Congratulations, Marc! Looks like you completely transformed the boy from having a “dog phobia” into having a “dog addiction” :))) He is a roll over in your therapy 🙂
Now, jokes aside, I believe working with kids is so much rewording and really fun and easy to do as their imagination is quick, they don’t rationalize the process too much and they just follow your instructions once you build good rapport with them!
I recently worked with a girl who had clown phobia and logical levels of therapy helped solve the problem faster than I thought. Also hypnoses works great with children; I often do it with my kids, giving them a relaxation induction and then positive suggestions. Last weekend for ex I gave my son suggestions such as he would be great in the football match he had the next day, that he would score at least 1 goal and that’s exactly what happened: he scored actually 3 times and played his best match ever.
Kids are amazing to work with and we only have to encourage them to keep the magic alive!