Fertility Support
Evidence-based hypnotherapy to support fertility journeys, reduce conception stress, and improve reproductive outcomes through mind-body techniques.
Parenting Hypnotherapy in Sydney & Online
Clinical hypnotherapy for new parents, perinatal mental health, children, teens and young adults. At Norwest Wellbeing you can book in Sydney's Hills District clinic or via Zoom Australia-wide.
Parenting Hypnotherapy Concerns We Work With
Listed in journey order from fertility and pregnancy through postnatal care, childhood, teens and young adults. Book in-clinic at Norwest (Sydney Hills) or Zoom Australia-wide. Each concern links to a hypnotherapy guide with treatment context and next steps.
Fertility & Pregnancy
Support while trying to conceive, and through pregnancy worry or physical symptoms.
Positive Pregnancy
Supporting expectant mothers through pregnancy anxiety, birth preparation, and maternal mental health with evidence-based hypnotherapy techniques.
Morning Sickness
Morning sickness affects 70-80% of pregnant women, causing nausea and vomiting that can significantly impact daily life and wellbeing during pregnancy.
Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Severe pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting that can lead to dehydration, weight loss, and hospitalization, affecting up to 3% of pregnant women.
New Parents & Postnatal
Perinatal mental health for mothers and fathers in the first year, including anxiety, low mood, and feeding-related worry.
Parenting Anxiety
Overwhelm, not coping, and worry about being a parent.
Postnatal Depression
Professional hypnotherapy treatment for postnatal depression. Evidence-based approach in addressing maternal mental health challenges.
Breastfeeding Anxiety
Anxiety and stress around feeding, not lactation advice.
Paternal Postnatal Depression
New-dad depression, anxiety, and adjustment to fatherhood.
Young Children
Sleep, feeding, habits, and everyday fears in the toddler and preschool years.
Hypnotherapy for Children
Evidence-based hypnotherapy for children addresses anxiety, behavioural issues, sleep problems, and emotional regulation through age-appropriate techniques.
Child Sleep Issues
Sleep difficulties affecting children including trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, nightmares, and bedtime resistance, impacting development and family wellbeing.
Night Terrors (Children)
Clinical hypnotherapy effectively treats childhood night terrors through deep sleep state modification and anxiety reduction techniques.
Thumb Sucking
Clinical hypnotherapy effectively treats persistent thumb sucking habits in children, addressing underlying emotional triggers and establishing healthy coping behaviours.
Stool Holding (Encopresis)
Stool holding (encopresis) is a childhood condition involving deliberate retention of bowel movements, leading to constipation and soiling accidents.
Bed Wetting (Enuresis)
Bed wetting (enuresis) can leave children embarrassed and families exhausted. Age-appropriate hypnotherapy at Norwest Wellbeing is available in Sydney's Hills District clinic or via Zoom Australia-wide.
Child Fussy Eating
Professional hypnotherapy treatment for childhood feeding difficulties and selective eating behaviours. Evidence-based approach for lasting results.
ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)
A restrictive eating disorder characterised by persistent failure to meet nutritional needs, affecting children and teens with significant weight loss and social impairment.
Fear of Vomiting (Kids)
Emetophobia in children is an intense, irrational fear of vomiting that significantly impacts daily life, causing avoidance behaviours and anxiety around food, illness, or situations where vomiting might occur.
Needle Phobia (Kids)
A specific phobia characterised by intense fear and anxiety about medical injections and needles, commonly affecting children and causing significant distress.
Fear of Doctors or Dentists (Children)
Medical phobia in children involving intense fear and avoidance of healthcare providers, causing distress and impacting necessary medical and dental care.
Child Teeth Grinding
Effective hypnotherapy treatment for children who grind their teeth. Proven techniques to reduce bruxism and promote better sleep patterns.
School-Age Children
Anxiety, behaviour, and confidence concerns that surface once school life begins.
Starting School (Anxiety)
School start anxiety affects many children beginning their educational journey. Clinical hypnotherapy provides evidence-based support for smooth transitions.
Separation Anxiety
Professional hypnotherapy for separation anxiety in children and adolescents. Evidence-based treatment helping young people overcome distressing feelings when separated from caregivers.
School Refusal & Anxiety
School refusal and anxiety affects children and teenagers who experience intense fear or distress about attending school, leading to persistent avoidance.
Child Anxiety
Professional hypnotherapy for child anxiety disorders. Evidence-based treatment helping children overcome anxiety with gentle, age-appropriate techniques.
Child Anger Management
Professional hypnotherapy for childhood anger issues, emotional regulation difficulties, and behavioural challenges affecting children's wellbeing.
