Read our posts about Phobias

13Nov

Mastering Public Speaking: How to Connect with Your Audience

Matt Abrahams

career, confidence, performance, phobias, tips, work

Work

Fear of public speaking is a common anxiety that holds people back in work and life. Matt Abrahams offers his tips for connecting with your audience and getting your message heard
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28Mar

How to Get Your Voice Heard, No Matter How Anxious It Makes You Feel

Louise Chunn

anxiety, confidence, performance, phobias

Soul

Author and podcaster Viv Groskop talks about confident public speaking, and how therapy can help if anxiety is stopping you from taking part
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23Mar

Facing Up to My Needle Phobia to Receive My Covid-19 Vaccine

Naomi Farhi

coronavirus, phobias

Mind

Upon receiving her Covid-19 vaccine, Naomi Farhi was reminded of the visceral reality of her needle phobia. Here she shares how she overcame her fear and offers advice for others.
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20Mar

Hypnotherapy Helped Me Overcome My Fear of Driving

Anonymous

experienceoftherapy, hypnotherapy, phobias

Mind

A debilitating fear of driving led one woman to seek hypnotherapy, which helped her overcome her phobia in five sessions
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28Jun

What is at the Root of Obsessive Behaviours?

Peter Finlay

OCD, phobias, therapy

Therapists

There are not always childhood catalysts in adult obsessive behaviours says Essex and Harley St therapist Peter Finlay
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24Aug

Can Hypnotherapy Cure My Phobias?

John McKenzie

hypnotherapy, phobias

Therapists

Hypnotherapist John McKenzie explains what a phobia is and how hypnotherapy can cure them
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12Nov

How Hypnotherapy Can Cure a Fear of Public Speaking

Alix Needham

anxiety, fear, hypnotherapy, phobias, therapy

Therapists

Many of us are familiar with the crippling fear induced by public speaking. This is one of the many problems hypnotherapy can help with, learn how here
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17Feb

The Ground Beneath My Feet: a Fear of the Unknown

Owen Stone

anxiety, phobias, psychology

Mind

I was 13 when I had my first panic attack, though I didn’t know what it was then. I was at a café in Biarritz when I got a chicken bone lodged in my throat. My entire body went white hot; I became convinced I was going to die. The blood drained to my feet, every bit of me screamed to get outside, so I walked around the block eating yoghurt until the fear drained away. When we got back to New Zealand, the same white heat would flow through my body again whenever we would go to a café or restaurant. I had to give myself ‘outs.’ Sit facing the door. Don’t order food....
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05Feb

How I Overcame My Fear of Driving

Joanne Mallon

phobias

Mind

Driving phobia is more common than many might think. If you are a sufferer, be inspired by one woman's story of recovery and learn how you can do the same
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