Hypnotherapy in Stockport, Cheshire, near Manchester

Hypnotherapy to Overcome Phobia / Phobias

Tranquil Spirit Hypnotherapy - Qualified and Registered Hypnotherapist

Paul McGlone, BSc(Hons)Soc, DipCD, FETC, CertED, MTSH.Dip.(Hyp), LHS

I am a hypnotherapist in Stockport, Cheshire, near Manchester using hypnosis within hypnotherapy for a wide range of conditions including programmes to help you to overcome anxiety and phobia / phobias. We are within easy traveling distance of Manchester, Altrincham, Ashton, Buxton, Glossop, Hyde, Macclesfield, Sale, Wilmslow and other towns in Cheshire, Derbyshire, and Lancashire near to the Greater Manchester area.

Treatment of Phobia / Phobias Using Hypnosis Within Hypnotherapy

The use of hypnosis within hypnotherapy can be very effective in the treatment of many types of phobia including agoraphobia and social phobia. There are a variety of approaches which hypnotherapists can use within hypnotherapy depending upon the nature of the problem. Firstly, let us take a look at the nature of phobias

Overview of Phobia / Phobias

A phobia refers to a fear of a particular object, activity or situation. People may develop a fear in relation to very different types of object. For example a phobia in relation to a particular animal is quite common eg cats, mice, spiders. Activities or situations which may become the focus of a phobia also vary enormously eg: flying, heights, getting in a lift. These are known as Specific Phobias. Other phobias may relate more to the social nature of the situation eg: fear of blushing, eating or speaking in public. These are referred to as a Social Phobia. Sometimes a Social Phobia can become generalised so that a person fears all situations in which they have to interact with others.

When faced with the phobic object, activity or situation people are aware of various distressful thoughts, emotions/feelings and physical symptoms:

• Feelings of anxiety, panic and in serious cases terror.



• Thoughts and feelings of a need to escape.



• Physical symptoms such as: fast heartbeat or heart palpitations, shortness of breath, tense muscles, faintness or feeling dizzy, sweating.



• A feeling of being out of control.

Phobias vary in how intrusive they can be in a person's life. For example, many people have a fear of heights, but they can usually avoid situations which would trigger their phobia without it impacting upon their life significantly (unless in the example it also triggers fear in related situations eg: flying. Even so sometimes people wish to overcome the phobia to overcome the restrictions which it imposes upon their life. With another phobia it could be difficult to avoid the feared object/situation in everyday life eg: traveling on a bus or train and the phobia could prove very disruptive to the person's life and well being. In such situations thoughts and feelings of fear can come to dominate the person's daily life and their energies can become focussed on the problem. They may invest much time and effort developing elaborate strategies by which to avoid the feared object/situation. Alternatively, if there is no way of avoiding the phobic object situation, they may "soldier" through the experience at great emotional, and perhaps ultimately physical, cost.

Agoraphobia is an example of a phobia which can be very debilitating for a person and the quality of their life. People with agoraphobia avoid such situations as busy streets in towns and cities, supermarkets and other large stores, theatres, etc. In the worst cases a person will feel unable to leave home, even if accompanied by a relative or friend. They will often have experienced a "panic attack" involving extreme anxiety symptoms in one of these situations in the past. Part of the problem then becomes the fear of experiencing other panic attacks in similar situations, the fear becoming generalised.

People who suffer from phobias are usually well aware of the irrational nature of their fear and will think rationally about their problem. The difficulty for them to bring about change is because the source and emotional content of the phobia is usually within the unconscious mind which is not easily accessible to the intervention of our conscious rational thoughts. This is where hypnosis within hypnotherapy can help as a hypnotherapist is able to work with you in working directly with the unconscious mind.

Some Common Phobias

This is far from being a comprehensive list of phobias but it does list the most common ones. Please also note that the technical words used to describe some phobias vary ie: there are synonyms.

