What therapy for me?

[carjug]

I have a driving phobia, particularly parking the car, this is affecting my life as I live in a rural place. I have tried counselling and hypnotherapy all to no avail. I want to be free of my anxiety/fear regarding driving, it doesn't get easier the more I drive, it feels awful. What therapy would be helpful for me to try? I am in the Cambridge area. Thanks
Amanda x

 

[Sarah Stallone]

Try tapping. It sounds just the thing. [link=http://www.emofree.com]www.emofree.com[/link], and for extra help, use HPs Mind Therapies Forum.
Best of luck, Sharon.

 

[Dianne]

Living in a rural area - I would treat as a blessing anyway, but consider what a nightmare it is trying to park in a city - []!

There are various types of hypnotherapy. My preference is for 'Regression Hypnotherapy' to see ifthe patterncanbe traced back to source and addressed.

Other possibilities include;
NLP, as already suggested,
Thought Field Therapy

Andrew.

 

[emebeufoinvivlelc]

Adding on to the other threads here - I agree that it is important to get to the root of the phobia - that way it can be removed for ever

 

[Revanus D]

I would reccommend that you don't give up on this. I have used EFT on a number of people for driving issues, with success, it's not always as simple as looking at the driving alone, there may be other associations which need to be tackled in order to do this. For instance when did these problems commence.. was something else stressful going on in your life at that time? Has that stress been transferred to your experience of driving?

You may be better served by seeing a practitioner trained in a number of different techniques, such as EFT, hypnotherapy, timelining, NLP as they will be able to change tact as certain issues arise and clear things up more efficiently.

 

[Lauryn]

http://www.healthypages.net/forum/tm.asp?m=138692&mpage=1&key=eft%2Cdriving&#138692
Look at this thread for an example of how someone conquered their fear of driving with EFT.
Sharon

 

[Sk8rgirl]

My father was in a motorway accident, we were all in the car and were stationary at the time. I was 5 , remembersirens and blood and glass, but not much else. We were all unhurt.Since then my dad rarely drove and was a very tense passenger, always shouting at my mums driving.

I passed my test in 92 and had to drive to Manchester airport to pick my parents up. I got stuck in the car park and couldn't mange to move the car, I panicked, some unseen power helped me as the car in the space in front drove away and I managed to drive through and get away.

I have to drive to take my kids to activities and they often need to go into Cambridge 40 mins away, sometimes I have to drive into the city to drop dd off, other times I use the park and ride as I know there are loads of spaces. I have never driven into a mutli storey car park since 92. I am considering moving into the city so my children can get to more activities that they miss out on now.

The link on how it helped another with their driving phobia is very encouraging, also nice to see I am not the only one who suffers with this. Haven't checked all the links out yet, but will they help find me a therapist in Cambridge? I don't really want one who delves into my past, been there, wasn't good and it's all safely locked away now

 

[Manikant]

HI skypainter - sometimes it is necesary to delve into the past as this can be the source of the problems in the present

the key is to assist someone in doing it comfortably

everything that happens is for a greater higher intention of survival -even if it doesn;t seem that way at the time

let me know if I can be of any help