Benefits of our service
We are a specialist service that helps clients with a Fear of Driving or (Driving Phobia) recover from anxiety, nervousness, or panic linked to driving. Our web-site can be used to guide you through the process of recovering or establishing your driving skills through hypnotherapy, combined with professional driver training.
I have worked with clients who have a fear of driving as a professional hypnotherapy practitioner and also in my capacity as a professional driving instructor. As a result I have discovered that the combination of these two disciplines produce significantly better results than either on its own.
As a result of my experiences I launched Nervous Driver in 2006 to help clients overcome varying degrees of driving phobia. The fear (or phobia) of driving is a condition is known as Hodophobia and we focus our endeavours in helping clients resolve this condition.
The hypnotherapy part of the process helps clients to feel at ease through accepting hypnotic suggestions whilst in the hypnotic Alpha state. This process cancels out any emotional content the client may have linked to driving. Once completed, clients find their driving skills easy to recover and remember without conscious effort.
During my work in hypnotherapy I regularly help people overcome all types phobia's. What you focus on becomes your reality, if you follow these steps your driving phobia will diminish or disappear.
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How to relax completely
This is achieved on the course through you experiencing a hypnotherapy session developed by Nervous Driver specifically for fearful drivers.
Hypnotherapy begins when relaxation occurs along with an altered state of consciousness. The common factor when you enter trance is that you will feel comfortable and at ease about what you are experiencing. When you are comfortable and at ease, you learn and remember more effectively.
The hypnotherapy works by me talking you down to that very relaxed state (or trance) and then delivering suggestions about driving situations that may normally make you nervous. Clients are calm during hypnosis and some of that sense of being in full control when driving has a tendency to remain with them when they return to full awareness.
If you had a bullying teacher at school you may have found the subject matter they taught more difficult to absorb that what was taught by a more kindly teacher. The same principle applies here, if you are feeling up-beat and motivated what you learn is absorbed more permanently.
In addition to feeling very relaxed after the treatment, clients frequently report that the feel more relaxed and easy-going generally.
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Improve your driving skills
You may not have learned the skills correctly to begin with, may have forgotten what you learned or lost confidence. The theory and practical aspects of the course deal with these issues.
Many people in the driving tuition industry think that although the present driving test ensures a basic safety standard, the training falls short of producing very good drivers. This is an opportunity to develop skills already learned through our one day course.
Sometimes not having a car or always being the passenger adds up to being unable to maintain a high driving skill level. This type of client along with people who have lost confidence after accidents, benefit significantly from the driver training aspect of our course.
When certain basic skills to become neglected. Ironically, these skills are very easy to resolve for someone who has previous driving experience and knows how to handle a vehicle.
The technical driving aspects of driving are addressed on the course by me asking the client what they have difficulty with. Invariably, when the problem issues are explained and practiced correctly, clients experience a eureka moment and achieve their desired result.
I do use a structured training syllabus for clients who just want to brush up generally upon their driving skills.
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New skills become a habit
The self-hypnosis or autosuggestion technique learned on the course will help you relax more at home. If you prefer to use meditation, Yoga or Pilates etc at home then that's fine also.
Stress is the enemy that prevents individuals from functioning to their optimum. Every illness, fear, phobia, or compulsion etc are more manageable when the sufferer is relaxed up-beat and positive.
During my work in hypnotherapy, I have discovered that clients with serious physical, mental or emotional problems frequently improve significantly following hypnotherapy treatment. Also, many clients with less serious conditions report a full resolution to their issues.
I believe that the relaxation and self-hypnosis techniques promoted on the course is a significant factor in achieving these results. Someone with a driving phobia may discover on the course that they can relax while driving probably for the first time in years.
This success motivates then to practice self-hypnosis or alternative relaxation techniques to consolidate their gains. Half an hour spent upon relaxation every other day or twice a week is a small price to pay for the improvement in ability to function well.
To help you driving, you may wish to take an occasional refresher driving lesson with a local instructor or join the Institute of Advanced Motorists (they help you develop the skills you need to pass their test).
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Where are you located
We are located in Durham but deliver our service nationwide. North, South, East, West, National, London, M25, Southampton, Bristol, Birmingham, Leicester, Coventry, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Nottingham, Stoke, Dreby, Sunderland, Glosgow, Edinburgh, Midlands, Yorkshire, England, Wales, Scotland
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