Snake Phobia Treatment

Lots of people have snake phobias, but often don’t feel the need to seek out professional help. If you live in a city in the UK, it’s unlikely that you will meet a poisonous snake! However, as with many phobias, when a person’s imagination is in overdrive, then no amount of analysis or rational thinking will make any difference!

Many people with snake phobias find that it interferes with their activities. Parents don’t want their children to inherit their fear of snakes and dread the day when their child brings home a picture book of snakes or asks to visit the reptile house at the local zoo. Someone whose spouse or partner enjoys walking in forests or other areas where snakes may be present may find that avoiding these places prevents what would otherwise be an enjoyable activity with their partner and may even limit their choice of vacation sites. Some people have such a strong fear of snakes that simply seeing an ad for a movie like “Snakes on a Plane” can ruin their day!

Some people have such a strong snake phobia that the mere mention of the word snake in a magazine article, or a picture of one, can elicit a strong emotional reaction they find embarrassing. Over the years, I have seen a lot of people with this kind of phobia. When I first explored NLP in the 1990s, I attended a Paul McKenna training in London, where we learned how to address such behaviours. During the course, after working with clients to help them overcome their phobias, we had the opportunity to let them hold a live snake! Clients were subsequently amazed to experience such a change in feeling in such a short period of time.