Child Self Esteem
Professional hypnotherapy treatment for children struggling with low self-esteem and confidence issues. Evidence-based approach helping young people build resilience.
Child Misophonia
Professional hypnotherapy treatment for children with misophonia - sound sensitivity disorder. Evidence-based approach in helping children overcome negative reactions to trigger sounds.
ADHD Management (Kids)
Evidence-based hypnotherapy treatment for childhood ADHD. Proven techniques help children develop focus, emotional regulation and coping skills.
Selective Mutism
Selective mutism is an anxiety disorder where children and teens speak freely in some situations but remain silent in others, particularly school or social settings.
Tics & Tourettes
Comprehensive hypnotherapy treatment for tics and Tourette syndrome. Evidence-based approach reducing tic frequency and improving quality of life through relaxation and self-regulation techniques.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
A behavioural disorder characterised by persistent patterns of angry, irritable mood and defiant, argumentative behaviour towards authority figures.
Habit Cough (Psychogenic)
Habit cough is a persistent, dry cough without underlying medical cause that commonly affects children and teens, often triggered by stress or anxiety.
Bullying Recovery
Professional hypnotherapy treatment to help children and teens recover from bullying trauma, rebuild confidence, and develop resilience strategies.
Dealing with Family Changes
Professional hypnotherapy support for navigating family transitions, relationship changes, and major life adjustments affecting family dynamics.
Childhood Trauma
Childhood trauma can leave lasting patterns of fear, shame, or hypervigilance. Clinical hypnotherapy at Norwest Wellbeing supports gentle processing — in Sydney's Hills District clinic or via Zoom Australia-wide.
Teens & Young Adults
Exam stress, screen habits, and the pressures of moving toward independence.
Exam Anxiety
Exam anxiety is a specific form of performance anxiety that causes intense fear and worry before, during, or after examinations, significantly impacting academic performance.
Exam Stress (HSC/Year 12)
Exam stress affects 75% of HSC students, causing anxiety, panic attacks, and performance issues. Hypnotherapy offers.
Driving Anxiety (Learners)
A specific anxiety disorder affecting teen learner drivers, characterised by intense fear and apprehension when learning to drive, leading to avoidance behaviours.
Teen Social Media Habits
Clinical hypnotherapy for teen social media habit addresses compulsive screen use, digital dependency, and associated mental health challenges.
Teen Screen Addiction
Screen overuse, social media habits, and sleep disruption in teens.
ADHD Management
ADHD can make focus, impulsivity, and emotional regulation harder day to day. Clinical hypnotherapy at Norwest Wellbeing supports practical change — in Sydney's Hills District clinic or via Zoom Australia-wide.
Self-Esteem & Confidence
Low self-esteem and confidence issues affecting daily functioning, relationships, and personal achievement. Professional hypnotherapy provides evidence-based treatment.
Booking & related services
- Book a sessionIn-clinic at Norwest or Zoom Australia-wide.
- Child sessionsHow hypnotherapy runs for children and teens.
- Women's HealthFertility, pregnancy and postnatal pathways.
- Clinical hypnotherapy hubBroader hypnotherapy conditions and pathways.
- Meet the practitionersWho you work with in clinic and online.
- Client reviewsWhat clients say about Norwest Wellbeing.
New parents
Becoming a parent is a major life change. Exhaustion, identity shift, relationship strain, and the sense that you should be coping better than you are are common. Clinical hypnotherapy can help when worry, overwhelm, or low mood persist beyond the first weeks.
About 1 in 5 expecting or new mothers and about 1 in 10 expecting or new fathers in Australia experience perinatal anxiety and/or depression (PANDA and COPE). Baby blues are common and usually short-lived. If symptoms last, affect bonding, or stop you functioning day to day, speak with your GP or maternal child health nurse. Hypnotherapy at Norwest Wellbeing works alongside that care, not instead of it.
Start with parenting anxiety, hypnotherapy for new parents, or parenting overwhelm.
Mothers and breastfeeding-related anxiety
Postnatal depression and postnatal anxiety are distinct but often overlap. COPE notes that postnatal anxiety affects around 1 in 5 Australian women, and mixed mood (anxiety and depression together) is common. Breastfeeding-related anxiety (worry about supply, feeding, or doing it "right") is not a lactation medical problem we diagnose. It is the stress and fear that can sit around feeding.
Rebecca Smith leads women's health and perinatal hypnotherapy. Related pages: postnatal depression, postnatal anxiety, breastfeeding anxiety, and Women's Health. Typical hypnobirthing programmes are not part of this cluster.
