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How can Hypnotherapy cure phobias? A program of desensitization can be undertaken to completely desensitise you from the fear. A series of imagined situations would be visualised under hypnosis so that you can re-learn a more positive and more appropriate response to the once phobic situation/object. Many people who suffer from phobias and eventually seek help are quite surprised when they discover their phobias are often extremely common. Phobias respond to treatment where re-learning the response to the situation or object is the primary objective of the therapy. In both CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy) and Hypnotherapy this process is referred to as “Gradual Desensitisation”, it is a gentle process, used cautiously and at a pace you are happy and comfortable with. The process involves establishing a hierarchy of personally tailored threatening situations and confronting the least feared situation first before moving on to the more threatening ones. The success of treatment depends very much of how determined you are to overcome your fear. The approach of “Gradual Desensitisation is very gentle and most people will make progress with this technique. However, there is some effort required, and you will be required to face you fear mentally. In hypnotherapy this is quite easy as you will be asked to visualise yourself in various situations whilst under hypnosis, the scenarios having been agreed beforehand. You will be able to communicate with me at any time if you feel uncomfortable. Gradually over a few sessions all of the imagined situations can be experienced easily and with no anxiety symptoms. Once this point is reached, you may gradually put yourself in situations in your everyday life (if appropriate) which would previously have been difficult for you. The work done under hypnosis will result in you feeling calm and relaxed in those situations where previously you would have experienced strong anxiety symptoms or even panic attacks. It is important to note however, that if undergoing hypnotherapy you must not abort the course before it is completed and should be patient for results. Any phobia treatment ultimately requires that you must stop avoiding the feared situation- the extreme anxiety having been obliterated with the treatment. The situations I would want you to visualise under hypnosis will wherever possible be ones that you can easily 'test out' in real life. Sometimes, with a simple phobia, (and if you are especially responsive to hypnotherapy) it is possible to make a huge improvement in a phobia in one session of hypnotherapy, virtually erasing the anxiety symptoms. |
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