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Phobias

A phobia is more than a simple fear, or being afraid. It is to be totally traumatised by the stimulus. People can be afraid of a wide range of things and what can be totally acceptable to one person will not be to another.

Some of these tend to be:

 Animals  Hospitals
 Being alone  Injections or needles
 Blood  Open spaces
 Dark places  Small or enclosed spaces
 Death  Snakes
 Dentists  Spiders
 Fear of professionals  Travel
 Groups of people  Trains
 Heights  Water

The subconscious mind can often set up a kind of false instinct, whereby any sign of the object, person or situation, or even something resembling it or associated with it, can cause a phobic reaction.


How Many Sessions Will I Need?
The number of sessions that will be needed to release a person from their phobia will depend upon many things. For example; the client's personality type, their desire to overcome the phobia, how deep seated the problem is and how long the phobia has been in existance.

However, the average for people I see is about 3-4 sessions. This can be longer in some cases where full blown panic attacks are occurring.



Dealing with the Phobia
The client is exposed to the phobia gradually, and at a slow and gradual pace and from this point on they recover from the effects of the phobic response and develop the necessary skills for coping with the phobia.



The cause of the phobia needs to be found and the emotion released. The person with a phobia will need to be helped to find and review the trigger situation, to see it with an adult maturity and understanding, and to then see the cause in a different way and with a different and better understanding.


 

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