Hypnotherapy for Phobias
HypnoKelly
Fear is a universal human experience that serves as a crucial survival mechanism, helping us to identify and respond to potential threats. While fear is a natural response to danger, phobias take this fear to an extreme level, leading to intense and irrational reactions to specific objects, situations, or activities that can interfere with a person's daily life.
Symptoms of phobias often include anxiety, panic attacks, a racing heartbeat, shortness of breath, and a strong desire to avoid the feared object or situation. Phobias can be debilitating, causing individuals to limit their daily activities and miss out on important experiences.
If you suffer from intense fears or phobias, there is hope. Phobias are one of the most common and easiest things for hypnotherapy to address.
What Phobias Can Hypnotherapy Address?
Hypnotherapy can help address many different types of phobias. Here are just some of the many phobias hypnotherapy can help:
- Public speaking
- Spiders
- Needles
- Flying
- Small spaces
- Heights
Hypnotherapy Treatment for Phobias in Kansas City
Research shows that hypnotherapy can help people overcome phobias. The state of hypnosis is characterized by brain changes that tend to allow for greater emotional control and less self-consciousness. This means that people are more likely to put themselves into imaginal situations and that, in those situations, they can retain more control over their emotional responses.
Clinical research considers hypnotherapy as one of the briefest forms of therapy. The average number of sessions required for any effects/changes to take place is around 4-6 sessions but depending on the severity of your phobia, fewer sessions could be needed. A psychotherapy study published in American Health Magazine revealed that hypnotherapy has a 93% recovery rate after 6 sessions compared to behavior therapy which has a 72% recovery rate after 22 sessions.
Successfully Overcoming Phobias with Hypnotherapy
Kelly has treated many different phobias with hypnotherapy in 30 years of experience. One of her clients who had an extreme fear of needles successfully alleviated his phobia through just one hypnotherapy session. Read more below:
This client is a bright, professional, middle-aged man with an autoimmune disease who has to get his blood drawn pretty regularly several times a year. He was so afraid of needles that he would have to have the nurses and nurses aides come hold him down. He experienced this for years and it was really scary for him. After dealing with this for a long time, he came in to see if hypnosis could help.
After one session, just one session, he went back for some routine blood work and his doctor was shocked when he said, “You know, don’t send the nurses today. I think I’m fine.” The doctor even said, “Are you sure? Because, you know, we do this dance every time I see you.” And he insisted, “Actually, no, I feel pretty good.” The person came in to get blood from him and he watched it, completely relaxed. The doctor was so shocked and she said, “OK, what did you do? What have you done?” He said, “Well, I want to see this hypnotherapist.” Now he can get blood drawn without any problem. It’s uneventful. It’s no big deal.
Conquer Your Fears with Hypnotherapy
If you feel inspired to treat your fears or phobias with hypnotherapy, please reach out today for a free consultation. Free yourself from fears with the power of hypnotherapy!
