Treat Phobias and Fears with Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy to treat Phobias and Fears in London
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No. 10 Harley Street, London W1G 9PF.
Do you suffer from an irrational fear or phobia ?
If you suffer from Phobias or Fears you have probably asked
yourself what is a Phobia -
A Phobia is a symbolic representation of an internal anxiety.
Although some Phobias appear to serve an obvious purpose (fear of
fire, drowning, heights etc.) others seem to make no sense at all but as
strange as some phobias seem your mind thinks they are all serving an
important purpose.
Phobias are often called fears and fears are
often thought of as phobias but they are quite different to each other. Fear
has an obvious focus on danger to us. Phobias are irrational, excessive
reactions to often non dangerous objects animals or situations yet they
cause huge amounts of anxiety, heart pounding, tremors, shortness of breath,
dizziness etc.
Hypnotherapy can help to remove
these symptoms or irrational fears by removing the originating
cause of the internal anxiety.
Matthew specialises in the treatment of :
Emetophobia (fear of being sick)
Social phobia / social anxiety (fear of
being on the spot or judged)
Coprophobia or Corporophobia (Fear of going to the toilet passing
faeces ,toilet phobia )
Shy Bladder (inability to urinate in others presence or
use public toilets)
Some common Phobias also treated
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Arachnophobia
(spiders) |
Demophobia
(crowds) |
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Aviatopophobia
(flying) |
Nyctophobia
(darkness) |
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Hydrophobia (water) |
Odontophobia
(dentists) |
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Acrophobia (heights) |
Glossophobia
(speaking in public) |
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Claustrophobia (enclosed spaces) |
Thanatophobia
(death or dying) |
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Agorophobia
(open spaces) |
Aichmophobia
(needles) |
Special Interest Clinics
Special
London Clinics -
Matthew runs his specialist Clinics for those
suffering from a fear of being sick (Emetophobia) , Social Anxiety
or Social Phobia, Coprophobia which is a
Fear of going to the toilet ,passing faeces
and Shy Bladder which is often called Toilet Phobia and is the
inability or fear of using public toilets or urinating in front or
in the presence of others.
Emetophobia or Emetaphobia
Emetophobia -
A fear of being sick
, phagophobia, vomitophobia,
vomit phobia,
sickness phobia.
At no time are any of my
clients expected or encouraged to watch anyone be sick or be
made to think of being sick in order to expose them to their
phobia. Emetophobia is not about being sick or anything to
do with seeing someone being sick! It is an external
expression of internal anxiety. Hypno-analysis finds the
cause of this anxiety and removes the effect (phobia/ fear)
for good.
Associated fears; gagging, seeing others being sick, choking
on food, pregnancy (due to possibility of morning sickness),
drowning, and 'social Phobia'.
This Phobia seems to effect more women than men, and tends
to have a very disabling effect on the sufferer; quite often
the person has to avoid all places where there is a
possibility of themselves (or others) being sick; pubs,
restaurants, clubbing, eating in front of others etc.
Because of the association between eating and being sick,
the sufferer often feels a little obsessive about what and
where they will eat. A lot of sufferers tend to view being
sick as 'horrible, dirty, etc, and so it is quite common for emetophobics to also have fears of other situations where
they might feel the same way; going to the toilet , or the
inability to urinate in front of others (shy bladder).
Matthew specialises in the cure of the fear of being sick,
treatment of this phobia which is a pathological fear of being sick (puke,
puking, chucking up, vomit, vomiting or throwing up) can and does effect
people in many different ways;
Some sufferers have a fear of others being sick while they have no fear
of being sick themselves. Others find just the mention of sick ,puke or
vomit or the smell and /or sounds of someone being sick is enough to bring
on a severe phobic reaction which in turn produce intense / strong
emotions of fear, disgust, panic and even feeling sick themselves.
Emetophobia when given
its medical name affects people's lives, often very profoundly in almost
every area of their lives; Travelling becomes a very real problem for the emetophobic due to the obvious fear of travel sickness, air sickness, sea
sickness which can cause an aversion to cars, trains, tube trains, boats
and flying.
An avoidance of certain
social situations like a fear of eating out, pubs, clubs, parties are
avoided due to the chances of others being drunk or eating rich foods
which in turn could make people sick. Along with such fears come other pre
occupation with illness (sickness), tummy bugs, sickness bugs, stomach
bugs and the danger of food poisoning, so many food types are often
avoided, rich foods, cream, cheese, spicy foods, milk, rice pudding,
custard and the very amounts of food eaten become important along with the
time of day they are eaten to reduce the chances of being sick.
Often pregnancy is
dreaded or avoided because of the very real risk of morning sickness, in
fact the avoidance of children is often found (because they are prone to
sickness bugs when young). Emetophobia can even effect your sex life or at
least parts of it (oral sex is often avoided because of choking and
gagging and the fear of this producing an effect of being sick).
more information
about Emetophobia - the fear of being sick ...
