When fear takes up all the room

You know your fear is out of proportion. You have told yourself so a hundred times. And yet, faced with the object of your phobia — or even just the thought of it — your body takes over: racing heart, shortness of breath, sweating, the urge to run.

Little by little, the phobia dictates your choices: you give up a trip, put off a dentist appointment, avoid certain places, organise your life around it. It is not a lack of courage. It is your unconscious which, one day, labelled a situation as dangerous and keeps “protecting” you from it with far too much zeal.

Since reason is not enough to convince it, we will work with it directly.

How I support you

• Finding the origin: during the 3-hour first session, we take the time to understand when and how the fear set in — sometimes a specific event, sometimes a fear passed on by others or one that appeared for no obvious reason.
• Defusing the triggering event: when a memory is involved (turbulence, a bite, feeling faint, a painful treatment…), EMDR can remove its emotional charge.
• Learning a different response: under hypnosis, safely and at your own pace, we can approach the dreaded situation in your imagination and link it to calm rather than alarm.
• Preparing for real life: we work on the concrete situation ahead of you — a planned flight, dental treatment, a journey — so you can approach it more calmly.

You remain in control at every moment: nothing happens without your agreement, and you are never confronted with the object of your fear at the practice.

3-hour first session: €200 · Follow-up session: €80 · Fees and terms · Frequently asked questions