A phobia is an extreme or irrational fear or aversion to something, which is excessive in comparison to the level of threat posed by the situation or object triggering it. If you’re able to manage your life around your phobia or fear, it is rarely a problem, but if you have a fear of flying for example, then long distance travel is out of the question.

For those who are experiencing an extreme fear or a phobia, it can trigger overwhelming physical and emotional symptoms which limit the enjoyment of life and create additional anxieties and stress. Symptoms may include; dizziness, palpitations, panic, nausea, tearfulness, crying and an overwhelming need to run away. A phobic reaction is very different from simply being scared or disliking something.

In Solution Focused Hypnotherapy, we do not use aversion techniques. Instead we use highly effective NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming) techniques which safely removes the negative phobic response template stored in your subconscious mind, and creates a new positive template for how you will to react in the future.