From NLP Diary and by craigkillick. (Dec 31st, 2008)

There was an interesting programme on ITV1 in the UK last night called Britain’s Weirdest Phobias. I have never personally worked on a phobia with NLP but I have seen the fast phobia cure and the new code game ’sanctuary’ performed on a person and it was amazing to watch because the ‘patient’ had an extreme fear.

I do have a phobia lined up for the new year, but I need to wait until the other person is ready. Needless to say, I am looking forward to that one.

What struck me about last nights programme were three main things:

  1. I realise it’s a TV programme but it was sensationalized to the point where they are highlighting the ‘weirdness’ of peoples irrational fears.
  2. The therapists language was very negative, almost reinforcing the fear. His approach also required the people to ‘confront’ their fear which can “sometimes be traumatic”
  3. Having witnessed first hand, an NLP Phobia cure, I can’t see why anyone would choose any other way.

Perhaps I am biased and naive based on what little experience I have and my leaning towards NLP techniques. Also,  I am reading Frogs Into Princes at the moment, so I am taken with the idea that all you are giving the other person is choice - taking away the limited ways in which they can react to a situation. The traditional therapy route seems to involve taking someone through an experience rather than just looking for the result.

I am interested to hear other peoples experiences with Phobias though as I would like to enhance my experiences (by metaphor), and, I can only hope that the person I am doing the Phobia with soon didn’t see last nights programme.

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