TREATMENTS
Fears & Phobias
Hypnotherapy For Fears & Phobias
Are fears or phobias holding you back in life? Maybe it’s the overwhelming panic that you feel when you see a spider? Or fearful thoughts that seem to take over and make you avoid certain situations? As time goes on, it can seem as though you will never be free from the anxieties and fears over certain objects/situations. If anything, it sometimes seems like the phobia or fear appears to get worse over time.
Background
A phobia is an irrational and intense fear of an object, situation or activity that can cause fight or flight reactions in the body and avoidance of the trigger. A fear is a natural reaction to objects or situations which could pose some harm or threat, such as being close to a cliff edge. Fear prevents a person from taking unnecessary risks and therefore is protective, however sometimes fears can intensify and interfere with daily living. Common fears and phobias include fear of heights, flying, needles, blood and certain animals such as spiders, snakes and dogs.
What We Can Do
No matter how debilitating your symptoms are, you can achieve freedom from your phobia or fear using hypnosis. A phobia often arises because of a one-time experience, and as a result your subconscious mind is communicating to you that there may be a danger that you need to avoid. However, just as your subconscious mind learnt the avoidance or protective measures to keep you safe from such a “threat”, the subconscious mind can be just as easily re programmed to allow you to live life with the fear or phobia greatly reduced or even eradicated completely!
Hypnotherapy Session Details
Duration
Usually only 2 or 3 one hour sessions are required to treat fears or phobias, but more sessions can be booked if needed.
preparation
I will send a form to complete prior to our first session. If you are coming for an in-person session, just bring yourself! If we are having an online session, a reliable internet connection and a comfortable place to sit during the session is required.
*Hypnotherapy is an effective tool which can be used to successfully treat a variety of issues; however, success is not 100% guaranteed and commitment from the client is an important part of the process.
Reviews
Hypnosis is not 100% guaranteed to work for every condition in every person. It depends on the person’s commitment to change and whether the subconscious mind will accept the suggestions made in hypnosis. However, for many conditions, hypnotherapy is highly successful, for example, it is listed as an effective therapy for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Working with the subconscious mind is an extremely powerful tool which can be used to make permanent changes, almost everyone can be hypnotised, however a person cannot be hypnotised if they do not want to be!
Hypnotherapy can help with a wide range of conditions such as anxiety, depression, stress, insomnia, fears, phobias, pain, infertility, smoking and weight issues. Hypnotherapy can also be used to increase confidence or performance, for example in sport, work or creativity. Hypnotherapy can also be used for past life regression.
This depends on the nature of the goal or desired outcome that you wish to achieve. This can range from a single session or more. Prior to any treatment taking place, a free consultation will be given where a detailed history will be taken and any questions that you have can be answered. The number of approximate sessions needed will be discussed during the initial consultation.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have any further questions about hypnotherapy, you may find the answers in some of the most common questions I get here. Further answers can be found on my FAQ’s page.
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