phobia therapy with regression hypnotherapy hypnosis therapy

Phobia: An irrational fear. Specific phobias involve fear of closed-in places, heights, escalators, lifts, tunnels, motorway driving, bridges, water, flying, dogs, blood and injections. Phobias affect 10% of the population but only 1% seek help! Hypnotherapy - that's treatment carried out in hypnosis - will allow you to fix that irrational fear, without effort - PERMANENTLY.

HOW CAN HYPNOSIS FIX A PHOBIA?

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HYPNOTHERAPY HYPNOSIS THERAPY FOR PHOBIAS

WHAT IS A PHOBIA?

A phobia is something a person fears to the point that they feel they have to change how they behave. One type of phobia, called specific phobia, can involve fear of an object (like a lift) or a situation (like public speaking) that poses little or no danger. Phobias can also involve fear of being embarrassed, looked at, or made fun of in social or work situations. These are called social phobias. With both of these phobias, the fear is extreme and hard to control. Without treatment, phobias can last many years and affect a person's career, relationships, and daily life activities. Both specific and social phobias are types of anxiety disorders.

It's important to know that when a person has a specific or social phobia, it's not his or her fault. And, it's not something a person can just "snap out of."

WHAT CAUSES PHOBIAS?

It is thought that phobias can be 'caught' in one of the following ways:

Learning - ie from an authority figure when the person was young (typically up until the person is around 6 years old) e.g. a mother screaming when she saw an insect

Trauma - ie being bitten by a dog when young

Culture - certain races have specific issues e.g. fear of dogs

WHAT ARE SPECIFIC PHOBIAS AND WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?

Specific phobias are common - they strike 10% of people. Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from this illness. Starting in the teenage and adult years, they may run in families. They begin suddenly and tend to last longer than childhood phobias (like being afraid of the dark). Phobics tend to be worriers, always looking for problems in the future. They also tend to be highly intelligent and visual people.

When a person has a specific phobia, they have an intense fear of something that poses little or no real danger. Because there is no or little danger, a person's fear is not based on reality (called irrational fear). Some of the more common specific phobias involve fear of closed-in places, heights, escalators, lifts, tunnels, motorway driving, bridges, water, flying, dogs, and injuries involving blood. And, a specific phobia often makes no sense. For instance, you may be able to parachute out of planes with ease but not be able to go above the 4th floor of an office building. Most people with these phobias know that they don't make sense. But, facing their fear, or even thinking about it, can bring on a panic attack or severe anxiety.

Specific phobias can be treated, helping a person have a full and healthy life. But, when the object of the fear is easy to avoid, a person may decide to do so rather than get treatment. Not getting treatment, though, can cause a person to make decisions

The Phobic Commandments

"I am the only person that has this phobia"

"I am crazy of going to go crazy"

"my case is so severe, so unique - I am incurable!"

Full list of phobia names

WHAT CLIENTS SAY:

"Just wanted to pass on the good news to you, today I visited the opticians and had my contact lenses fitted with no problem.

You were correct it does feel strange, to get the correct size a number of different lenses were tried - this meant different lenses were put in and out, in and out but the process just got easier!

Who would have thought that from a guy with a phobia of eyes :-)

The 3 short sessions really helped, the regression was particularly weird but made perfect sense. Going back to my childhood and a house that I visited maybe twice in my life appeared so clear, the furniture and ornaments, the nasty patterned brown carpet and even the smells came flooding back. From there you made it easy to see where my problem lie and how to correct it

You are simply a genius, many thanks" A.D.

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David Samson
Dip Adv Hyp

David Samson is a General Hypnotherapy Standards Council Validated Practitioner
and a member of the General Hypnotherapy Register. He also holds a Diploma in Advanced Hypnotherapy and an ITEC Diploma in Anatomy and Physiology.

Recently he has been a phobia advisor on the John Kearns Radio Show on London Talk Radio and also the Charlie Jordan Show on LBC Radio dealing with listener's phobias. Body and Soul magazine in The Times have featured his work on hypnosis for insomnia. The Barnet Press also produced a major feature on David's research into phobias and their treatment.

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