Hypnosis for Phobias and Anxiety in Geneva
Living with a phobia or persistent anxiety can be exhausting. Certain situations
trigger intense fear that feels completely out of your control. Even if you know
logically that you are safe, your body reacts as if a real danger is present:
fast heartbeat, sweating, trembling, difficulty breathing, or the urge to run away.
These reactions are not a sign of weakness—they are automatic responses created by
your nervous system and your unconscious mind.
Whether your fear is related to flying, driving, spiders, needles, public speaking,
enclosed spaces, or exams, the experience is similar: you lose your sense of freedom.
Anxiety can also appear without a clear trigger, taking the form of racing thoughts,
constant worry, muscle tension, or a feeling of losing control. Hypnosis helps you
reconnect with an inner sense of safety and transform the emotional and physical
mechanisms behind these reactions.
If you want to understand how hypnosis works and how it affects the brain,
emotions, and automatic patterns, you can read this page:
What is hypnosis?
Between sessions, you can also support your progress with guided hypnosis audios
available on the App Store. These sessions help calm your nervous system and reinforce
therapeutic change:
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The goal of therapeutic hypnosis is not to force you to “face” your fear,
but to help your unconscious mind reinterpret the situation, so your body can respond
in a calmer, more stable, and more appropriate way. This is why hypnosis is an effective
approach for many people struggling with phobias or anxiety.
Understanding Phobias and Anxiety
A phobia is an intense and often disproportionate fear linked to a specific situation
or object. Your rational mind may know that the situation is safe, but your unconscious
automatically activates a survival response. Anxiety, on the other hand, can be more
generalized, manifesting as worry, restlessness, intrusive thoughts, or the feeling
that something bad could happen at any moment.
These reactions usually come from earlier experiences—sometimes a single intense event,
sometimes long-term stress, and sometimes learned behaviors in childhood. The unconscious
stores these associations and triggers them to “protect” you, even when protection
is no longer necessary. Hypnosis allows us to reach these deeper layers where
automatic fear responses are encoded.
In hypnosis, we can gradually retrain the mind to respond differently, creating
new pathways of calm and stability.
Why Hypnosis Is Effective for Phobias and Anxiety
During hypnosis, you remain conscious and aware, but your mind becomes more focused
and receptive. This makes it easier to access the emotional memories, mental images,
and physical reactions connected to fear.
Therapeutic hypnosis helps to:
- Reduce the emotional intensity associated with specific fears.
- Create new, calmer responses to situations that used to trigger anxiety.
- Transform catastrophic thoughts into grounded, realistic perspectives.
- Rebuild a sense of inner safety and confidence.
- Relax the nervous system and release accumulated stress.
Over time, the phobia or anxiety loses its power over you. You regain the ability
to act freely, think clearly, and feel secure even in situations that were previously
overwhelming.
This Session Is for You If…
- You avoid certain situations because you fear losing control.
- You experience panic attacks in specific contexts.
- You know your fear is irrational, but you cannot calm your body.
- You feel constant or recurrent anxiety in your daily life.
- You want to regain freedom, confidence, and emotional stability.
How the Session Works
The session begins with a conversation to understand your situation:
the type of phobia or anxiety, triggers, personal history, what you have already tried,
and what kind of change you wish to experience.
You are then guided into a calm and safe hypnotic state. You remain aware and in control,
but your attention becomes more inwardly focused. In this state, we work on the imagery,
sensations, and reactions that activate during anxiety-provoking situations.
Hypnosis allows these patterns to shift in a gentle and progressive way.
At the end of the session, most people feel lighter, calmer, and more centered.
With each session, the intensity of the fear decreases, and the body learns new ways
of responding to stress or perceived danger.
FAQ – Hypnosis for Phobias & Anxiety
1. How many sessions will I need?
It depends on your situation. For a specific phobia, 2 to 4 sessions can bring
significant improvement. For generalized anxiety, a longer follow-up may be useful.
2. Will I have to relive past events?
Not necessarily. Hypnosis does not require reliving painful memories.
We work at your own pace, often using symbolic or gentle approaches.
3. Can hypnosis replace medical or psychological treatment?
No. Hypnosis is a complementary approach and does not replace necessary medical
or psychological care. A combined approach is sometimes the most beneficial.
4. Will I lose control during hypnosis?
Absolutely not. You remain conscious and aware at all times. Therapeutic hypnosis
has nothing to do with stage hypnosis.
5. Can I use the hypnosis app between sessions?
Yes, and it can strengthen your progress. The app
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offers guided audios to help calm anxiety and reinforce inner stability.