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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Paul McAuley

Child's throwaway comment helped kickstart mum's business

A godson’s throwaway comment helped kickstart an entrepreneur's business.

Amy Smythe, from Runcorn, is the brains behind The Worry Wizard - a counselling psychotherapist programme which prides itself on helping children in Merseyside and beyond “to move from worries to well-being”. The programme uses “invisible” therapeutic techniques to help support a child’s well-being and allow them to build a positive sense of self.

As a mum of three boys: Joseph, 14, Ethan, 12, and Alfie, seven, Amy knows all too well spending too much time overthinking about her children’s welfare.

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