Fear of flying hypnotherapy in Bournemouth

Long before take-off

For a nervous flyer, the trip starts going wrong weeks ahead. You hesitate over the booking, your stomach turns when the departure date comes up in conversation, and the night before is spent awake. Then comes the airport, the queue at the gate, the sound of the doors closing, the climb and every bump along the way. Whether you fly from Bournemouth Airport, Southampton or Heathrow, the pattern is the same, and it is a learned response. What the mind has learned, it relearns, and that is exactly where I begin.

How I work on a fear of flying

Your first session starts with the detail: which part of the journey grips you most, what you picture, what you tell yourself, and when it all began. From there I bring together hypnosis and NLP in a plan built around your trip.

• The NLP fast phobia technique. You replay the old fear in a detached, distant way, then run it in reverse, and the emotional charge drains out of it. Clients describe the memory as flat and far away afterwards.
• Reworking the pictures. Fear lives in how vividly you imagine things going wrong. I show you how to shrink, dim and redirect those images until the flight in your mind feels ordinary.
• An anchor for calm. You build a strong, settled feeling and link it to a simple gesture, ready for check-in, take-off and any turbulence.
• Rehearsing the whole journey. In hypnosis you travel from packing your case to stepping out at your destination, calmly and comfortably, again and again, until the real trip feels familiar.
• Self-hypnosis for the day. A short routine you use in the departure lounge and in your seat to stay relaxed for the whole flight.

A fear of flying often travels with other fears, such as heights or enclosed spaces. If that sounds like you, see phobia hypnotherapy, and if the fear began with a particular experience, regression therapy works on that root.

Your sessions and fees

Sessions are in person in Bournemouth (BH8) or online by video, and I time the plan around your departure date. Every session is with me personally. You'll board feeling settled, with tools you trust for every stage of the journey.

Fees: £195 an hour in person, £150 an hour online, or a 7-hour course at £975 in person and £750 online. See fees for the full list. Your first step is a free 15–30 minute consultation, where I recommend the right number of sessions for your trip.

About me

I'm Tim Dunton. I've trained since 2004 and have over 20 years' experience, helping hundreds of clients. My work blends Advanced and Ericksonian hypnotherapy with NLP, in which I'm a Master Practitioner trained by co-founders Richard Bandler and John Grinder, and I'm a GHR member. Celebrities, film producers, sportspeople and business leaders have all worked with me. More about Tim and how it works.

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