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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.

13/11/2025

On this ...

Remember the importance of kindness in Child Development 🧡

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12/11/2025

💤 Bedwetting isn’t a failure, it’s a phase.

If your child is struggling with bed wetting, you’re definitely not alone. Around 15% of five-year-olds (and even some older children) experience it too, but it’s something we rarely talk about.

In our latest blog, we unpack...

✨ What causes nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting)
🧠 How your child’s brain–bladder connection plays a part
💡 Six practical, confidence-boosting strategies to support your child with empathy and care
👩⚕️ When to seek extra help from your GP or organisations

Bedwetting is a normal part of development, and with the right support, your child can overcome it, calmly and confidently.

👇 Read more here

https://www.theyouthfairy.com/causes-nocturnal-enuresis-children/

11/11/2025

🧚 What does a Youth Fairy do?

We specialise in working with children and teenagers struggling with the effects of anxiety, stress, anger, low mood and low confidence.

We use solution-focused, evidence-based approaches that actively encourage children to:

⭐️ Re-focus on the positive aspects of their lives

⭐️ Recognise strengths and capabilities

⭐️ Improve quality of sleep

⭐️ Engage more in positive activities/interactions

⭐️ Feel more in control of their emotions and lives

🙋♀️🙋 Whether you are a parent seeking help for your child, a school looking for wellbeing initiatives to support your students and staff or you would like to become a Youth Fairy yourself and help to impact positively on children’s mental health, please browse the website to find out more...

www.theyouthfairy.com

10/11/2025

🧚 Helping children develop good mental health - it's what we do...

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09/11/2025

Another busy but fabulous weekend for me 🤩

Kicking off Module 2 with my CPHT Surrey Hypnotherapy Training students, teaching them all about:

🧠How to explain how the brain works to clients.
📝What information they need from clients, so that they can help them effectively.
🔒An introduction to GDPR requirements

Followed by Module 9 of lecturer training at CPHT London Hypnotherapy Training watching the students being taught about:

⭐️Marketing
💻Working with other professionals
🪄 Solution Focused Questioning techniques

As well as seeing my fellow Faires 🧚 I hope you’ve all had a brilliant weekend 😊

08/11/2025

This week we are shining a spotlight on PTSD. Children and adults often show trauma in very different ways, from nightmares to withdrawal or anger 😫😡😭

This I want to know if you think we recognise those differences enough? 🤔🤔

07/11/2025

What a glowing this week from Sophie. Jenna came to see me really struggling with suicidal thoughts, low confidence and anxiety.

She was a pleasure to work with and made such a positive change in such a short amount of time - just amazing work in and out of sessions 🧚🥰 Mum, Sophie, clearly has noticed to benefits too.

Full testimonial below 👇👇👇
“Vicki helped my 12 year old daughter so much. I was worried about the cost but was worth every penny. It gave my daughter a safe space to talk about anything she wanted to. And after a few weeks my daughter was much more chill and open with me.

We are a few weeks on now from having completed a block of sessions and have not had any more and my daughter is still in a much better place. What is also good to know is that we said that should my daughter have a blip and feels she needs a ‘top up’ session then that would also be available.

I actively encourage parents to let their children have this therapy should they be struggling in any way with anxiety, school, relationships etc before it goes on too long. Far better to start this early as required and help them with coping strategies. A thousand thank yous to Vicki and I am eternally grateful."

* Names changed for confidentiality.

06/11/2025

Parenting - The greatest job of a lifetime
Leave a ❤️ if you agree!

05/11/2025

✨ New Blog ✨ Today is Stress Awareness Day, so we are spotlighting PTSD and specifically PTSD in children and young people.

PTSD stands for Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder, and it is a condition that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic life-threatening event or serious injury.

Most people recover from a traumatic incident without it affecting their mental health.

PTSD has a specific set of symptoms which last for longer than a month and which interfere with day-to-day life and for which help is available.

Some examples of traumatic events may include:

😔 assault
😔 road traffic incident
😔 natural disasters such as fire
😔 child abuse
😔 witnessing domestic violence
😔 war
😔 acts of terrorism
😔 traumatic childbirth

Did you know that trauma can be experienced vicariously as well?

Have you ever watched an episode of ‘You’ve Been Framed!’, and winced when an accident inevitably occurs? There is an evolutionary survival mechanism at play here.
We are hard wired to avoid dangers in life! 😲

Children will react in a variety of different ways after a trauma. Directly after a traumatic event, young people will often feel:

💔 frightened
💔 distressed
💔 in shock

Most people will show some short-term distress when exposed to a trauma, but over time the trauma fades to memory, at times hurtful, but no longer a cause of distress.

This week’s blog explains:

👉 What PTSD is and how to spot the signs
👉 How it manifests in our young ones
👉 How to best support your child

Head on over to the Parent Pad to read it in full!

Take a read here: 👇👇👇

https://www.theyouthfairy.com/spotlighting-ptsd/

04/11/2025

⭐️ Looking for a place to find helpful tips, advice, insights and resources, to help you support your child’s well-being....

Here it is! The Parent Pad

Some of the recent topics include...

📍Self-Injury Awareness
📍Spotlighting OCD: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
📍Baby Loss Awareness

⭐️ And brand NEW BLOG every Wednesday!

☕️ So get comfy and take a read NOW

https://www.theyouthfairy.com/the-parent-pad/

03/11/2025

Let's Monday 🙌

Wishing you all a great week. 🧚

02/11/2025

Lovely little walk and breakfast this morning with family 🥰

What have you been up to this weekend? 🤩🧚

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