Prior to having hypnosis treatment or arachnophobia, it would not be an exaggeration to say that I had a pathological fear of spiders. Not just live ones but plastic toy ones, pictures in books and images on film. I had been like this since childhood but recently when a rather large spider appeared on my wall, I had one of the worst panic attacks that I can even remember. I decided to seek professional help through hypnosis. After only two sessions I could look at a plastic spider without any hesitation or fear. After the third session I picked it up and when my hypnotherapist suddenly and unexpectedly held a different one in front of me, I simply took it from her hand as though she were handing me a sweet. After my fourth and final session, I felt like a different person, I had completely shed the anxiety that spiders created in me and gained control of my life. Later that evening, I actually picked up, albeit a half dead one but a real spider nevertheless and dropped it into a waste bin.

Hello we are looking at phobias or irrational fears now. There are as many phobias and some quite uncommon like barophobia – the fear of gravity, cacophobia – the fear of ugliness, kyphophobia – the fear of stooping to name a few.

Luckily the clients who come for therapy are those who are afraid of spiders, insects and flying. Clients are usually aware that their fears are irrational but cannot do anything about it. They can rationalise about it yet cannot get rid of it. ‘Its something within themselves but outside their control.’

Phobias like anxiety and mild depression are usually the result of repressed emotions. Emotions that have been repressed give rise to symptoms in the form of phobias, anxiety and panic attacks, feeling low and having a low self esteem as well as a lack of confidence.

Phobias respond well to hypnoanalysis, neuro-linguistic programming and inner-child therapy.

If would you like to come and talk about your phobias and see whether this therapy is for you do give me a call to arrange for a 20 minutes free no obligation consultation in Muswell Hill but hypnosis with neither be used nor demonstrated.

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