Cotswold Hypnotherapy

Phobias & Fears

Phobias & Fears

Conscious intervention doesn't work!
You know logically that your fear is out of proportion. You know your fear will probably never happen but it does not stop the feeling of panic coming about. You can feel anxious, nervous, your heart feels like it’s beating faster, you may feel hot and even break out in a sweat your main feeling is that you want to run away. Logic does not help you because this behaviour, this reaction is outside of your conscious mind; it actually comes from your subconscious mind.


Hypnotherapy and how we help Phobias or Fears
We know how to help to stop that unwanted behaviour, that old reaction that could be as a result of something that happened long ago. It was probably appropriate then, but is it now? Hypnosis and NLP help you to be different in those same situations. In effect it makes it very difficult for you to react the same way or to find that old fear. If you can't find that old fear then you no longer have to feel anxious or use the avoidance techniques. Your life becomes free of that old restriction. It is a wonderful feeling to be free of a fear or phobia that has restricted your life for a very long time.

For Example: Fear of Flying
Hypnotherapy can effectively alleviate the fear, panic and dread of travelling by plane. By the careful use of suggestion and visualisation whilst you are in the relaxed hypnotic state the subconscious mind is taught to respond and act differently when it comes to flying.
Two sessions of hypnotherapy can eliminate the vicious circle of detesting flying and the sheer fear associated with flying.
By eliminating the old negative thought patterns associated with flying you are in control from
booking the airline ticket to actually getting into the plane, taking off and landing.