FEAR OF VOMITING

QUESTION:

I have an eleven year old son that started to have emetophobia (fear of vomiting) and it has become so bad it is affecting our lives. We need help and I read about hypnotherapy and would like to get more information about that. My son started counseling but I also would like to inquire about hypnosis. I would be very grateful for any suggestions to help my son with his phobia. He also has other anxieties and any help and suggestions even with books or tapes would be so helpful

ANSWER:

 I have worked with this problem several times, and successfully; I also specialize in children.  Probably I would first want to seek out what is causing this fear, and then give suggestions to the deeper mind, that subconscious self, that he can eat anything with safety.  Sometimes I use story-telling or metaphors to help with that task.  For instance, I created a story that takes a boy on a journey where he meets different people who have him dine with them.  He discovers he can eat everything with ease, and it's all delicious!  There a number of methods that can remove his fear.  Most phobias can be released, easily, with hypnotic methods.