Archive for the ‘Phobias’ Category

I’m a celebrity contestant Antony Cotton seeks hypnotherapy to prepare him for the horrors of the jungle

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Coronation Street soap-star Antony Cotton has recently embarked on a profile-raising mission in ITV’s popular reality show ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!’ The 36-year-old is 1 of the 10 ‘celebrity’ contestants who flew to an Australian jungle this week to take part in the outdoor survival-style challenge. The programme is infamous for read more »

Bizarre phobia of stairs cured with hypnotherapy

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

43-year-old Louise Wilson suffered from a curious fear of stairs for 38 years before a hypnotherapist helped her discover it was the result of a childhood fall. ‘Bathmophobia’ is the official name used to describe a fear of steep slopes or steps. Louise Wilson suffered from this phobia for 38 long years and told the read more »

Autumn spider invasion- coping with Britain’s biggest fear

Monday, September 26th, 2011

September to October is infamously known as Spider Season, with an unusual abundance of large black house spiders scuttling about our homes. How will the two-thirds of all Britons terrified of these eight-legged creatures cope? Autumn 2011 has seen the biggest influx of spiders creeping about UK houses in recent years. This is due to read more »

How to beat a fear of the dentists

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

According to the British Dental Association 25 per cent of the British population suffer from some sort of anxiety before visiting the dentist with around 12 per cent suffering from extreme dental anxiety. Fear of the dentist has had many an individual suffering in silences with tooth ache or poor dental hygiene but what is read more »

Dental anxiety is higher among women

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

According to a recent government survey which was carried out by the Office of National Statistics, women are twice as likely to suffer from extreme anxiety when taking a trip to the dentists than men, reports

Skiving or Scared Stiff?

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Recent research has found that a number of academically sound children are suffering from a condition which see’s them refuse to go to school. The refusal is not simply a ploy to get out of maths but a genuine condition which has been named ‘school phobia’ and is currently estimated to affect between one and read more »

Put a stop to your teeth chattering at the dentists

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

If the thought of having your mouth probed by the dentist has you weak at the knees then you might want to consider hypnosis for dental phobia. Patients with dental phobia often have a very sensitive gag reflect, an allergy to local anaesthetics or according to the German Society of Dental Hypnosis (DGZH) a nervous read more »

A hypnotherapist helps motorists overcome their driving fears

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Stan Holt has been a hypnotherapist for the past six years and has now decided to use his skills to help Bolton drivers beat any motoring issues they may have. Often little everyday niggles can quickly escalate to fears and phobias if help is not sought at the right time. Holt explains how some drivers read more »

Peter Andre turns to hypnotherapy to rid roller-coaster fear

Friday, June 4th, 2010

According to The Daily Mirror T.V personality Peter Andre has turned to hypnotherapy in a bid to try and eliminate his extreme fear of theme park rides. In a short interview with a Daily Mirror journalist, Andre admitted that roller-coaster rides petrifying him, from huge high speed backwards twisters right through to the teacup ride, read more »

April Summary

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Each month Hypnotherapy Directory receives numerous visitors to our site, perhaps simply to peruse the news and helpful articles section or maybe they want to seek help from a professional for a specific issue. Ether way the directory is able to keep track of what our visitors are searching for each month. Throughout April 16% read more »