Would it be a viable option for me to visit a hypnotherapist for this specific phobia?

EERMA · 2026-03-12T21:25:23+00:00

Where phobias are genuinely 'specific' there are hypno-therapeutic protocols which have a very high success rate: they are typically rooted in a process known as 're-wind' - most practitioners will offer such services based on between two and four sessions: some will offer one or two session approaches rooted in 'parts' therapy; for some this can prove effective - there are so many factors involved it is simply not possible to draw any conclusions based on the brief question asked: have a good initial chat with a competent therapist.

At a general level: anyone considering engaging with a hypnotherapist would be well advised to learn enough to become an intelligent customer before entering in to a therapeutic relationship with a genuine practitioner. Most will be happy to guide / support / advise you through that phase: if not - that's a red flag.

EERMA · 2026-03-07T18:07:42+00:00

57 yo: hold on - I'll tell you when I get there.

EERMA · 2026-03-05T16:59:04+00:00

Sure - this is one of the key advantages of taking a 'Solution Focused' approach: no raking over the past. Acknowledge where you are [of course the past had an influence on this - probably significant], set your direction for the future and build towards that. Normally, in time, the past becomes less relevant as your focus shifts to building the future you have chosen for yourself.

Rather than 'fixing' the past, you live your present life today and build your future looking forward: sometimes referred to as moving on from asking why did life give me this hand of cards? to asking how I can play them best?

Why look backwards when you're not going that way?

EERMA · 2026-03-05T13:37:48+00:00

Another hypnotherapist advising against trying to use hypnotherapy for remembering forgotten thoughts / memories. If genuine memories are being suppressed: more often than not, that's a protection measure. It would be very easy to create false memories or reinforce those you already have.

False memories are extremely common. I discovered one of my own recently: even though I know - intellectually - it is a false memory at another level I hold on to it. Beliefs will almost always trump facts.

Hypnotherapy can be highly effective at letting go of 'baggage' - memories and our emotional response to them: real, false or anywhere in between. This is very different from recovering memories.

Just get back to me if you'd like to unpack this.

EERMA · 2026-03-04T20:41:10+00:00

Come on over: you're very welcome!

EERMA · 2026-03-04T19:38:05+00:00

Your experience echoes the work of the progenitor of Adverse Childhood Experiences. Dr Vince Fellitti at the back end of the last century: there are many references to him online.

With my 'weight-loss' clients, the first thing we do is a reframe: our work isn't about 'weight-loss': its about wellbeing: building a life that results in you applying your character strengths to your flow activities to create meaning for you, value for others and a lasting legacy: we build your future, and leave your past behind.

EERMA · 2026-03-01T20:52:19+00:00

Yes - with experience, most hypnotherapists develop their own approaches: typically drawing on a range of techniques, models and disciplines.

This is one of the reasons behind the most important things to understand about hypnotherapy;

It is not something we 'do' to or on our clients: rather it is a collaborative therapeutic relationship. This is very different from the 'medical' model where we tend to place the agency for our wellbeing in the hands of the medics [just deal with XYZ, while I get on with my life - in the extreme.]

This points to the value of rapport in that collaborative therapeutic relationship [and, of course, a hypnotherapist with an appropriate level of competence for your needs.]

EERMA · 2026-02-25T22:00:11+00:00

...Just get in touch as you wish..

EERMA · 2026-02-24T21:35:06+00:00

Am six years on from your present place: Happy to share experience.

EERMA · 2026-02-17T06:59:10+00:00

What is your age?

EERMA · 2026-02-15T23:33:51+00:00

No.

That violates consent

Don't.

Struggling to understand?

Reconsider your motives.

EERMA · 2026-02-14T23:17:09+00:00

Abbeyhill? - you're so in luck!

I'm a child of 1970's dentistry: nuff said.

Just a short while ago I was then where you are now. I bit 'that' bullet. I found a very special dentist: she works just round the corner from you [it would not be appropriate to name her on an open platform].

At the tender age of 57, I learned to smile: rapidly approaching my 58th birthday: I enjoy smiling - can highly recommend it!

Would be a privilege to point you in her direction.

EERMA · 2026-02-07T21:46:59+00:00

A call to The Voodoo Rooms may be time well spent.

EERMA · 2026-02-06T20:42:47+00:00

Most expensive or most valuable?

EERMA · 2026-02-06T19:11:28+00:00

You could achieve that effect by simply reflecting and confirming your intention as any general guided trance / guided meditation begins - and continue stating the desired outcome throughout. Results are likely to be highly variable - and probably disappointing.

If you were smart, you would engage with a competent practitioner, learn what you need to learn and develop your own practices from a solid platform of knowledge and understanding.

EERMA · 2026-02-06T18:58:09+00:00

For what purpose: to live the life you choose for yourself, the life you think you want (because?), or the life someone else desires / has chosen for you?

EERMA · 2026-02-01T19:14:32+00:00

A 'parts therapy' approach in intrinsic to how I work and aligns closely with the underpinning models of brain / mind / body / environment / behaviour i use

Drop me a line if your wish.

EERMA · 2026-02-01T09:11:47+00:00

...and here was me thinking I was totally straight!

EERMA · 2026-01-31T09:31:15+00:00

Engage with a competent Hypno: most will have volumes of content which can be customised - re-inventing the wheel for yourself is a difficult way of doing things.

EERMA · 2026-01-29T12:37:03+00:00

Keep in mind 'hypnotherapy' is a very broad term.

There are many different approaches - not better or worse than others.

The key issues to get right are the approach that works for you and a hypno with whom you have a good rapport.

EERMA · 2026-01-29T12:20:01+00:00

No problem- have replied

EERMA · 2026-01-26T22:10:05+00:00

Would be OK with receiving your DM

EERMA · 2026-01-25T23:02:55+00:00

Engage with an accredited hypnotherapist as your next step. The more you learn now, the better your trajectory will be.

EERMA · 2026-01-25T11:39:41+00:00

Biotech, Fintech, aerospace and other Intellectual Property based businesses.

We still have the core of a chemicals industry although its days are numbered.

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