Overcoming fears and phobias

This is a free, informal seminar for people who are interested in how hypnotherapy can help them to cope fears and phobias.

A phobia can arise from virtually anything. We are familiar with the most common phobias – spiders, snakes, fear of heights – but a person can develop a phobia around almost anything: buttons, long words, garlic - the list is endless.

At some point in the past there will have been what is termed an "initial sensitising event" (ISE) for the phobia. An ISE is the event in a person's life that started or caused the problem, being usually a perception that led to an emotional response of some kind.

Hypnotherapy can be very effective in helping to treat phobias by providing a safe and relaxing environment for clients  to confront their phobia in a safe and controlled manner whilst in a hypnotic state, reducing the irrational response and desensitising them to the object of the phobia.