Hypnosis to Enjoy Flying

Hello, I’m Jonathan Garside from The Hypnosis Clinic. Are you scared of flying? Does the idea of getting on an aircraft fill you with dread? Fear of flying, or aviophobia, is a common anxiety disorder. About 40 percent of the general population reports some fear of flying, and about 2.5 percent have what is classified as a clinical phobia, one in which a person avoids flying or does so with significant distress. At The Hypnosis Clinic I see a lot of people who suffer from a fear of flying. And I guess I’m uniquely qualified to be able to help them; in addition to being a Clinical Hypnotherapist, I’m also a qualified flight instructor and commercial pilot. I’ve been in love with aviation for as long as I remember. Ever since my dad took me to visit the cockpit on a family holiday to Spain when I was a little boy, flying has fascinated me. However, I realise that for some people, flying is a very frightening experience. Of course, you can argue that we were never designed to be in the air, that it’s not natural, that it even feels unsafe. True, the newspaper headlines rarely report ‘Airplane Takes Off And Lands Without Incident’, yet, the vast majority of them do. The statistics are alarming only in how they reflect the safety of travel by air. Here’s an example, imagine you're going to take a flight every single day, to somewhere different in the world. How many years do you think it would be, before you were involved in an accident, not necessarily one where somebody dies, but one when incident is declared. One year? Ten years? No, 1789 years. And that’s if you flew every single day of your life. Flying is ludicrously safe, you have more chance of perishing in the bath. Only escalators are a safer form of mass public transportation. As a pilot, I breathe a sigh of relief whenever I board an aircraft, that’s because it feels like home to me, but also because I know that more people meet a sticky end on the airbridge that connects to the plane than the aircraft itself. Now, I don’t want you to suddenly develop an irrational fear of air bridges or baths, but I do want you to be able to see air travel in it’s true perspective. Safe. The work I do with helping people to enjoy flying is deeply satisfying, not only am I helping someone to be more calm and relaxed on a flight, I’m indulging in my passion for aviation, showing people how airplanes fly, how air traffic control keeps us safe in the skies, how we deal with weather delays, diversions and even missing bags. You’ll be astonished about how many safety systems there are on board, how much planning goes into making your trip safe, how even the unexpected is considered and planned for. We also have a special programme to take you to a full flight simulator, usually reserved for professional pilot training, so you can see first hand how safe and relatively easy it is to fly from A to B. I love helping people to enjoy flying - it’s something I’m so passionate about. So, if you’d like to find out how to become professional passenger for the rest of your life, take a look through some of my tips on this blog. If you’d like to find out more about the work I do helping people to enjoy flying, make an appointment for a free consultation. You can either come to meet me at our clinic in London’s regent street, or via a Telehealth video call. I look forward to meeting you soon. Have a look on our website for more details: https://thehypnosisclinic.com