Phobia & PTSD
Can Hypnotherapy Help Phobias?
Fear is one of our most useful survival mechanisms. It is what lets us know that we need to take action in certain situations.
However, when fear starts to become out of proportion to the object or situation that elicits fear, then it has started to transform into a phobia. A phobia can be a learned behaviour or it can result from an experience.
Phobias and trauma can really limit and negatively affect our lives, and in some cases cause panic attacks. This can be extremely distressing and further exacerbate and entrench the phobia.
One of the most common phobias I deal with at the moment is emetophobia, whether it's that or dogs, needles, heights, public speaking or anything else, allow me to help you turn down your responses to something far more manageable and far less disruptive.
The therapy will vary depending on the cause of your phobia or trauma and the severity of it, but whichever path we follow there will be no traumatic or detailed explanations needed of how this came about and I can usually help you move forward in 3 or 4 sessions.
Treatment for PTSD and Trauma
"Closure without Disclosure"
I also trained with the IARTT (the International Association for Rewind Trauma Therapy) and am qualified to deliver the Rewind Technique, also known as "closure without disclosure". This was developed by Dr David Muss to help those suffering with PTSD following trauma and research shows that it is effective in reducing symptoms of PTSD for around 85% of sufferers.
https://www.ptsduk.org/how-rewind-therapy-can-help-people-with-ptsd/
Rewind is a safe and effective way of achieving closure by reducing involuntary flashbacks, panic attacks, nightmares and other unwanted symptoms. Only 3 sessions are required and as you don't need to disclose any details to me about your traumatic event, there is minimal risk of you being re-traumatised with this treatment.