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Two areas that I have had a great deal of success with are Fear of Flying and Dental Fears. Fear of Flying Fear of flying can have a variety of layers. It can be being terrified of not having control, just thinking about flying, feeling the seat belt click, being trapped in your seat and the list goes on and on. Often time’s fear of flying is lumped into the umbrella of being afraid to fly. It is also not unusual to not even be aware of all the layers. Treatment for this fear needs to focus on discovering and then relating to the different aspects/layers. To deal with these problems I use a multi faceted approach treatment. The aspects are comprised of Hypnosis, Self Hypnosis, and Emotional Freedom Techniques (for more details search emoFree.com/search.htm with the phrase 'fear of flying'). Though successful treatment may take longer during our first meeting there should be progress. Fear of Dental Procedures One of the most common fears is fear of the dentist or dental treatment. Like fear of flying there are many aspects of this problem. The fear might be fear of gagging, or being vulnerable, being violated, having something put into your mouth, fear of needles, or fear of pain. Hypnosis, self hypnosis and Emotional Freedom Techniques (for more details search emoFree.com/search.htm with the phrase 'dental fear') are also valuable approaches used in this situations. In some situations I might talk to the dentist and the staff before hand, or accompany the patient (though with the other treatment techniques this is not usually necessary). This fear takes a little more time to deal with than does fear of flying but can be dealt with (though there may be exceptions) in anywhere from 2 to 5 session. If you would like more details on either of these fears feel free to give me call and we can go into more detail. Back to Dr. Marty's Home Page