Fears and Phobia Treatment

Fears and Phobia Treatment - Online or In Person - Sussex

Has a fear or phobia taken control over your life?
Do you feel like you are missing out?
Do you feel silly or think you are being made fun of because of it?

Phobias can be very limiting, whether it is about driving on motorways or over bridges, spiders, heights, flying, putting your head under water, going to the dentist, or numerous others. Phobias are founded by the primitive emotional part of the brain perceiving that we are in danger. However, these fears are disproportionate to most situations and having these phobias can be, at best inconvenient and at worst can rule our life.

EMDR is an effective panic attack treatment that will help stop panic attacks EMDR is also an effective phobia treatment

What would it feel like to be free of your fear/phobia?

Clients usually tell me "It would change my life…" and, after the treatment "I don't know why I waited so long to do something about it"

Available in-person and online via Zoom

Book a free discovery consultation

Alternatively simply call or email me.

Phobia Treatment

Whether you know the origin of the phobia or not, I use a combination of techniques, including Hypnosis, EMDR and EFT, to provide powerful, fast and effective therapeutic phobia treatment.

In just a few sessions (often only three sessions are needed) , this can help you to

Process any negative past experiences and remove the emotional response associated with them
Overcome your fear naturally and without the use of medication
Feel calm and in control again
Enjoy life without restrictions

If you are also suffering from general anxiety or stress in life, I would recommend a more general approach to start with, to help you lower those anxiety levels prior to treating the phobia.

EMDR is a powerful and effective Phobia treatment

Turn your phobia into a thing of the past and start enjoying the life you want to live.

Fear of Public Speaking

“I had suffered with severe anxiety about public speaking for many years and it only seemed to be getting worse. I went to see Christine and she made me feel so comfortable. After 4 sessions with her, my fear of public speaking has completely gone. I had to participate in an assessment day a week after our final session that involved speaking in front of a group (something that I usually wouldn’t be able to do) and felt completely confident! Would highly recommend to anyone that is suffering with something similar. She has completely changed my life and I feel heaps more confident day-to-day. Thanks Christine!”

Ellen L.

Fear of Flying

Dear Christine, I wanted to message you to say how grateful I am. In the summer, I flew to France with my family and had the most wonderful holiday. I then flew home again on the following week and both times I cannot remember feeling as calm before a flight for many, many years.

I flew twice again last week on my own this time! Such a huge moment for me so thank you again for helping me. I now feel I have regained some control of that part of my life and I am excited to travel with my family again.

Words cannot express my gratitude.

Harry S

“Dear Christine, I came to see you about needle phobia and I don’t know how to thank you enough. I have now self injected 4 times, such a milestone and life change for me getting through the barrier”

Brenda

Cancer patient

Fear of Public Speaking

I worked with Christine for my fear of public speaking in the lead up to a presentation I had. In three sessions, she completely changed my experience of public speaking through a number of techniques. I was able to get through my presentation relatively calmly and without issue, and even the days leading up to it were free from the usual anxiety I experienced. I would highly recommend HealingTree 🙂

Nelu

Fear of Flying

Hi Christine, just a quick email to tell you that my flight to Verona yesterday went really well.

Felt totally relaxed with no anxiety at all.

Thank you so much for all your help with getting me over my fear!!

Robert F

I had hypnotherapy online with Christine for a Needle Phobia, which I have had since childhood.

I had my first blood test today 29th June, which I had done with no sweats, no panicking, no legs wiggling & no tears & wanting to go home. So I would like to thank her very much for giving me my freedom from having a PICC line in my arm. All the best.

Sue G.

Driving Phobia

I had driving phobia for over 30 years. I was a passenger in a car that had a head on collision with another car when I was in my early 20s. Christine was able to clear the PTSD symptoms caused by the car accident and remove the feeling of severe anxiety whenever I got in a car or took driving lessons. The change is truly remarkable. I would recommend Christine to anyone looking to conquer phobias and extreme anxiety.

Catherine

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Book a free discovery consultation

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What is a Phobia?

A phobia is defined as an intense and irrational fear of a specific object, situation, place, feeling or animal that is out of proportion to the actual risks posed by the object or situation. Most phobias develop in childhood brought on by a traumatic event, but they can also develop in adults.

Common phobias and fears include heights, flying, highway driving, closed-in places, flying insects, snakes, and needles. However, we can develop phobias of virtually anything.

Phobia sufferers will typically experience intense levels of anxiety, sometimes leading to panic attacks, either when confronted with the specific situation/object or when anticipating it.

Phobias are grouped by the source of the phobia into:

Animal phobias (e.g. snakes, spiders, insects, dogs)
Natural Environment phobias (e.g. heights, storms, water)
Blood-injection-injury phobias (e.g. needles, going to the dentist, blood)
Situational phobia (e.g. airplanes, elevators, enclosed spaces)
Other phobias (e.g. choking, vomiting, loud sounds, etc...)

Whatever your situation, Hypnotherapy and EMRD/Eye Movement Therapy can be very fast and effective phobia treatments.

EMDR for Phobias

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a safe and non intrusive evidence based therapy best know for the treatment of PTSD.

However, EMDR can also be used as an effective phobia treatment.

When using Eye Movement therapy to treat a phobia, I will ask you to identify the first time you had an encounter with the phobic object or situation, as well as the worst time, and the most recent time. You will work through each of these situations, before working on an imagined situation in which you encounter it in the future.

Clinical Hypnotherapy for Phobias

Hypnosis sessions include the well-established Rewind Technique.

The Rewind Technique is a comfortable and effective phobia treatment that can greatly reduce, and even remove, traumatic or phobic symptoms quickly through relaxation and guided imagery, all without even having to talk about the details of the traumatic incident(s) in question.