Phobias - How to Overcome Them
Get help with:
Fear of Flying Phobia
Needle Phobia
Animal Phobias
Driving Anxiety
ARFID
Public Speaking Phobia
Performance Anxiety
Phobia
Hypnotherapy
Phobias are essentially anxiety disorders that are triggered by a stimulus. While your rational mind knows the needle is 'just a pin prick' or that being up high on a building will not kill you, the body and unconscious reacts differently.
You may feel short of breath, get a racing heart, sweat or have abdominal pain or even a panic attack. It can negatively impact your life and you can even develop an anxiety about the phobia which creates a loop.
Hypnotherapy can help you recover from a phobia. It works because we are talking to the unconscious, where the fear and phobia resides. We speak directly to your unconscious creating new programs and pathways for your brain so that you no longer associate needles, flying, spiders, small spaces or public speaking with fear. The unconscious cannot distinguish between right or wrong or what is true or untrue. It can learn 'scripts' that can create a phobia. Hypnotherapy can help you unlearn the script and become phobia-free.
What To Expect In A Phobia Therapy Session With Me
If there is an event that has traumatised you I will work with EMDR to reduce the trauma, freeing you from the emotional charge. Sometimes the phobia itself can be traumatising and I will work on helping you reduce the impact of that so that the fear of the phobia is reduced.
I will then use hypnotherapy, putting you in an enjoyable and relaxed trance and making suggestions to your unconscious. This is like a deep guided meditation. While in a trance I will work with different techniques to bring about wellbeing.
I work with NLP to create new neural pathways through activating different 'feelings' around the phobia which helps you to disassociate the fear. This is very simple work but very powerful.
Parts therapy: contacting the part of you that is phobic and helping you bring them to a place of relaxed healing.
Self-help tools. I can do a recording of the hypnotherapy so you can use it at home.
Exposure therapy - we do this through the imagination, immersing you in the space that triggers the phobia so that you can gain resilience and retrain your unconscious.
The Brain can
Change
I recommend a minimum of three sessions but depending upon your progress it can take more. I have seen many people completely overcome a phobia in three sessions and be amazed by it.
Many people arrive desperate for help but not really believing anything will work. This combination of therapies is very successful.
Phobias can be triggered by a past event or be innate. Whatever the cause I can work with you to bring about effective change and help to diminish your anxiety.
Please get in touch if you have any questions.
Diana Joy
Hypnotherapy for Phobias Sydney
WHAT CLIENT'S SAY
"I had a fear of snakes. It was waking me up at night. I literally had to check under the bed. Since working with Diana I am able to sleep through the night."
Wendy M - Creative Professional
"My ten year old son had a terrible and genuine fear of dogs. I knew nothing rational would work. I decided to take him to Diana for hypnotherapy and I was amazed by how successful it was. Thank you Diana ."
Phobia Hypnotherapy Sydney