Therapies

Therapies that can help you with your fear of flying fall into three main groups. Those that deal with behaviour( See our Courses), those that deal with the unconscious influences on our lives, and the humanistic ones that empower people through self-realisation…dealing with what can be described as the here and now. There are two main therapies which align with our view of overcoming a fear of flying, and one other which is beyond the scope of this site.

1- NEURO LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING

(NLP Therapy): Neuro Linguistic programming is based on the way we see and interpret things which is particularly relevant to a fear of flying. It suggests that we each ‘see’ life experiences in different ways. Interestingly we describe things according to the way we see things, how we interpret things and how we ‘code’ them into our memory . Some of us use factual words some use imagery some describe events and things by the way it makes them feel. You will see that the descriptions used on our Audio CD Set use NLP principles of word use.

2- COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

(CBT Therapy): This is our preferred method to help with the fear of flying because it is simple, straight forward and easy to understand. The three part process is simple. Thoughts generate feelings and emotions; those emotions determine how we behave. Therefore it suggests that if we change our thoughts we’ll change our behaviour. It doesn’t address feelings we have from childhood or traumatic events (that is not its intention) but for most people a behavioral approach is very effective. The Audio CD Set is designed to re-structure your thinking and therfore change the way you feel about flying. We use this approach on our Simulator Course.

3- PSYCHODYNAMIC COUNSELLING

(PDC Therapy): Psychodynamic counselling is perhaps the least likely to be needed because only a small percentage of people are anxious about flying because of a childhood experience or a sub conscious process. However it is a very effective and successful form of therapy.

However only the person who has a fear of flying can decide which is the most appropriate to their needs and of course, it is possible that a combination of therapies might provide an answer. Though practitioners are likely to deny that of course.