Child & Teen Mindset Coach
Adult Mind-Body NLP Coach & Clinical Hypnotherapist
I combine a background in education, child development and mind-body coaching to help build sustainable, lasting change. Sessions focus on recognising what's keeping you stuck before building more useful ways of thinking, feeling and responding. We work directly with thoughts, emotional responses and behavioural habits, so change carries into everyday life rather than staying in the room.
You can expect to leave with greater confidence, improved emotional regulation and a clearer sense of choice in situations that used to feel overwhelming - along with a better understanding of how unhelpful patterns form in the first place, and tools that empower you to continue moving in that direction once our sessions conclude.
- 4 Years as a Class Teacher in a leading London primary school
- Postgraduate Certificate in Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Wellbeing with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
- Clinical Diploma and Master Practitioner Certificate in NLP, Coaching & Hypnotherapy
Hannah Drake
About Me
In my four years working as a Primary School teacher, I developed my love for working with children and also a real desire to support children and young people on a deeper level. In my final year of teaching, I embarked on and achieved a Postgraduate Certificate in Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Wellbeing with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. This training gave me a rich, foundational understanding of psychoanalytic, psychodynamic and systemic therapeutic modalities and how I could bring these into my existing work as a teacher as well as my work moving forwards.
During this year, I also personally went through a period of chronic illness. After a challenging few months (and years previous), I was lucky to find my way to full healing and I have now been fully well since January of 2025. Targeted therapeutic work supported my nervous system and brain to recover from the neurological conditioning that had kept me stuck in chronic illness and, astonishingly, I recovered in three days. From my existing training with the Tavistock, I had already studied the role of the nervous system and illness and disease in relation to trauma, and it only made sense that this mapped onto post-viral conditions as well. I decided to train to support people in this way and stepped away from teaching to focus on this.
Now, I combine my teaching background, my Tavistock training, and a Clinical Diploma in Coaching, Hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming, to support children, teenagers and adults to make change. I help individuals to move forward from patterns, behaviours or emotional responses that may have been keeping them stuck. While my personal experience of this work was related to chronic illness, I work with children, teenagers and adults more broadly. In fact, I strongly believe that this work can be life-changing and even preventative in children and teenagers as a result of their stages of brain development.
How I Can Help
Support with:
- Feeling overwhelmed with schoolwork, expectations, or pressure
- Anxiety around performance or making mistakes
- General exam stress (from 7+ & 11+ to GCSEs and beyond)
- Difficulty starting or completing tasks (homework, revision, routines)
- Emotional shutdowns, irritability, or avoidance
- Different behaviour at home vs school
- Feeling "stuck" in patterns that repeat over time
- Friendship issues, bullying, changing schools
- General anxiety or low moods
- Overall motivation and learning engagement
- Low self-confidence or fear of failure
- School anxiety and avoidance
- Difficulty with emotional regulation, e.g. frustration or procrastination
Support with:
- Parenting a child experiencing anxiety or emotional difficulties
- Understanding your child's needs
- Supporting emotional regulation
- Improving communication
- Building confidence as a parent
- Not knowing how to help without escalating things
- Repeated conflict around school, emotions, or behaviour
- Feeling that strategies only work temporarily
Support with:
- Anxiety, stress and overwhelm
- Self-trust and self-esteem
- Identity and self-belief
- Chronic illness, chronic stress and burnout
- Emotional wellbeing and resilience
- Low confidence in specific areas of life or work
- Stress that feels constant or hard to regulate
- Overthinking, self-doubt, or emotional reactivity
- Mood swings
Education & Experience
- Master Practitioner in NLP, Coaching & Hypnotherapy; PPTI 2026, in progress
- Clinical Diploma in NLP, Coaching & Hypnotherapy; PPTI 2025/2026, in progress
- PGCert in Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Wellbeing (Distinction); Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust 2024/2025
- 4 years teaching experience in London primary education; Fox Primary School 2021-2025
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) 2020/2021
- PGCE in Primary Education with Mathematics Specialism; University of Roehampton with Fox Primary School 2020/2021
- BA (Hons) in Modern Languages & Cultures - Italian & German (First Class); Durham University 2016-2020
Work with me
If you'd like to explore whether this support is right for you or your child, I'd be glad to arrange a free initial consultation and I really look forward to speaking with you.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Coaching focuses on helping clients move forwards by developing practical strategies and building new ways of responding. Where difficulties require more intensive therapeutic or medical support, I will always recommend speaking with your GP or an appropriate mental health professional.
Parents or carers are invited to attend the first session. Remaining sessions are just with the child, but regular communication with parents or carers is provided.
NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is a coaching approach that looks at the connection between our thoughts, language and behaviour, and how these patterns shape our emotional responses and everyday experiences.
I use NLP techniques alongside my training in education and child and family mental wellbeing to help clients understand unhelpful patterns and build more helpful ways of responding.
Every client is different and we'll discuss your goals during the initial consultation. 3-6 sessions are usually enough to create lasting change and address the pressing concerns.
I work online with adults and in person with children.
Sessions are charged at £120 per hour for children and young people and £90 per hour for adults. The higher rate for children and young people reflects additional time for parent or carer involvement outside of the session.
Some clients prefer to work in structured blocks of 3 or 6 sessions to support continuity and longer-term change. This can be discussed during the initial consultation.
Reduced-rate spaces for students and young adults are available where cost is a barrier, depending on capacity. This can also be discussed during the initial consultation.