Coprophobia or Corporophobia
Fear of going to the toilet (passing
faeces) ,toilet phobia
A fear of anything related to passing faeces, shit/shitting, toilets, public
toilets, being heard going to the toilet, feeling unclean or dirty
generally. Another fairly common Phobia. Typically the sufferer would find
it difficult (if not impossible) to use a public toilet. A lot of the time
the fear is specifically of losing bowel control - in public. Quite often
the sufferer has very precise routines they have to adhere to - in order to
be able to go to the toilet.
Sometimes people with coprophobia/coporophobia use laxatives to avoid the
feeling of going to the loo, and sometimes they might even 'auto-disempact'
Matthew specialises in the cure of the fear of passing faeces (pooing,
shitting, crapping etc), treatment of this phobia which is a pathological
fear of anything related to faeces, feces, pooing, shit or shitting,
particularly in public toilets can and does effect people in many
different ways;
Coprophobia (often spelt corophobia or koprophobia) and also known as scatophobia is very often
associated with public toilets (loos) where the sufferer finds it
impossible for many reasons to use.
There are strong links with other phobias such as Shy Bladder (the inability to urinate, pee, wee
etc in front of others or in public toilets) and social phobia/anxiety
which produces many inhibitions about bodily functions.
The fear of pooing
(shitting, taking a dump, crapping) produce a great deal of anxiety for
the coprophobic, making using public toilets impossible or very difficult.
The fear of others hearing them passing faeces, breaking wind and the
often associated feelings of being unclean, germs etc make going to the
toilet very difficult , often impossible.
For many who fear passing
faeces it is a personal recurring fear of the feelings of passing faeces or the constant fear of messing themselves in public by losing bowel
control. To help prevent this many coprophobics use laxatives to remove
much of the sensation of going to the loo (as a side effect the timing of
when one might go to the toilet is much easier to control)
Social
Phobia
(Scopophobia)
A fear of embarrassing, or humiliating 'on the spot' type
situations (in public) ,social anxiety, social anxiety disorder, fear of
being judged
Social Phobia is probably the
most common phobia there is; a pervasive fear of any situation where the
sufferer is likely to feel 'on the spot', embarrassed, humiliated or judged
- for example; dinner parties, public speaking, interviews, appearing in
court, singing, stuttering etc Associated symptoms: sensitivity to
criticism, negative self image, fear of rejection, difficulty in being
assertive and feelings of inferiority . On a more general level, the social
phobic worries continuously about how others 'see' them, and what others may
think about them - it is not surprising then that the sufferer usually
spends a lot of time creating the image they want others to see. Usually the social phobic is quite adept at concealing their anxiety from others,
although there is quite often a difficulty in maintaining eye contact.
In the D.S.M.4 (the Mental Health 'Bible') the main criteria for social
phobia is listed as; A marked and persistent fear of one or more social
or performance situations in which the person is exposed to unfamiliar
people or to possible scrutiny by others. The individual fears that he/she
will act in a way that will be humiliating or embarrassing.
Some symptoms that may appear alongside (or be
caused by) social phobia or social anxiety are.....
A fear of public speaking
A fear of talking on the telephone
A fear of writing in front of someone (even signing a cheque!)
Blushing, or a fear of blushing
Stuttering or stammering
A lack of confidence
Working too hard (to please others)
Setting unachievable high standards (and feeling bad when they are not met)
A preoccupation with how you look: perfecting an image you want others to
see (NOT vanity - this is about trying to 'blend in')
Certain twitches or 'tics'
Shy bladder (men) not being able to pee, when on the spot
Certain sexual inhibitions - due to 'performance anxiety'
Repeated failure of driving test - due to 'performance anxiety'
A persistent fear of failure, or 'not making the grade'
Basically any situation in life where you might feel embarrassed, on the
spot, judged, silly or out of control etc.
more about Social
Phobia or Social Anxiety ...
Matthew
Smale a
Professional, experienced , Hypnotherapist holds regular Phobia
Clinics
in Harley Street London . Matthew has been helping people to remove
their Phobia or Fear
using
Hypnosis in therapy for over 14 years.
He has used
Hypnotherapy to assist thousands of people to improve their
lives and overcome fears and phobias, stop panic attacks and resolve
sexual problems ,smoking and lose
weight
in London at his Harley Street Clinic.
List of other Symptoms treated. . .
Booking an Appointment
How to make an Appointment
for your phobia treatment sessions with Matthew
Many
of Matthew's clients come to his London Practice from GP referral
and personal recommendation from previous clients but if you have
just found him via the internet or seen an advert in the press just
give Matthew a call or email him and he will be happy to arrange an
appointment for your phobia treatment sessions in Harley Street London.
Contact Matthew
info@openpalm-harleystreetpractice.co.uk
N.B.
Please note that all calls are confidential and private - If Matthew
does not answer directly please leave your name and preferred contact
details and he will get back to you as soon as he possibly can.
