The gift you give your child
while they
sleep
If your child is struggling — with anxiety, sleep, confidence, bedwetting, or just not quite thriving — SleepTalk™ lets you do something about it tonight. A gentle five-minute ritual, delivered by you, that reaches the subconscious mind at the moment it's most ready to receive love.
Free 20-min discovery call · Sessions from $150 · Online across NZ
What is SleepTalk™
for Children?
Developed by Australian hypnotherapist Gwenda Bird, SleepTalk™ is a structured, evidence-informed process that uses the natural window between wakefulness and deep sleep — when the subconscious mind is most open — to deliver powerful, positive affirmations directly to your child.
Unlike traditional therapy, you are the therapist. Molly teaches you the process in two to three sessions, and then you carry it out at home each night — a gentle five-minute ritual that, with consistency, creates profound change from the inside out.
The brief transition between waking and sleeping is where the critical, analytical mind steps aside. Suggestions offered in this state bypass resistance and reach the subconscious directly — the same principle that underpins all hypnotherapy.
Every SleepTalk™ session begins with the same foundation: "I love you and you are safe." This anchors the child in security before any specific suggestions are made. Safety always comes first.
No stranger works directly with your child. You carry the process forward at home, which deepens the trust and bond — and means no clinic visits, no disruption to routines, and no pressure on the child at all.
Simple for you. Transformative for them.
Three sessions with Molly is all it takes to learn the process. Everything after that happens at home, at bedtime, in five quiet minutes with your child.
Your Consultation
Molly learns about your child — their personality, challenges, and what you'd most like to support. Together you identify the specific suggestions that will matter most.
You Learn the Process
Over two to three sessions, Molly teaches you exactly how to deliver the SleepTalk™ process — the timing, the tone, the words, and how to progress through the stages.
You Do It Nightly
Each night you apply the process for about five minutes as your child drifts to sleep. Results build gently over weeks — and keep compounding long after you've stopped.
Is SleepTalk™ right
for your child?
SleepTalk™ is not a treatment for diagnosed conditions — it is a tool for building the emotional foundation every child deserves. It supports children who are struggling with:
If your child is generally happy and settled, SleepTalk™ is equally powerful as a proactive gift — building the internal resources that help them thrive through life's inevitable challenges.
The subconscious doesn't
know your child is asleep.
During the hypnagogic state — the threshold between waking and sleeping — brain activity shifts into the same slow-wave, highly receptive pattern observed during formal hypnosis. The critical, filtering mind is at rest. Positive suggestions offered with warmth and consistency are absorbed without resistance, and repeated night after night, they become the child's own internal voice.
This is why SleepTalk™ works where other approaches struggle: it reaches the subconscious directly, rather than trying to reason with a conscious mind that may not yet have the capacity to change.
What families are saying.
The greatest measure of SleepTalk™ isn't what Molly says about it — it's what parents see in their children.
Within three weeks our daughter stopped wetting the bed — something we'd struggled with for two years. But the biggest change was watching her confidence bloom. She walks into school now like she owns it.
Our son had terrible night terrors and separation anxiety. After a month of SleepTalk™ he was sleeping through, and the tantrums at school drop-off just... stopped. It felt almost too good to be true.
Molly made us feel completely confident. The process is so simple but clearly profound. Our anxious little boy is now the child who volunteers to go first. I recommend SleepTalk™ to every parent I know.
Everything you need
to feel ready
Is my child hypnotised without their knowledge?
No. SleepTalk™ works with the natural sleep state your child enters every single night — it doesn't induce an artificial or unusual state of any kind. You are simply using the most receptive moments of your child's natural sleep cycle to offer loving, positive suggestions. There is nothing covert or clinical happening. Your child remains safely asleep.
Does my child need to know about it?
It's entirely up to you. Many parents tell their child in a gentle, age-appropriate way (“I'm going to whisper something lovely to you each night before you sleep”), while others prefer not to draw attention to it at all. Both approaches work. The process is effective regardless of whether your child knows about it.
How long does it take to see results?
Most parents notice the first subtle shifts within two to four weeks of consistent nightly practice. Some changes — particularly around sleep and bedwetting — can happen faster. Deeper changes to confidence and emotional regulation typically emerge over eight to twelve weeks. The key is consistency: like any positive habit, the results build with repetition.
What if my child is a deep sleeper or moves around a lot?
Molly will teach you how to identify the optimal window for your specific child — every child has their own rhythm of falling asleep. The technique adapts to different sleep patterns, and Molly will coach you through any challenges in your follow-up sessions.
Can it be done online?
Yes. Because SleepTalk™ is something you carry out at home, the learning sessions with Molly translate perfectly to video call. Many of Molly's SleepTalk™ clients are based across New Zealand and have completed the full programme online.
How is SleepTalk™ different from regular hypnotherapy?
Molly's general hypnotherapy and life coaching work directly with adult or teenage clients in session. SleepTalk™ is a distinct, certified programme specifically for children aged 2–12, where you, the parent, are trained to be the practitioner at home. No stranger ever works directly with your child. The two approaches complement each other beautifully — some parents choose to work on their own patterns with Molly alongside the SleepTalk™ work they carry out for their child.
Start tonight. Your child is waiting.
Book a free 20-minute discovery call and find out whether SleepTalk™ is the right fit for your family. No obligation — just an honest conversation about what's possible for your child.
Or email Molly at hello@mollylawrencehypnotherapy.com · 021 026 15825