If you are not coping, call PANDA on 1300 726 306 or see your GP. Hypnotherapy is safe to discuss while breastfeeding because it is non-pharmacological; any medication questions stay with your doctor.
Fathers
Fathers can experience perinatal depression and anxiety too. Pregnancy Birth and Baby and PANDA report that around 1 in 10 expecting or new dads are affected. Distress in men often shows as irritability, withdrawal, anger, or physical tension rather than tearfulness, so it is easy to miss.
Clinical hypnotherapy can support regulation, sleep stress, and the adjustment to fatherhood while you stay linked to your GP. See paternal postnatal depression and hypnotherapy for new dads.
Children
Children's hypnotherapy at Norwest Wellbeing uses age-appropriate clinical work for anxiety, sleep, ADHD, ARFID, bed wetting, school refusal, fussy eating, and related concerns. Paul Smith leads paediatric hypnotherapy. Bookings for under-16s are made by a parent or guardian. See child sessions and hypnotherapy for children.
Commercial demand in Australia is strongest for hypnotherapy for kids, ADHD, ARFID, and bed wetting. Each has a dedicated hypnotherapy condition page from this hub.
Teens and young adults
Teens often present with exam stress, social anxiety, driving anxiety, social media habits, and screen overuse. Young adults may struggle with leaving home, study, or early work stress. Clinical hypnotherapy can help with the automatic worry and habit loops underneath those presentations.
See teen condition pages from this hub, teen anxiety hypnotherapy, and young adult anxiety hypnotherapy. Adult anxiety and ADHD pages remain available when the person is booking as an adult.
How hypnotherapy helps families
Clinical hypnotherapy works with the automatic patterns (worry loops, body stress responses, ingrained habits) underneath parenting and developmental concerns. Sessions at Norwest Wellbeing combine hypnotherapy with strategic psychotherapy. Initial consultations run up to 90 minutes ($300, including an audio recording of the trance portion); returning sessions are up to 60 minutes ($300).
Hypnotherapy does not replace assessment, medication, or specialist medical care. It is a complementary pathway for people who want structured mind-body support while staying with their GP, paediatrician, or perinatal mental health team.
Getting started
Book via appointments for Norwest (Sydney Hills) or Zoom Australia-wide. Choose the closest concern; if you are unsure, request a free 15-minute callback or phone (02) 8069 9777. Many private health funds offer Extras rebates for clinical hypnotherapy. Check health funds.
Crisis: Norwest Wellbeing is not a crisis service. Call 000 in an emergency, Lifeline 13 11 14, or PANDA 1300 726 306 for perinatal support.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is parenting hypnotherapy?
Parenting hypnotherapy is clinical hypnotherapy for the stresses of becoming and being a parent: new-parent overwhelm, perinatal anxiety and depression, children's concerns, teen stress, and young-adult adjustment. It is not a hypnosis audio product and it is not a hypnobirthing programme.
Who is it for: mums, dads, children, or teens?
All of those. New mothers and fathers, including postnatal depression and anxiety and breastfeeding-related anxiety; children (anxiety, sleep, ADHD, ARFID, bed wetting, school refusal); teens; and young adults leaving home. Each concern has its own hypnotherapy condition page.
Is hypnotherapy a replacement for my GP or PANDA?
No. Hypnotherapy at Norwest Wellbeing complements medical and mental health care. If you are not coping, start with your GP or maternal child health nurse. PANDA is 1300 726 306. If you are in immediate danger call 000 or Lifeline 13 11 14.
Do you offer hypnobirthing?
Typical hypnobirthing programmes are not part of this parenting cluster. Pregnancy-related hypnotherapy for anxiety, morning sickness, or postnatal mental health is discussed on the relevant condition pages and on Women's Health.
Can I book online from outside Sydney?
Yes. Alongside in-clinic appointments at Norwest in Sydney's Hills District, we offer Zoom sessions Australia-wide. Online sessions follow the same clinical process as face-to-face care.
How do I book?
Book via the appointments page for an in-clinic session at Norwest or Zoom Australia-wide, or call the clinic. A free consultation is available if you want to check fit before starting. Parents or guardians book for children under 16.
Book parenting hypnotherapy at Norwest or by Zoom
Start with a free consultation: visit our Sydney Hills clinic or connect online from anywhere in Australia.
PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia). How common are mental health issues in the perinatal period? panda.org.au. COPE. Postnatal anxiety. cope.org.au. Pregnancy Birth and Baby (Healthdirect). Fathers and depression. pregnancybirthbaby.org.au. Emerging Minds. Depression and anxiety in new parents.