Anxiety, in excess, has been found to have a crippling and often debilitating effect on both adults and children. It can affect all aspects of their lives and can lead to psychiatric disorders. This study was initiated by the researcher's observation that more children of all ages, referred to her private practice, were suffering from high levels of anxiety than in previous years. A literature study was conducted into the phenomenon, anxiety, in order to establish: * the different types of anxiety; * the different theories of anxiety; * the development of anxiety in young children; * the effect anxiety has on primary school children generally and specifically on their emotional, sexual, social, cognitive and moral development; * the symptom formation and psychosomatic illness caused by anxiety; * the disorders of childhood and adolescence caused by anxiety; and * the means of assessing and treating anxiety in primary school children. The researcher then assembled a battery of standardised tests to assess anxiety in primary school children and devised a therapy, namely Hypno-p1ay therapy, to treat anxiety in primary school children. An idiographic study was then conducted on six primary school children, identified as suffering from high levels of anxiety. These children were assessed on the battery of tests, designed specifically to analyse their different types of anxiety, namely state and trait; general and test; free-floating and manifest; overt and covert and normal and neurotic. These results were then interpreted holistically, viewing the child within his life-world and attempting to make meaning of his anxiety within this context. Three of these children were then given Hypno-playtherapy on a regular basis for 8-12 sessions and were thereafter reassessed on two questionnaires, to ascertain whether their anxiety levels had been reduced by the therapy. Other aspects, such as causes and symptoms of anxiety, were also reviewed. Findings in the empirical investigation appear to confirm that anxiety can be identified in primary school children by means of a psychometric assessment, consisting of a variety of tests and can be treated uccessfully by Hypno-play therapy. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

Anxiety, in excess, has been found to have a crippling and often debilitating effect on both adults and children. It can affect all aspects of their lives and can lead to psychiatric disorders. This study was initiated by the researcher's observation that more children of all ages, referred to her private practice, were suffering from high levels of anxiety than in previous years. A literature study was conducted into the phenomenon, anxiety, in order to establish: * the different types of anxiety; * the different theories of anxiety; * the development of anxiety in young children; * the effect anxiety has on primary school children generally and specifically on their emotional, sexual, social, cognitive and moral development; * the symptom formation and psychosomatic illness caused by anxiety; * the disorders of childhood and adolescence caused by anxiety; and * the means of assessing and treating anxiety in primary school children. The researcher then assembled a battery of standardised tests to assess anxiety in primary school children and devised a therapy, namely Hypno-p1ay therapy, to treat anxiety in primary school children. An idiographic study was then conducted on six primary school children, identified as suffering from high levels of anxiety. These children were assessed on the battery of tests, designed specifically to analyse their different types of anxiety, namely state and trait; general and test; free-floating and manifest; overt and covert and normal and neurotic. These results were then interpreted holistically, viewing the child within his life-world and attempting to make meaning of his anxiety within this context. Three of these children were then given Hypno-playtherapy on a regular basis for 8-12 sessions and were thereafter reassessed on two questionnaires, to ascertain whether their anxiety levels had been reduced by the therapy. Other aspects, such as causes and symptoms of anxiety, were also reviewed. Findings in the empirical investigation appear to confirm that anxiety can be identified in primary school children by means of a psychometric assessment, consisting of a variety of tests and can be treated uccessfully by Hypno-play therapy. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

Clients embark in therapy for different reasons and they often do not understand their own behaviour, thoughts and feelings. Some state that they do not feel themselves and ask questions about who they really are. This study explores different therapeutic ways in assisting clients to find answers to this question. The researcher indicates that the self is an energy system which can be in dissonance. It explores the subconscious as a resource that can be utilized in therapy, assisting clients to discover their essential selves. The study uses an eclectic approach, where the Medical Hypnoanalysis Model is used to identify aspects with regards to the self being dissonant. It is indicated how the hypnotherapeutic techniques within Ego-state therapy and Ericksonian psychotherapy contribute to the exploration of the subconscious and its resources. The study utilizes subconscious resources to assist clients to become more aware of their essential selves and to activate the process of self-actualization. From theory the study constructed a new eclectic approach in assisting clients to discover their essential selves through their subconscious resources. This proves to be of value in approaching therapy from a psycho-educational perspective. The therapeutic process of identifying and accessing subconscious resources takes place within the framework of the SARI-model (a model within the Ego-state therapy theory). This study presents four case studies and discusses information that can be gained from the subconscious mind of the client and its utilization in therapy. The cases illustrate that the subconscious has the resources available to assist in the identification of the cause of the problem, inner-strengths, a subconscious safe place and possible solutions to the problem. It was indicated that these resources can be used to integrate trauma from the past, resolve negative beliefs and to enhance the establishment of equilibrium within the self as energy system, which leads to the client discovering and becoming the essential self. The study concludes with a model that can be used to discover the essential self by means of subconscious resources in addressing client's fundamental question of `Who am I really?' / Educational Studies / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

Clients embark in therapy for different reasons and they often do not understand their own behaviour, thoughts and feelings. Some state that they do not feel themselves and ask questions about who they really are. This study explores different therapeutic ways in assisting clients to find answers to this question. The researcher indicates that the self is an energy system which can be in dissonance. It explores the subconscious as a resource that can be utilized in therapy, assisting clients to discover their essential selves. The study uses an eclectic approach, where the Medical Hypnoanalysis Model is used to identify aspects with regards to the self being dissonant. It is indicated how the hypnotherapeutic techniques within Ego-state therapy and Ericksonian psychotherapy contribute to the exploration of the subconscious and its resources. The study utilizes subconscious resources to assist clients to become more aware of their essential selves and to activate the process of self-actualization. From theory the study constructed a new eclectic approach in assisting clients to discover their essential selves through their subconscious resources. This proves to be of value in approaching therapy from a psycho-educational perspective. The therapeutic process of identifying and accessing subconscious resources takes place within the framework of the SARI-model (a model within the Ego-state therapy theory). This study presents four case studies and discusses information that can be gained from the subconscious mind of the client and its utilization in therapy. The cases illustrate that the subconscious has the resources available to assist in the identification of the cause of the problem, inner-strengths, a subconscious safe place and possible solutions to the problem. It was indicated that these resources can be used to integrate trauma from the past, resolve negative beliefs and to enhance the establishment of equilibrium within the self as energy system, which leads to the client discovering and becoming the essential self. The study concludes with a model that can be used to discover the essential self by means of subconscious resources in addressing client's fundamental question of `Who am I really?' / Educational Studies / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)