Phobias increase the stress response, creating the "fight or flight" atmosphere in the body which, over an extended period, adversely affects the immune system and invites illness. 

What Causes Phobias?

A traumatic event can set the phobia into place; for example, a car accident can create a phobia about driving, or a meeting with a scary spider may ignite a terror of arachnids. Some people learn phobias from parents or other influential people in their lives. And in other cases, there doesn't appear to be rational explanation for a phobia, yet certain stimuli fire it off.

How Can Hypnotherapy Help?

There are several ways to address phobic response through hypnosis. Hypnosis may be used to uncover the source of the phobia, if appropriate, and examine it from a detached and mature point of view. The client is then "desensitized" to the phobia-provoking stimuli as it is reframed to a more normal and tolerable influence.

Another approach to change the phobic response is through NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) technique;  NLP helps the brain "rewire" certain thought processes, getting past loops of automatic thinking.

Tools for managing stress and changing unwanted thought patterns are also taught to the client.