Hypnotherapy for ‘rollercoaster phobias’
This is a fun story that has been appearing all over the press recently. It’s the news that a popular UK amusement park, Chessington World of Adventures, will be offering sessions with a hypnotherapist to people suffering with ‘rollercoaster phobia.’
Whatever could this mean? Do some people really find themselves getting scared of going on very high, very fast rides that tip them upside down, backwards and up and down in rapid succession? Surely not…
Hypnotherapist Stephen Rigby will hold his first sessions at the park in Surrey on 9 October. He says that his clients will be parents nominated by their children via a special website:
“Often parents force themselves to go on a ride so that they don’t disappoint their children, and they will try many things to overcome their fear, such as screaming or even closing their eyes for the whole
ride,” Rigby told Reuters in this article.
“Whilst these methods may help them get through the ride, we want to help them sit back and enjoy it.”
What is particularly interesting to me is that Stephen Rigby goes on to say:
“Hypnotherapy is not just for now… I plan on giving the
participants a new way of thinking. I hope that the powerful states of
mind that they will experience during the session will be used again
and again in other contexts.”
Yes, how wonderful. So often when I work with people to help them to make changes in one area of their lives, they begin to notice that so many things begin to become more possible for them in other areas. I wish Stephen Rigby the very best as he uses this fun context as an opportunity to help people to surprise themselves with many other progressive changes.
