Phobias and Fears IS YOUR ABILITY TO ENJOY LIFE RESTRICTED BECAUSE OF A PHOBIA SUCH AS AGORAPHOBIA The fear of open spaces OCHLOPHOBIA The fear of crowds ZOOPHOBIA The fear of animals CLAUSTROPHOBIA The fear of enclosed spaces AEROPHOBIA The fear of flying ARACHNOPHOBIA The fear of spiders If you suffer from Social Anxiety or Social Phobia, you may avoid eating in front of others, writing in front of others, using public conveniences, performing on stage, dating, taking tests, or speaking in public. At last, help is at hand, through hypnotherapy, to rid yourself of these problems. Advances in Cognitive and Behavioural Psychology and the advent of NLP, mean that most people can be free of simple phobias in two or three hypnotherapy sessions, and the more complex phobias - such as social phobia - in about four to six hypnotherapy sessions. Let me here and now re-assure you that however odd your phobias may be,however irrational, intense or restricting they may be - they are not a symptom of madness!! The three main questions I am asked by phobics are; Why if I know what caused this response, can't I get rid of it; why has the problem become worse and how can you get rid of it for me? The answers, simply, are that although you may know the cause of your phobia (and many sufferers do not)the root of the problem lies within the subconscious mind, or Deep Inner Mind as I prefer to call it. You cannot easily talk to your Deep Inner Mind and so the more you tell yourself that you haven't a problem, the more you reinforce that problem at the Deep Inner Mind level. Indeed the phobia becomes worse, maybe even stronger, because every time you respond to the stimulus and escape from the situation giving rise to the anxiety; and every time you try to avoid places / situations that give rise to the problem, Your Deep Inner Mind sees this as the correct response - because of the feelings of relief the response gives you - and the mind reinforces the strength of the phobia. (In psychological jargon this is known as negative reinforcement.) Whilst it is not easy for us to talk to our own Deep Inner Mind, it is easy for a highly trained hypnotherapist to do so. I firmly believe that the use of hypnotherapy can help more people regain peace of mind, and free themselves of their phobias than any other form of help. I seek to enlist the help of your Deep Inner Mind to free you from your particular phobia(s) in the right way for you. This is brought about in an average number of three to four sessions and the therapy is further enhanced through the use of a CDwhich allows you to relax and reinforces the therapy each time you play it.