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Needle phobia treatment and therapy
Needle phobia treatment & therapy. Overcome your fear of needles and replace phobic behaviour & thinking with logic. Through specialist hypnotherapy for needle phobia we can help your phobia become a thing of the past.
What is needle phobia?
Needle phobia, or fear of medical procedures involving needles, is often referred to as a specific phobia. This is where the specific individual has a specific phobia that relates to a specific object or situation; for example the fear of spiders, heights, or flying.
The other two main types of phobia are 1) social phobias where the phobia relates to an excessive or unreasonable fear of social situations such as fear of public speaking or social anxiety; and 2) agoraphobia - the fear of being alone in a public place or a fear of open or public places.
Needle phobia is one of the most common specific phobias. It will vary from person to person; many people may have developed this fear as a child, for example they may have had a lot of blood tests or procedures which have resulted in negative associations or memories.
Many people link their fear of needles to feeling faint or fainting, this anxiety in turn can become something more extreme and lead to a change in behaviour and even lead to the avoidance of seeking medical help when it is needed.
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What are phobias - taking a closer look
Phobias are an extreme or irrational fear of an object or situation and can cause a lot of distress. They can restrict day-to-day life and, in severe cases, an individual may organise their life around avoiding the thing they’re afraid of. If the phobia can’t be avoided entirely, intense anxiety will result.
Around ten million people in the UK are affected by phobias. Phobias don’t care about your age, sex or social background. Anyone can be impacted.
Phobias are often developed in early childhood, teenage years, or even as late as early twenties. Within those early years, negative experiences can snowball in a child’s mind and lead to a very specific phobia.
It’s easy to see how a phobia might develop; for example being stuck in a lift for a few hours as a child can later manifest itself as claustrophobia. Similarly, the impact of a parent or sibling’s fear can have a knock on effect too. This is quite often found with phobias of dogs or spiders for example; where the child has watched the behaviours of their family members, and their behaviours go on to mirror that person.
Therapy for fear of needles - our approach to treatment
The key is to replace phobic behaviour and thinking with logic. This is the tricky bit, but with expert help it is one hundred percent possible. If you, or someone you care about has a fear of needles, then you are most certainly not alone, and rest assured, we can help your phobia become a thing of the past.
Therapist, coaching psychologist and founder of Pinnacle Wellbeing, Richard Reid, is a specialist in phobia treatment psychology and has helped many clients overcome their phobias.
"The temptation is often to avoid the things that make us fearful. However, this often compounds our anxieties. Our therapies help you to find constructive and supportive ways to confront your phobias one step at a time; meaning that you find a pace which is appropriate to your individual situation and which allows your brain to develop a new outlook to those situations or triggers."
Therapist, coaching psychologist and founder of Pinnacle Wellbeing, Richard Reid.
Needle phobia therapy and treatment
We believe that therapy is an effective way to treat phobias. The use of therapy can help you overcome your phobia of needles as well as its symptoms and triggers. We can then build a tailor-made programme that works for you.
One of the most effective treatments is a form of psychotherapy called exposure therapy. Here, understanding the cause of a phobia is actually less important than focusing on how to treat the avoidance behaviour that has developed over time.
As you learn how to better manage and relate to your reactions, thoughts and feelings, you’ll find that your anxiety and fear are reduced and no longer in control of your life. Treatment is usually directed at one specific phobia at a time. Whilst your main phobia may fall under a phobia of needles, we can also help you overcome any secondary phobias or anxieties you may be experiencing.
We know that ‘one size doesn’t fit all’ and that each client has their own set of unique needs and circumstances. We typically use a combination of therapies to treat phobias such as tomophobia; these include hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), alongside talking therapies such as counsellingand psychotherapy.
One of the most effective treatments we use for the fear of needles is hypnotherapy.
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What is hypnotherapy?
We actually experience hypnosis all the time naturally. Daydreaming is a form of hypnosis, for example. Similarly, when we arrive at a destination in our car without being aware of how we got there. That’s a form of hypnosis too. We drift in and out of the state all the time.
All we really do with this form of treatment is harness that state to create a form of deep relaxation that enables us to access parts of the brain that are blocked by conscious thought.
By altering your state of consciousness, through the use of hypnosis and positive suggestion, we can help you to change aspects of yourself – for example your behaviour or your feelings.
How hypnotherapy for needle phobia can help
Hypnotherapy can have a positive effect for people who are suffering from phobias. Through hypnosis we can teach you simple alternatives of how to express yourself so that you can strengthen relationships rather than damage them.
Through hypnosis phobia treatment, you will change how you feel about yourself and how you interact with those closest to you, and the world in general. You’ll learn to express your feelings and needs positively and start to transform your thought patterns for the better.
“There is often a totally understandable apprehension around hypnotherapy. The first thing we always say to our clients is to try and forget what you might have seen passing as hypnosis or hypnotherapy on-stage or on-screen, as most of it is ridiculous. In actual fact we all experience light stages of hypnosis all the time in our daily lives.”
Richard Reid - CEO, Therapist & Coaching Psychologist
How does a hypnotherapy session work?
During your first session of needle hypnotherapy session, the clinical hypnotherapist will ask you specific questions about your lifestyle and overall health in order for you both to decide on what your goals will be during the therapy.
While under hypnosis, a patient will exhibit enhanced awareness and responsiveness, which allows the hypnotherapist to bypass the rational part of the brain to the more receptive subconscious and introduce new, positive thoughts and perspectives. You will also be more open to suggestion so that together we can help you change behaviour and overcome your phobia.
A needle hypnotherapy phobia case study
This female client had recently become pregnant and needed to have regular blood tests due to the risk of her baby having Down’s Syndrome. However, she had suffered from a phobia of blood and needles since the age of 10; she regularly fainted at the sight of blood.
We suggested four hypnotherapy sessions focused on reprocessing her experience of the original trauma that caused her phobia. It involved teaching NLP-style coping techniques for emotional state management and self-hypnosis for relaxation.
Whilst she was open to the idea of hypnotherapy, she was nervous about the prospect of having to confront her fear. Much of the first session involved metaphorical hand-holding – pacing the session and leading her according to her level of comfort. After the four sessions, she was able to take the required blood tests without any adverse effect.
She later returned for further help in physically and mentally preparing herself for the birth of her child using hypnobirthing techniques. She is now the proud mother of a healthy baby girl.
What can you expect from a needle phobia therapy session?
Our phobia therapy sessions are tailored to suit your needs. We work with individuals, couples, teens, and groups. Our sessions usually last from 30 minutes to an hour; our courses usually consist of around 6 to 12 sessions.
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