of activities me and my family got to do every week!

It really helped how she would ask me questions of fun things I did every week because it made me realise that I have a lot to be grateful for. I would recommend Vicki because she is really nice and I feel comfortable speaking to her about my problems which I may not say to other people.”

* Names changed for confidentiality.

04/12/2025

🧚 Fairy thoughts as we head into the most exciting time of the year...

Pass it on

03/12/2025

💔On the Blog 💔

This week marks Grief Awareness Week, which runs from 2nd to the 8th December. Whilst many are buzzing with Christmas cheer and excitement, for some families the festive period is experienced with a heavy heart as the feelings of loss and grief for loved ones are felt even more keenly.

💔 The time that marks family traditions and celebrations with family and friends who may be no longer with us can make this period a painful time of year. It is our hope, with this blog, that amongst the busy-ness of Christmas shopping and other preparations, that we can take a moment to pause and think of those families who may need some support right now, to help them through a difficult time of year, and in particular, to help provide information and support to help children cope with the initial stages of grief and beyond.

There is no right or wrong way to grieve and individuals will often experience a whole range of emotions, sometimes all at the same time.

To help understand the different emotions loss can bring, we look at the 7 stages of grief:

😢 Shock

😢 Denial

😢 Anger

😢 Bargaining

😢 Depression

😢 Acceptance and hope

There is no right or wrong way to grieve, the grieving process is completely individual. It is important that an individual grieves in their own way and at their own pace.

💔 After someone has died, the body releases hormones and chemicals which triggers our “fight or flight” response.

💔 Each day, small reminders of the loss can once again trigger this same stress response.

💔 The left prefrontal cortex (our intellectual mind) takes a bit of a backseat and the primitive mind takes over.

💔 The primitive mind only responds within the primitive parameters of depression, anxiety, anger or a combination of all three.

💔 This can result in heightened anxiety and an inability to ‘think straight’.

💔 It is important to tell a child of any age when someone important in their lives has died, and ideally, this is done by someone who is closest to them. Children and young people tend to show their feelings with behaviours rather than words. Reactions will vary greatly as children start to process the information in different ways at different ages.

Today’s blog provides help and guidance on how to navigate these difficult, sensitive conversations, particularly at this difficult time of year, and offers support and further information on:

👉 The 7 stages of grief

👉 How to explain death to a child

👉 Signs to look out for in your child

👉 Activities to help them process grief and loss

👉 Where to go for further help and support

Take a read here:

https://www.theyouthfairy.com/understanding-grief

02/12/2025

I was back for Session 2 of the 6 week Well-being programme for Schools today at a local secondary school.

Working with a fantastic group of Year 11s 🧚

02/12/2025

🧚 The Youth Fairy SPARKLE programme is designed to give children that extra superhero confidence to perform at their very best when it counts. Areas we can help with include exam confidence, stage and sports performance, mindset blocks and public speaking.

It can help to...

✔️ Boost self-confidence and self-esteem
✔️ Confident mindset for performance; sport, stage, exams
✔️ Develop a positive 'can do' attitude
✔️ Discover own strengths and capabilities
✔️ Improved learning and memory capacity
✔️ Remain focused and confident under pressure
✔️ Develop resilience; bounce back, let things go
✔️ See challenge as an opportunity for growth
✔️ Optimise sleep quality

Find out more about the Sparkle programme

https://www.theyouthfairy.com/programmes/smile/

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