Fears & Phobias
 When we are born, we have no phobias or fears, but as we progress through life, something may trigger a fear or phobia within us.
Phobias and fears are common - over 10% of people experience a simple phobia at some time. From elevators, spiders and birds, to heights, dentists and open spaces. There is nothing we can't develop anxiety or phobias about.
Hypnosis can provide an extremely effective cure for these problems as it provides the opposite of anxiety - deep relaxation - while teaching the mind a different way of responding to the feared object or situation.
Treatment
If you are experiencing a particular fear or phobia, Hypnotherapy can find the causal event and help you remove the fear associated with it.
The treatment is gentle, and does not force you to face your fear until you are ready. We aim only for the goals you set. The average treatment takes between two and four sessions, although it can take longer, and has been known to work in a single session.
We primarily use techniques based in the behavioural school of psychotherapy, but also employ techniques from Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) in addition to traditional Hypnotherapeutic methods.
A few of the common recognised phobias and fears are shown below:
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Fear of Rejection or Abandonment
Fear of Failure
Fear of Open Spaces (Agoraphobia)
Fear of Closed Spaces (Claustrophobia)
Dear of Crowds (Demophobia)
Fear of Speaking in Public (Glossophobia)
Fear of Water (Hydrophobia)
Fear of Darkness (Nyctophobia)
Fear of Confrontation
Stop Panic Attacks
Fear of being Sick (Emetophobia)
Social Phobia (Scopophobia)
Fear of Heights (acrophobia) |
Driving Test
Exam Nerves
Fear of Success
Bird Phobia
Fear of Animals, Snakes, Spiders, Dogs etc
Fear of Hospitals
Fear of Dentists (Odontophobia)
Fear of Needles (Aichmophobia)
Fear of Death or Dying (Thanatophobia)
Fear of Flying, (Aviatopophobia )
Fear of Driving, using trains, boats etc
Fear of Elevators /Lifts
Unfamiliar Surroundings |
Everybody is unique
 Individual people may have much more personal examples. Some examples we have encountered include, fear of toothbrushes, the colour yellow (Xanthophobia), Wellington boots ….
So if you have any irrational fears, or phobias that are impacting your quality of life, or that you simply want to remove, then contact us now to discuss how we can help you take back control of your life.
Click here to see a more complete list of more known phobias.
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