phobias
Did you know that we’re all born with just two innate fears: the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises? These pre-programmed fears are designed to protect us – and so are others we pick up throughout our lives.
But sometimes, the brain gets it wrong, and many of us develop debilitating phobias of non-threatening things that can affect our livelihoods, our health and our self-esteem.
Hypnotherapy can simply switch these off in as little as four weeks, not only freeing you from your phobia but also giving you renewed confidence in previously triggering situations that you never believed you could have.

Solution-focused hypnotherapy can help with:
- Acrophobia – fear of heights
- Aerophobia – fear of flying
- Amaxophobia – fear of driving
- Aquaphobia – fear of water
- Arachnophobia – fear of spiders
- Astraphobia – fear of storms
- Claustrophobia – fear of confined or tight spaces
- Dentophobia – fear of dentists
- Ergophobia – fear of work
- Erotophobia – fear of sexual intimacy
- Glossophobia – fear of public speaking
- Hemophobia – fear of blood
- Hodophobia – fear of travelling
- Lockiophobia – fear of childbirth
- Monophobia – fear of being alone
- Mysophobia – fear of germs
- Nosocomephobia – fear of hospitals
- Nyctophobia – fear of the dark
- Ornithophobia – fear of birds
- Phasmophobia – fear of ghosts
- Trypanophobia – fear of needles or injections
- Zoophobia – fear of animals, including dogs, sharks or snakes
- And any other phobia
I personally had successful hypnotherapy for hemophobia – a fear of blood – which is what convinced me of its effectiveness and made me decide to train as a hypnotherapist.
More complex phobias – like emetophobia, agoraphobia and phobias of heights, enclosed spaces or talking in groups – can take a little longer to resolve, following the same process I use for anxiety, stress or depression.
Rest assured that hypnotherapy is different from exposure therapy. You can choose to come out of hypnosis at any time, and I can’t – and won’t – make you do anything you don’t want to do. You’ll feel calm and comfy throughout our sessions, and there’s no chance of being re-traumatised or leaving any worse than you arrived. Instead, you’ll finish phobia-free.
Solution-focused hypnotherapy can completely cure simple phobias – that is, phobias of specific things – in just four sessions. This is made up of:
- An initial consultation
Where you tell me about yourself, I explain how hypnotherapy works, and we chat about your phobia in as much or as little detail as you’re comfortable - A ‘stress-bucket’ session
Where we reduce the amount of stress that’s filling your brain’s ‘stress bucket’ – helping you relax and your sleep patterns become more efficient - A rewind session
Where we conduct exercises that help you mentally encounter your trigger in a safe, controlled way – feeling totally relaxed and removed from the situation – destroying the initial ‘template’ for the phobia and bringing down others with it - A reframe session
Where we create a new ‘template’ in the brain that helps you feel calm, confident and empowered when encountering your trigger in future

More complex phobias – like emetophobia, agoraphobia and phobias of heights, enclosed spaces or talking in groups – can take a little longer to resolve, following the same process I use for anxiety, stress or depression.
Rest assured that hypnotherapy is different from exposure therapy. You can choose to come out of hypnosis at any time, and I can’t – and won’t – make you do anything you don’t want to do. You’ll feel calm and comfy throughout our sessions, and there’s no chance of being re-traumatised or leaving any worse than you arrived. Instead, you’ll finish phobia-free.
Solution-focused hypnotherapy can completely cure simple phobias – that is, phobias of specific things – in just four sessions. This is made up of:
- An initial consultation
Where you tell me about yourself, I explain how hypnotherapy works, and we chat about your phobia in as much or as little detail as you’re comfortable - A ‘stress-bucket’ session
Where we reduce the amount of stress that’s filling your brain’s ‘stress bucket’ – helping you relax and your sleep patterns become more efficient - A rewind session
Where we conduct exercises that help you mentally encounter your trigger in a safe, controlled way – feeling totally relaxed and removed from the situation – destroying the initial ‘template’ for the phobia and bringing down others with it - A reframe session
Where we create a new ‘template’ in the brain that helps you feel calm, confident and empowered when encountering your trigger in future