Matthew will contact you
directly to book your appointment for your phobia treatment sessions believing that a
personal approach plus complete Confidentiality and
Privacy are important from the very start so ALL COMMUNICATIONS WILL
BE DIRECTLY WITH MATTHEW
Areas Covered
Hypnotherapy for phobia treatment in London
Harley Street covering London areas : Bayswater ,Belgravia , Covent Garden,
Camden Town, Fitzrovia, Holborn, Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, Lisson
Grove, Maida Vale, Mayfair, Marlylebone, Millbank, Paddington, Pimlico,
Queen's Park, St James's, St John's Wood, Soho - China Town,
Westbourne Green, West End, Westminster, North London
Phobia List
A air travel aerophobia
American people and things Americophobia
animals zoophobia
B
bacteria bacteriophobia
beards pogonophobia
beating mastigophobia
bed clinophobia
bees apiphobia
birds ornithophobia
Black people and things Negrophobia
blood
haemophobia
blushing erythrophobia
body odour bromidrosiphobia
bridges gephyrophobia
bullets ballistophobia
C cancer
carcinophobia
cats ailurophobia
childbirth tocophobia
children paedophobia
Chinese people and things Sinophobia
church ecclesiophobia
clouds nephophobia
coitus coitophobia
cold cheimaphobia
colour chromophobia
comets cometophobia
constipation coprostasophobia
corpses necrophobia
correspondence epistolophobia
crowds demophobia/ochlophobia
D dampness
hygrophobia
darkness scotophobia
dawn eosophobia
death thanatophobia
depth bathophobia
dirt mysophobia
disease pathophobia/nosophobia
dogs cynophobia
drink potophobia
drugs pharmacophobia
dust koniophobia
E electricity
electrophobia
everything panophobia/pantophobia
eyes ommetaphobia
F faeces
coprophobia
failure kakorrhaphiaphobia
fatigue kopophobia
fear phobophobia
feathers pteronophobia
fever febriphobia
fire pyrophobia
fish ichthyophobia
floods antlophobia
flowers anthophobia
fog homichlophobia
food cibophobia/sitophobia
foreigners xenophobia
freedom eleutherophobia
French people and things Francophobia/Gallophobia
fur doraphobia
G German
people and things Germanophobia/Teutophobia
germs spermophobia/bacteriophobia
ghosts phasmophobia
giving birth to monsters teratophobia
God theophobia
gold chrysophobia/aurophobia
H hair
trichophobia
heart disease cardiophobia
heat thermophobia
heaven uranophobia
hell hadephobia/stygiophobia
heredity patroiophobia
high buildings batophobia
high places
acrophobia/hypsophobia
home oikophobia
homosexuals homophobia
horses hippophobia
I ice
cryophobia
ideas ideophobia
idleness thassophobia
illness nosophobia
imperfection atelophobia
infinity apeirophobia
injury traumatophobia
inoculation trypanophobia/vaccinophobia
insanity lyssophobia/maniphobia
insects entomophobia
J jealousy zelotypophobia
Jewish people and things Judaeophobia
justice dikephobia
K
L lakes limnophobia
leprosy leprophobia
lice pediculophobia
light photophobia
lightening astrapophobia
lists pinaciphobia/katastichophobia
loneliness autophobia/ermitophobia
M machinery mechanophobia
magic rhabdophobia
marriage gametophobia
men androphobia
metal metallophobia
mice musophobia
microbes bacillophobia/microbiophobia
mirrors eisoptrophobia
mites acarophobia
mobs ochlophobia
money chrematophobia
monsters teratrophobia
motion kinetophobia
music musicophobia
N names onomatophobia
narrowness anginophobia
needles belonephobia
new things neophobia
night nyctophobia
O open places agoraphobia
P pain algophobia
parasites parasitophobia
people anthropophobia
philosophy philosophobia
pins enetophobia
places topophobia
pleasure hedonophobia
poison toxiphobia
politics politicophobia
Pope papaphobia
Q
R religious works of art
iconophobia
reptiles batrachophobia
responsibility hypegiaphobia
ridicule katagelophobia
rivers potamophobia
robbers harpaxophobia
ruin atephobia
Russian people and things Russophobia
S saints hagiophobia
Satan Satanophobia
scabies scabiophobia
Scottish people and things Scotophobia
sea thalassophobia
sex erotophobia
shadows sciophobia
sharpness acrophobia
shock hormephobia
sin hamartophobia
skin disease dermatosiophobia/dermatopathophobi
sleep hypnophobia
slime blennophobia
small things microphobia
smell olfactophobia/osmophobia
snakes ophidiophobia
snow chionophobia
sound acousticophobia
sourness acerophobia
speech lalophobia/glossophobia/
speed tachophobia
spiders
arachnophobia
standing stasophobia
stars siderophobia
stealing kleptophobia
string linonophobia
sun heliophobia
swallowing phagophobia
symmetry symmetrophobia
T taste
geumatophobia
technology technophobia
teeth odontophobia
telephone telephonophobia
thinking phronemophobia
thirteen triskaidekaphobia
thunder brontophobia/tonitrophobia/
time chronophobia
tuberculosis phthisiophobia
tyrants tyrannophobia
U
V
Vehicles ochophobia
venereal disease syphilophobia
voids kenophobia
vomiting emetophobia
W water hydrophobia
waves cymophobia
weakness asthenophobia
wind anemophobia
women gynophobia
words logophobia
work ergophobia
worms helminthophobia
writing graphophobia
