Clinical Hypnotherapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in Leeds & Huddersfield
Phobias
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Phobias
Phobias are learned responses to a peceived threat or trigger from a negative event that we have experienced usually during childhood. This feeling of intense fear when we come into contact with whatever produced that response from spiders to needles is our way of avoiding danger. We may rationalise the fear and fail to understand why we react in this way when we know deep down that this phobic response is unnecessary.
How to overcome phobias!
The good news is that because all phobias are learned responses usually from events we have experienced in the past we can also unlearn them. It is important to understand that these responses are not hardwired and can be easily changed. The most common phobias are those such as fear of spiders and fear of flying, which can be easily cured using hypnotherapy techniques to help learn new behaviour patterns i.e. a calm reaction rather than a panic reaction. You can stop the discomfort and permanently overcome these challenges. What many clients have found so amazing is how quickly their phobias can disappear.
In overcoming your fears, changes must primarily occur at a deeper neurological level, within your subconscious mind. You will learn how to use methods such as self hypnosis, NLP , emotional freedom technique and desensitisation to change your response to these fears. When you do this, your mind will not be able to recreate the past panic you have suffered with, as the fears are simply gone from your way of thinking. It is not always necessary to understand how the phobia came about in the first place and simply having the motivation to develop a new response using effective therapeutic techniques will result in permanent change. I have helped many clients to successfully overcome a phobic response from social anxiety disorder to phobias of flying and enclosed spaces. For more information visit the case studies page.
Some common (and less common) phobias
Achluophobia Fear of darkness
Agliophobia Fear of pain
Androphobia Fear of men
Arachnophobia Fear of spiders
Atychiphobia Fear of failure
Aviophobia Fear of flying
Brontophobia Fear of thunder and lightening (storms)
Chiraptophobia Fear of being touched
Coulrophobia Fear of clowns
Decidophobia Fear of having to make decisions
Dentophobia Fear of the dentist
Emetophobia Fear of vomiting
Ereuthrophobia Fear of blushing
Genophobia Fear of sex
Heliophobia Fear of the sun
Hemophobia Fear of blood
Insectophobia Fear of insects
Lachanophobia Fear of vegetables
Claustrophobia Fear of confined spaces
Microphobia Fear of small things
Mottephobia Fear of moths
Olfactophobia Fear of smells
Ornithophobia Fear of birds
Panophobia Fear of everything
There are literally thousands of these phobias. Each has its own special Greek name and if you wish to search through the internet you will find descriptions of all of them.
