Phobia Treatment - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in San Jose

• Experience extreme anxiety, and even panic attacks, when you are in the presence of your feared object or situation,
• Be aware that the fear is irrational or excessive,
• Avoid the feared object or situation, or endure it with intense anxiety or distress, and
• Your anxiety or avoidance significantly interferes with your life.

• Animal phobias: animals, birds, insects, spiders
• Natural environment phobias: heights, the dark, water, storms
• Situational phobias: airplanes/flying, driving, elevators, tunnels, trains
• Needles, doctors and blood phobias: sight of blood, getting an injection, going to the doctor or dentist
• Other phobias: foods, sounds, vomiting, clowns, bodily sensations such as increased heart rate

• Learn to challenge and change your negative beliefs about the feared object or situation
• Gain confidence in your ability to cope
• Reduce the association between the object or situation and anxiety
• Decrease your anxiety and physiological arousal in feared situations

Phobia Treatment

• Self-monitoring: Learn about and monitor the physiological, cognitive and behavioral components of your phobia.
• Cognitive restructuring: Identify your thoughts and beliefs about your phobia, learn to realistically assess your beliefs and correct any misperceptions.
• Behavioral interventions: Gradually expose yourself to your feared objects or situations. We'll develop a hierarchy for your phobia from least to most scary, which may include exposure in your imagination, in real life or both.