Fear of flying — also known as aviophobia — affects millions of people worldwide. For some, the anxiety begins days or even weeks before a flight. For others, it strikes the moment they step onto a plane.
Whether it’s turbulence, claustrophobia, loss of control, or past negative experiences, the fear can feel overwhelming.
The good news?
Hypnotherapy is one of the most effective treatments for fear of flying, helping clients rewire subconscious fears, regain a sense of control, and fly with confidence.
At Platinum Mind Therapy, we specialise in using Hypnotherapy, EMDR and Mind Shifting to help individuals overcome deep-rooted phobias — including fear of flying — quickly, safely, and permanently.
Hypnotherapy works by accessing the subconscious mind, where emotional memories, fear responses, and unprocessed experiences are stored.
While conscious reassurance (“flying is safe”) helps in theory, it rarely changes the emotional response.
Hypnotherapy does what rational thinking cannot:
It rewires the fear at the source.
By guiding you into a deeply relaxed and focused state, hypnotherapy helps you:
This is why hypnotherapy is now a leading treatment for phobias worldwide.
Fear of flying is rarely about the plane itself. It’s usually rooted in:
Through visualisation, suggestion and subconscious processing, hypnotherapy helps your mind experience
the flying environment without activating fear.
The subconscious learns:
“This is not a threat.”
People with aviophobia often experience:
Hypnotherapy reconditions the brain to respond with calmness instead of panic.
Most people with aviophobia get stuck in a loop:
Hypnotherapy interrupts this cycle and installs a new one:
Calm → Control → Confidence → Freedom
Hypnotherapy strengthens your sense of control and reduces mental imagery associated with fear.
This makes flying feel predictable, safe, and manageable.
At Platinum Mind Therapy, some clients also benefit from EMDR, especially if their fear began from:
EMDR helps the brain “file away” the emotional memory so it no longer controls your reactions
Mind Shifting is extremely effective for shifting:
This structured questioning technique helps clients reduce the emotional weight of their phobia so they
can experience flying as safe and manageable.
Many competing blogs only scratch the surface — but modern research shows aviophobia often comes
from:
Inherited anxiety pattern
Family modelling or genetic predisposition.
Overactive amygdala
The brain’s “fear centre” triggering false alarms
Control-based fears
Fear of not being in charge or not understanding how planes work.
Information overload
Watching crash documentaries, TikToks, news stories.
Anxiety disorders
Panic disorder, phobias, intrusive thoughts, OCD tendencies
Past experiences
Rough flights, emergency landings, or childhood fears.
Hypnotherapy addresses each of these pathways individually.
Hypnotherapy is suitable for:
Many clients overcome their fear in just a few sessions.
Physical symptoms:
Cognitive symptoms:
Behavioural symptoms:
Hypnotherapy neutralises the emotional charge behind these symptoms.
This varies from person to person, but most clients experience:
EMDR or Mind Shifting may accelerate progress further.
In many cases, yes.
Because hypnotherapy works at the subconscious root, results are usually long-lasting — especially when
combined with practical coping tools, visualisation techniques, and identity shifts.
Clients often report:
Fear of flying can limit your life, relationships, opportunities and freedom.
But it does not have to control you.
Hypnotherapy offers a fast, powerful and proven way to:
With the right therapeutic approach, you can look forward to flights instead of fearing them.
