Overcome Fears and Phobias

Fear is often the thing that stops us from doing things we really want to do, or really need to do. Hypnotherapy can aid relaxation. It's interesting to know you cannot experience fear and relaxation at the same time. By using this knowledge, hypnosis can help you to achieve a deep and focused state of relaxation, thus eliminating fear.

Whenever someone has a fear or phobia, they often want to know where it has originated from and what they can do to get treatment for it.

What is a fear?

A fear is what we feel when we are in the presence of a real it is the feeling associated with our body prearing itself to either fight the source of danger , or escape from it.

Common Fears which can all be treated with hypnosis include: 

 Flying ; Dentists; Driving; Heights; Bridges; Spiders; Birds; 

What is a phobia?

A phobia is a similar, often extremely intense feeling of fear, which is caused this time, by a situation or object which doesn't actually cause any real threat to our safety. Common with many phobias, is a feeling of loss of control in the given situation, which may give rise to panic. Often, the person will avoid the situation or object which brings these feelings. This only serves to re-enforce the link between object or situation and the fear.

If you have a fear or a phobia that isn't included on this page, rest assured that most phobias have a great deal in common:

Specific Phobias can be categorised as follows:

• Animal (insects, spiders, rats, snakes, mice etc)
• Environmental (thunderstorms, darkness, heights etc)
• Injury (blood, needles, dental procedures, surgery etc)
• Situations (driving, enclosed spaces, lifts etc)
• Other (germs, illness etc)

Complex phobias

There are two main complex phobias...

• Social Phobia(The fear of social situations and being judged)
• Agoraphobia (The fear of open spaces)