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(Notes: EFT = Emotional Freedom Technique,
NLP = NeuroLinguistic Programming)
I was contacted recently by Southern Counties Radio about a
lady who had a fear of vegetables. She was unable to handle any vegetables and
most fruit, in addition she was not able to say the names of vegetables without
causing herself extreme anxiety. So saying ‘cauliflower’ or ‘broccoli’ was
something that she had been unable to do for about 40 years.
The radio station asked me to have a hypnotherapy session
with her. An interview was transmitted live of us before the session and
afterwards. Also BBC South East Today broadcasted a piece about the session in
their evening programme.
Krissy* arrived at my clinic with the film crew in a state of
high anxiety. They had taken her to a vegetable shop to demonstrate to the
viewers just how anxious her reaction was. After the crew left, we were able to
settle down to our session.
After this, we talked about the origins of her phobia. Her
mother had died when she was 8, her father was ‘always putting her down’ and she
had the impression he never really liked her. She also felt he may have blamed
her in some way for her mother’s death. Consequently she was sent to various
relatives to look after her. One of these was an uncle who owned a vegetable
shop. The shop was dark, dingy, and smelly - and so was he! As she used to walk
through the shop the smell of vegetables made her feel sick. Of course she was
grieving for her mother and also suffering the disruption of the family life she
knew. Since that time, her phobia of vegetables developed.
I used E.F.T. as the first part of my session with her.
Before we began I asked her to scale from 1 to 10 her anxiety levels about
vegetables. She stated that it was 9 or 10. After two rounds of ‘tapping’ it was
down to 2 or 3. That’s a good start to any hypnotherapy session isn’t it?
She was then able to relax into hypnosis very well and in her
imagination we established a special place of relaxation where she felt secure
and peaceful. I used NLP to anchor this state of mind and continued with many
positive suggestions.
The session of E.F.T. hypnosis and NLP was so successful that
she was able to say the names of several vegetables live on air straight after
the session without any anxiety. Not only that, but she says how she feels so
much better about herself in many ways. She is continuing to make progress and
is learning to let go of the past.
After 4 decades of suffering from this phobia, it is
extremely satisfying that the skills of hypnotherapy and NLP are so effective at
releasing Krissy from the prison of her phobic reaction.
The session attracted the interest of the local and national
press, and various magazines.
*Krissy has given my kind permission to publish her case
details in the hope that it will inspire others who suffer from similar phobias
to seek professional help from a qualified hypnotherapist or NLP Practitioner
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Christina Mills Dip EHP NLP Master Practitioner EFT
Practitioner
She can be contacted at
christina.mills@isiscentre.co.uk
or website www.isiscentre.co.uk
