3 top tips for 'back to school' with positivity

For those of you with children or teens returning to school this week. I speak as a children and teen therapist with over 20yrs experience of 'back to school' and as the mother of four now grown up children.

3 tips for conversations over the next days

• Turn their attention to their intention

Instead of focusing on what they fear and what they don't want, ask them what they DO want. What do they want to see, what do they want to hear and what do they want to feel?

• Make it happen now

Mental rehearsal is used to set the mind up for what you want to happen. You are using the neuro plasticity of the brain to create new pathways that will bring a successful outcome. Whether they create a mood board, vision board, some abstract art, a LEGO model, or play music that inspires them, these will all help to build this intention in t…