Hypnotherapy for Dental Phobia
Using Hypnotherapy to Treat Dental Fear & Phobia
Estimates show that up to 15% of people avoid dental treatment entirely, because of dental anxiety and fear.
It's likely, that as much as 80% of people will experience some sort of dental anxiety when in the dental environment.
Fear of the dentist, for most, is not just a phobia of being in the dentist's chair, the sound of the drill or white coat or needles; it can also extend to rob the sufferer of their self-confidence, oral hygiene... and their smile.
Don’t suffer in silence:
If you have a dental fear or phobia of the dentist, then by all accounts you have probably not been for a very long time and the first thoughts that may unwittingly pop into your consciousness when faced with the fact that you need to visit a dentist, be it for a check up or due to tooth ache, may be a collection of insidious thoughts such as fear of injections, drills, pain or fear of invasion, white coat, masks, latex gloves or simply lack of control while in the dentist's chair and so on, However even though you are aware that your phobia or fear can lead to rotting teeth, receding gums, halitosis and as research shows even heart disease it is still remains to overwhelm you, The phobia/fear is inside of you and outside of your control.
In our Byfleet, Kew, Guildford and Harley Street practices Hypnosis and Hypnoanalysis are used very successfully to help any problems arising from psychological or emotional issues. Nowadays, there is an increasing demand for Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy in the successful treatment for such things as Dental Fears and Phobias and is extremely successful Contact us at Byfleet, Kew, Guildford and Harley Street. For yourFREE initial hypnotherapy consultation or to book and appointment CLICK HERE
Your dental phobia may, in the past have had such control over you that you are now seriously neglecting your teeth and may even be masking pain with medication and in all probability you haven’t visited the dentist for some time, unless, that is, you have been in absolute agony and just had no other option, by which time may have lead to the need of much more invasive treatment such as a Root Canal Treatment or even and Extraction rather than a simple Check-up or hygiene visit which will have in turn only confirmed the need for your fear due to the fact that your anxiety prior to your visit would have intensified, your heart rate increased and blood pressure raised and of course you expected to feel pain, discomfort, fear, anxiety and began the whole cycle again, yet in less than an hour you can begin to change the way you feel, removing negative feelings and thoughts with the aid of hypnosis and NLP allowing you positive change alleviating your phobia/fear giving a profound and lasting inner change.
Hypnosis / hypnotherapy: A powerful, effective treatment to alleviate Dental Phobia.
How Hypnotherapy Can Help:
· Hypnosis, combined with suggestion therapy and NLP will enable you to reduce your fear or anxiety and to feel more in control.
· It will provide you with a greater sense of self; it will boost self-confidence and self-esteem; it will help you build on your self-belief and you will have a strong visual image of yourself being calm and self-assured in prior, during and after your treatment.
· Eliminate negative thoughts about visiting the dentist
· Be calm prior to the treatment and remain calm throughout the treatment
· Enhance your smile
· An added bonus is that hypnosis is wonderfully relaxing and reduces stress levels.
Kathleen has substantial experience of helping people to reduce fears and phobias over specific events and you would need just one session or two before your dental visit.
Ongoing and Pervasive Issues with Fears and Phobias
Perhaps your issues are more long term or pervasive and you have found that your fear or phobia is having a limiting effect upon your life? Or perhaps you would like to remove and resolve all future issues in relation to your fear or phobia? In these circumstances it is likely that you would benefit most from a course of analytical hypnotherapy (pure-hypnoanalysis).
This type of therapy would provide you with all the benefits of hypnosis with suggestion therapy, whilst also helping you to fully resolve your issues with your fear of phobia, leaving you free to enjoy a more fulfilled and relaxed approach to all circumstances in the future. (For more info on pure-hypnoanalysis click here.)
Fears and phobias can be very effectively treated using pure hypnoanalysis and issues can usually be resolved within 8 sessions.