If you’re wondering how to get over fear of heights, it can be tough knowing who to go to for help. Therapy with an approved clinical physiologist sounds like a good bet, but therapy is expensive and eats up a lot of time in the week. Then, there are dozens of self-help guides and books available online, all claiming to be able to help you in overcoming fear of heights, but how do you know which ones to trust?
The question of whether to go to a professional or do it yourself depends a lot on your own circumstances and your preferred style of learning and taking in information. In either case the most important thing is to make sure the treatment you turn to is written by qualified professionals and based on proper psychological research.
Psychological Therapy for Acrophobia
Face-to-face therapy has been used to help people overcome fear of heights and other phobias for years. And in most cases it is highly effective and after a period of treatment many people will see a significant reduction in their symptoms.
If you like the idea of having someone sat in front of you taking you through the whole process of curing your Acrophobia, and you have the money and time to invest in it, then therapy is a great option. But for a lot of people this isn’t always possible. Perhaps you don’t have several hours and hundreds of dollars to spend every week on intensive therapy. Perhaps you don’t live near a suitable clinic. Or perhaps you just prefer to do things at your own pace. This is where self-directed acrophobia treatment comes into its own.
Self-Directed Acrophobia Treatment
It’s easy to see the appeal of self-directed treatment programs. Not only do you save a huge amount of money in most cases but you get to go through the material at your own speed, in the comfort of your own home. You don’t feel rushed, you can go back and read over topics as many times as you want, and you don’t have to share all your deep fears and doubts with someone you don’t know.
The good thing about fear of heights is that the treatment process is relatively straightforward and easy for anyone to follow without having to learn all kinds of complicated psychological theories. Whether learning in person or from reading a step by step guide, the core idea behind treatment is the same: expose yourself to the things you fear in a safe and controlled way so that you can learn not to be afraid. And so self-directed programs can be just as effective as face to face therapy because the principles you’re learning are identical.
The Best of Both
At The Phobia Solution our treatment program is used for both one-to-one therapy and for putting together comprehensive self-help resources. The material in our fear of heights guide is identical to that you would get if you walked through the doors of our clinic in Sydney, Australia. Not only that but it has been proven to be just as effective in both settings. So you get all the benefits of a world class clinical psychologist but at a fraction of the cost.
We believe that everyone should have access to effective and evidence-based treatments, and that money and time constraints should not be a barrier to living a life free of fear. That’s why our fear of heights guide is designed to give you the same guidance and expertise as having a leading clinical psychologist in your living room talking you through the entire process.