Phobia Counselling

A phobia is where our faulty perception of reality is focused on a specific thing, place, situation, etc. This negative thinking then translates into strong emotional fear and avoidant behaviour. Social phobia is the most common phobia I come across.
Acceptance of the reality of the emotional fear is balanced with gently challenging the irrationality of the belief that triggers the client’s fear and avoidance.
Gradually exposing the client to their fear through simply talking about it, photos, in-session role plays, etc, is a key CBT technique used in reducing phobias. Phobias can be dealt with quickly via solution-focused therapy if the causes are not too complicated.