What is a phobia?

A phobia is an irrational fear of something. A certain amount of fear is healthy to keep us alive, but when that fear becomes severe enough that our behaviour becomes irrational and it affects other aspect of our lives, that’s when it’s time to get help.

Why do we have phobias?

Phobias can usually be traced back to one experience, normally an emotionally charged event. This stays with you and every time you are confronted with the trigger, for example, a spider, the emotional response is triggered. This normally gets worse over time resulting in feelings of panic, anxiety and fear. Sometimes the triggering event is not obvious so this has to be explored with the therapist.

Most people are aware of their triggering event, but no matter how much they try to control it, they cannot. This is because phobias happen below the concious level.

How can hypnotherapy / NLP help?

Hypnotherapy / NLP is very effective for phobias, this is because they talk directly to the unconcious mind. This involves disconnecting the emotional response, when this is disconnected the phobia is gone. Your life no longer needs to be controlled by your fear with hypnotherapy / NLP phobias are easy to treat and in just a few short sessions you could get rid of that fear forever.

Our therapists

Emma James MANLP, MATLT, MAHYP, Dip FTST, IIHTT is a leading personal therapist, a certified master practioner in NLP, Hypnosis and Time Line Therapy. For more details click here.

Jonathan Dobson Dip Psy/Phil Dip Couns Dip Clin Hyp MBACP MBSCH has been studying pyschology for over 17 years. He is qualified in person centered counselling and clinical hypnotherapy. For more details click here.

Brian McHugh Certified NLP Master Practitioner has been using his NLP and coaching skills to help people make the positive changes that they know will improve their quality of life. For more details click here.