Hypnotherapy for Fear of Needles

Professional hypnosis treatments for the fear of needles (trypanophobia) at the Wombourne Clinic near Wolverhampton

If you have a fear of needles, or Trypanophobia, you may dread receiving medical care, particularly injections.

When you are required to undergo a medical procedure, you are likely to experience high blood pressure and an elevated heart rate in the hours and days leading up to your procedure.

However, at the time of the event, your blood pressure may rapidly drop.

You may even faint.

Another danger of the fear of needles is that it can cause sufferers to avoid visiting the doctor or dentist.

Although the actual phobia is of needles or injections, it can lead to a more generalized fear of medical and dental healthcare providers. (Sometime leading to a Fear of Dentists in itself)

In extreme cases, people who have a fear of needles may refuse to receive even routine check-ups.

Causes of the Fear of Needles

As with all phobias, Scientists are still unsure precisely what causes a fear of needles. It seems to be inherited, as an estimated 80% of those who have the condition have a close relative that suffers from the same phobia.

However, it is more likely that the fear of needles is learned (what we call “Learned Behaviour”) rather than biologically inherited.

Some psychologists believe that the fear of needles may be rooted in an ancient survival technique.

Puncture wounds could be deadly, particularly in the days before modern antibiotics.

It is possible that a fear of puncturing the skin was an evolutionary adaptation although not everybody seems to suffer from this problem.

Hypnotherapy for the Fear of Needles

Hypnotherapy can be particularly effective for helping people to locate and then use many of their own inner strengths and resources to combat the problems associated with the Fear of Needles.

In this respect, hypnotherapy helps a person to ‘help themselves’ in very much the same way as other therapeutic approaches.

Taking anywhere between 6 and 10 sessions, hypnotherapy for the Fear of Needles involves understanding how your earlier experiences, core beliefs and values have played a role in forming and reinforcing your phobia.

Hypnosis itself is very relaxing and allows you to explore memories and experiences related to your the Fear of Needles that you might want to re-think in order to produce more positive responses and outcomes.

Hypnotherapy for Young Adults

Research into 18–25-year-olds seeking therapy found that there are a number of barriers to help-seeking including difficulty identifying the problem, concerns about stigma, preference for self-reliance and uncertainty about where to go for help.

At Wolverhampton Hypnotherapy we have developed two distinct pathways to address these specific limitations, firstly a page dedicated to hypnotherapy for young adults and secondly, a page outlining how parents can help their son or daughter access therapy without taking-over or imposing the need for therapy upon them.

Initial Consultations

Joan offers all prospective clients a low cost (£30) initial consultation to discuss your mental health concerns.

During this 50 minute consultation Joan will discuss the various options that are available to you and make a considered recommendation based on your individual personal circumstances.

At Wolverhampton Hypnotherapy we understand the importance of the therapeutic relationship and so place a great emphasis on being able to meet PRIOR to agreeing any kind of help.

Our policy is to help people make a fully balanced & considered decision about undertaking therapy with us, including both the financial, work-load and personal implications.

E-mail joan at:

Joan@WolverhamptonHypnotherapy.co.uk