Hypnosis for Phobia
Can hypnotherapy heal your phobia?
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 completely heal 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.
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What happens in a phobia session?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Parts therapy: contacting the part of you that is phobic and helping you bring them to a place of relaxed healing.
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Self-help tools. I have many tools you can use at home in adjunct to the sessions to speed up the process.
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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.
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I recommend a minimum of four sessions but depending upon your progress it can take more. I have seen many people completely overcome a phobia in four 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. Phobias include:
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Fear of Flying
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Needle Phobia
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Fear of heights
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Fear of small spaces
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Fear of large spaces
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Fear of public speaking
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Fear of spiders/snakes etc
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Fear of needles
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Fear of water
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Social phobia
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Fear of exams
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If you have a phobia and wish to discuss it with me please contact:
Diana Joy | Hypnotherapist
Balmain Hypnotherapy
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"I have a had a fear of being in restricted places (like a dentist chair) and crowds of people. I would get anxiety walking into a football stadium. I would have panic attacks and it felt as if I was going to die. I had no idea if hypnotherapy would work but I had tried exposure therapy with a psychologist and unfortunately it didn't work for me. I had given up but someone suggested I see Diana as they had fixed their fear of flying. Diana makes you feel safe. I am surprised how fast it worked - it's great to be able to watch a game with my friends, or be in a dentist chair without getting anxious.
Barry M - Creative Professional
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