From Pteromerhanophobia (Fear of Flying) To Fear of Open Spaces, Hypnotherapy Can Help !

Top 10 Fears and Phobias in Australia:

• ​Social phobia,
• Agoraphobia: fear of open spaces,
• Acrophobia: fear of heights,
• Pteromerhanophobia: fear of flying,
• Claustrophobia: fear of enclosed spaces,
• Entomophobia: fear of insects,
• Ophidiophobia: fear of snakes,
• Cynophobia: fear of dogs,
• Astraphobia: fear of storms,
• Trypanophobia: fear of needles,

Are you ready to be free of your fears?
Finding the anxiety treatment that meets your needs can be difficult.  As an experienced therapist specialising in Anxiety I've helped people overcome all kinds of anxieties, fears and phobias and I'm happy to have a chat with you if you'd like further information.  Often people don't consider that anxiety and Hypnotherapy are a good match when it comes to finding a solution, my experience tells me otherwise. Hypnotherapy enables my client to create a different response to what were formerly anxiety triggers.

What is a phobia? The word "phobia" comes from the Greek meaning "to fear or dread", and is a more extreme form of fear usually triggered by a specific circumstance or perception. The phobic response can overwhelm the person experiencing it making them appear irrational,  once triggered the response is totally out of a person's control. Some phobias are incredibly life, impacting on the persons eating habits, ability to travel or even leave home.
I can help you overcome fears and phobias using the power of your own imagination to create a safe space that enables you to make the changes  you need in order to  desensitise yourself to them!

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What causes a Phobia?
It can be a single traumatic incident, a learnt behaviour from family and influential people in the persons life,  however sometimes there is no identifiable reason for the phobia. Similarly a traumatic event may  only be traumatic in the moment due to the environment, circumstances and frame of mind of the person at that specific time.  When someone is in a vulnerable state incidents that they would normally handle with ease can feel traumatic, although in retrospect they may have trouble identifying it as such.  I regularly work with people who are bemused when they realise  what the original trigger for their phobia was, because from where they are now it seems very insignificant, however at the time when they were perhaps less well equipped with the resources to cope with it, it had a significant and long lasting impact upon them.
How can Hypnotherapy Help:
Hypnotherapy is a highly effective anxiety treatment  and can help in a number of ways e.g. by identifying the source of the fear and addressing it, by desensitising the person to the fear in a safe and controlled way, by using techniques designed to 'rewire' the persons neurological response to the triggering events.  Hypnosis can also provide coping strategies and techniques to help the person prepare for and deal with stressful situations and triggers.
​The number of session I recommend  clients for the treatment of fears and phobias is 3.
* Results may vary from person to person
Always ensure that you check for any underlying physical cause to  physical symptoms associated with fear, phobia or panic attack including (but not restricted to) heart palpitations, headache, blurred vision, sweating, feeling dissociated.

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Hypnosis for Fear and Phobia - more information about the top ten fears and phobias in Australia

Social phobias
Social phobias or social anxiety is one of the most common fears experienced, people experiencing social phobia feel judged and self-conscious, lost for words, and tend to make excuses to avoid social gatherings. 5% of Australia's population has a social phobia or anxiety.
Agoraphobia: fear of open spaces, open space phobia
This is an incredibly debilitating anxiety disorder which often keeps people trapped in their own home.  As well as just open spaces, this includes fear of being in very crowded places, shopping centres, markets, city centres, parties, concerts in fact 'agora' is from the Greek word for market or assembly place.  It's estimated .8% of the population are affected by this phobia.  While it isn't known exactly what the trigger for agoraphobia is, it is often preceded by a panic attack.  Agoraphobia can also be accompanied by a fear of places that are difficult to escape from e.g. lifts.  It can make the sufferer feel helpless and out of control, with some panic attack symptoms like dizziness , chest pains and breatlessness compounding the feeling of fear.  The good news is that people with agoraphobia do recover with treatment.
Acrophobia: fear of heights
This can apply to people standing near a cliff edge or  descending stairs. Vertigo can develop which makes the sufferer feel dizzy.
Pteromerhanophobia: fear of flying
There is a lot of hype around flying which has no doubt contributed to this fear. Sometimes it's the idea of being unable to get out of the plane which is more frightening to the sufferer than the flying itself.  Fear of flying is something I come across quite frequently in my practice, it's often mentioned as an afterthought by people that are seeing me for other reasons, when the realise the changes they can make with Hypnotherapy they realise that what seemed like an insurmountable fear can really be overcome.
Claustrophobia: fear of enclosed spaces
This can be a throwback to an ancient survival instinct where an escape route was always important.
Entomophobia: fear of insects
Australia has plenty to choose from, this fear again harks back to an ancient survival instinct.  
Ophidiophobia: fear of snakes
It's understandable to be cautious around snakes especially if you haven't identified the type, however keeping your distance is all that's normally required because they don't seek out our company.
Cynophobia: fear of dogs
Often triggered by a negative experience.
Astraphobia: fear of storms
Nature can be quite overwhelming, thunder is loud and accompanied by lightening which is the potentially albeit unlikely source of danger.
Trypanophobia: fear of needles
Again our instincts tell us that piercing our skin is not desirable, however in controlled hygienic environments' there's nothing to fear.