Help Teen Clients Conquer Their Worries with the Overcome Teen Anxiety Hypnosis Script

Anxiety is very common during adolescence as we navigate physical and emotional changes, expectations and pressures, and a variety of social challenges.

The Overcome Teen Anxiety Hypnosis Script from The Script Collection was put together to help teenage clients detach from their anxiety and take back control.

The pre-talk reassures the client that anxiety is very common in adolescence, and that it can be a normal response to the many and varied pressures and challenges faced by teenagers. However, it acknowledges that at a certain point, this anxiety can start to get in the way as our worries and negative expectations activate the fight-or-flight response.

While the pre-talk sympathizes with the stories anxiety tells, it reminds the client that they mustn't be controlled by them, as tolerating uncertainty and challenge is an important part of life. Finally, it reassures the client that this session will help them regain control over their worries so they can do the things they really want to do.

The induction guides the client through a passage of three-five breathing, encouraging slow, deep breaths. The client is encouraged to relax further with each breath and to notice how this relaxation manifests in the different parts of the body. Induction blends with trancework as it is suggested that the client can use this kind of breathing to relax the body whenever they need to, and to send that relaxation from the head right down to the toes.

The client is asked to "just get a sense of doing that" in the coming days - stopping in the middle of what they are doing to just slow the breathing and allow a "wave of relaxation" to flow through the body, relaxing each muscle in turn. Relaxation is compared to "a glowing, soothing light" moving throughout the body to put it completely at ease.

Now the client is guided to remember how it feels to do the "things that you most enjoy doing," to be completely immersed in an enjoyable activity. They are encouraged to merge with this memory, to re-experience those good feelings and really notice how free they feel to simply do what they enjoy, channelling their "natural strengths."

The client is reminded that throughout life they have done "things [they never would have believed [they] could have done" by making commitments, overcoming challenges, and ultimately succeeding. With this understanding, they are directed to recognize how strong they feel inside and to acknowledge that they are in charge of their own life.

The client is now guided to get a sense of "moving through uncertainty" to the other side, letting their brain absorb new skills and learnings until it reaches a sense of safety, and they can "really relax, inside and out." They are asked to recognize "that excessively cautious part of you" as being separate to their real self, "the one who's in charge."

Again it is reiterated that the client is the leader of their own life, and they alone have the final say. They are supported to be "kind but firm" in how they deal with the anxious part of themselves, and a physical description of how this looks - upright posture, shoulders back, chin raised - helps them really embody the strength and clarity of this new approach to life.

It is suggested that whenever the client adopts this posture, breathing smoothly and evenly, they can rediscover that they are free to take action, learn, persist, and improve. And each time they do, that "old worry part of you" will gradually come to realize that there is nothing to fear in enjoying growing, learning, thriving, and simply being yourself.

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Overcome Teen Anxiety is also available as an MP3 download.