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. We help you recover or establish your driving skills through hypnotherapy, combined with professional driver training.
I have worked with clients who have a fear of driving or driving phobia as a professional hypnotherapy practitioner and a professional driving instructor. I've found that the combination of these 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 known as Hodophobia and we endeavour to help clients overcome this condition as well as many other driving problems.
The hypnotherapy part of the process helps clients to feel at ease through accepting hypnotic suggestions whilst in the hypnotic Alpha state. This is designed to reduce or eliminate irrational emotions the client may have linked to driving. The reduction or elimination or irrational emotions whilst driving allows the skills to be more easily learned and remembered.
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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 drivers suffering from some degree of driving phobia or other driving problem.
Hypnotherapy begins soon after relaxation occurs, creating 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. Most prople agree that learning is easier to achieve in a relaxed frame of mind.
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 normally remain calm during hypnosis and usually an element of that calmness remains when they return to full awareness.
A relaxed and positive attitude is encouraged during the course because clients who are up-beat and motivated learn and absorb the material more permanently and quickly.
In addition to feeling very relaxed after the treatment, clients frequently report that they feel more relaxed and easy-going generally. This relaxed but focused mindset helps client's overcome their driving problems.
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Improve your driving skills
You may not have learned the driving 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. When this situation occurs, clients benefit significantly from the driver training aspect of our course.
Driving problems frequently occur with driving when certain basic skills become neglected. Ironically, these skills are often very easy to recover for someone who has previous driving experience and knows how to handle a vehicle.
The technical aspects of driving are addressed on the course by me asking the client about specific difficulties. Invariably, when the problem issues are explained and practiced correctly, clients often experience a "Eureka" moment and achieve their desired result.
I use a structured training syllabus for clients who just want to brush up generally upon their driving skills or who want to overcome a driving phobia or other driving problem such as motorway driving.
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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 can also be useful if it helps you relax.
Stress is the enemy that prevents individuals from functioning to their optimum. Most illnesses or psychological conditions are easier to manage 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 the hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis promoted by Nervous Driver Nationwide creates successful results. This success motivates clients to practice self-hypnosis or alternative relaxation techniques to consolidate their gains. Also, the Nervous Driver CD Set can be beneficial with regular use.
To help your driving skills develop following the course, you may wish to take an occasional refresher lesson with a local instructor. Also, consider joining the Institute of Advanced Motorists who will help you develop the skills you need to pass their test.
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Our service from your home
We provide our service from your home in London, Greater London and the South East, Birmingham and the Midlands, Liverpool and Mersyside, Leeds and West Yorkshire, Sheffield and South Yorkshire, Bristol, Manchester and Greater Manchester, Newcastel Upon Tyne and the North East, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Scotland, Cardiff and Wales and throughout the UK.
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