Achluophobia: Fear of darkness Achluophobia: Fear of the dark or of night Acousticophobia: Fear of noise Acrophobia: Fear of heights Aelurophobia: Fear of cats Agoraphobia: Fear of open, public places Agyrophobia: Fear of crossing streets Aichmophobia: Fear of needles or pointed objects Altophobia: Fear of heights Anthropophobia:: Fear of meeting people or society Amaxophobia: Fear of being in or riding in vehicles Apiphobia: Fear of bees Aquaphobia: Fear of water Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders Astraphobia: Fear of lightning Automysophobia: Fear of being dirty Aviatophobia: Fear of flying Bacillophobia: Fear of microbes Bacteriophobia: Fear of bacteria Cenophobia: Fear of empty spaces Ceraunophobia: Fear of thunder Claustrophobia: Fear of confined spaces Cnidophobia: Fear of insect stings Cynophobia: Fear of dogs Demophobia: Fear of crowds Dentophobia: Fear of dentist Doraphobia: Fear of animal fur or skin Dystychiphobia: Fear of accidents Entomophobia: Fear of insects Eurotophobia: Fear red; fear of blushing Felinophobia: Fear of cats Gephyrophobia: Fear of crossing bridges Glossophobia: Fear of speaking in public Herpetophobia: Fear of reptiles Hippophobia: Fear of horses

Hodophobia: Fear of road travel Hydrophobia: Fear of water Hylephobia: Fear of wood or woods Hypsophobia: Fear of high places Iatrophobia: Fear of going to the doctor Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish Iophobia: Fear of poisons Koniophobia: Fear of dust Kynophobia: Fear of dogs Laliophobia: Fear of speaking Ligyrophobia: Fear of loud noises LimnophoLygophobia: Fear of darkness Limnophobia: Fear of lakes Mechanophobia: Fear of machines or machinery Musophobia: Fear of mice Mycrophobia: Fear of small things Mysophobia: Fear of dirt or contamination Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes Ophthalmophobia: Fear of being stared at Ornithophobia: Fear of birds Pharmacophobia: Fear of drugs Pnigerophobia: Fear of choking Potamophobia: Fear of rivers Pyrophobia: Fear of fire Siderodromophobia: Fear of train travel Spheksophobia : Fear of wasps Tachophobia: Fear of speed Telephonophobia: Fear of telephones Thalassophobia: Fear of the sea Thixophobia: Fear of touch Thixophobia: Fear of touching Tremophobia: Fear of trembling Vaccinophobia: Fear of vaccines and vaccination Zoophobia: Fear of animals

Hypnotherapy Programme for Phobia / Phobias

• Programme to Overcome Simple Phobia / Fear ie: most phobias in the above lists excluding any form of social phobia. (In the case of social phobias due to their complexity a more detailed assessment is necessary and additional session(s) of hypnotherapy may be required).



• First session (two hours), inclusive of assessment and hypnotherapy, plus two further one hour sessions of hypnotherapy. It may be possible to do these last two sessions on the same occasion. Please click here for details of fees.

Contact Details

If you feel we may be able to help you through hypnotherapy please do not hesitate to contact us. You can always telephone us for a chat without any obligation. You can phone us on 0161 483 7014 or Mobile: 07904 162904 or please click here to send me a message using a Contact Form.

Our postal address is:

Paul McGlone
Tranquil Spirit,
339, Bramhall Lane,
Davenport,
Stockport,
Cheshire.
SK3 8TP.

"Tranquil Spirit" is a short distance from Stockport Town Centre and Railway Station and on the main bus route between Stockport and Bramhall. Davenport Railway Station (on the Manchester to Buxton/Hazel Grove line) is ten minutes walk away. The M60 Manchester Outer Ring Road is a short distance away (coming the west and south of Manchester via the Cheadle or Stockport junctions; from the east via the junction after Bredbury, signposted for Stockport) with good links to the M56, M6 and M62. We can provide fuller directions at the time of arranging a visit.

Home Visits

If you do not live nearby and it would be difficult for you to travel to us it may still be possible for us to do a home visit if you live in the Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire areas bordering on Greater Manchester. If you opt for this you will need to ensure the use of a room which will be relatively quiet and free from disturbance. Please contact me for further details.