What help is there for children with phobias

[shaz123]

does anybody know about child phobias, my niece has a fear of being sick, she is 10 years old, and started 3 years ago, she,s started writing down items of food she eats each day not more than 8 items, her mum found it the other day,her little sis has just been ill and she locked herself away in her bedroom,she did go to the children,s last year but that doesn,t seemed to have worked, she,s back to square one again,there must be some help somewhere for this condition has anyone been through similar sort of thing with a child

[FairyNormal]

My 9 year old son has pretty severe OCD and anxiety disorder and is currently attending Shirle Hill Hospital 2 days a week for specialist help. I would recommend going back to your GP and stressing how worried you are. I would ask for a referal to your local CAMHS team (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) They can assess her properly and offer more specialist help.

 

I will try and dig out some useful links later but have to go to work now.

 

Hang in there !

[LinDeb1952]

I hope that shaz123's niece obtained some help for her fear of being sick. As a hypnotherapist I work with a lot of people with fears/phobias including this issue. Hypnotherapy can really help overcome these types of things. CAMHS in Barnsley has a member of staff who is also a qualified hypnotherapist. Otherwise would suggest they contact a local therapist with experience of working with children. Last year I worked with a student who had a fear of vomitting, fear of being too far away from a toilet and also a fear of germs. Two sessions helped her to get over these longstanding problems.

[shoo gal]

I have never worked with a child with this, but I have this phobia too and have done for many years. It tends to come and go - when I haven't got things to worry about it comes back again. And around this time of year when all the bugs start popping up I get all anxious.

 

PM me if you want any advice, I've had a lot of therapy and people with this phobia tend to follow the same avoidance and safety behaviours x

[focusedhypno]

I have a colleague called Garry Dunmore (http://www.hypnotherapysheffield.net). He does a lot of work with children and has had some fantastic results. I only help adults through hypnotherapy so if I ever have anyone approach me to help their child I always point them in Garry's direction.