Your child can soon be emetophobia free and able to enjoy life again
We understand how difficult it is to have a child with emetophobia. As well as an intense fear of being sick, they often struggle with associated problems, leaving you feeling immensely powerless over how you can help them.
Research indicates emetophobia usually starts at around the age of 9. Because emetophobia is often misdiagnosed as other symptoms (e.g. OCD, eating disorders) most people end up living with emetophobia into adulthood and struggle to know where to turn for help.
We have 2 options available to help your child overcome their emetophobia (see below). It really is possible and predictable to reach a stage where they're able to get back to enjoying the everyday activities they used to love.
Emetophobia symptoms in children can include:
- Trouble sleeping
- Eating difficulties which can lead to anorexia, ARFID (avoidant restrictive food-intake disorder)
- Avoiding school
- Anxiety & Panic Attacks
- OCD (e.g. checking use-by-dates, hand-washing)
- Difficulty going on family holidays
- Fear of going on car journeys
- Social withdrawal
- Avoidance of food/objects/situations that were present when they were last sick
- Persistent feelings of nausea
We finished the book, and it’s almost like Noah hasn’t looked back. His tummy no longer hurts everyday. He has such joy and loves school again & playing with friends. We feel like we have gotten our little boy back!
We're not here to waste your time and money on short-term fixes. Our focus is on helping your child beat their phobia for good, so they can get back to enjoying their life without fear.
Manual - Emetophobia Children's Course (under 13)
The Young Person's edition of the emetophobia manual has everything your child needs to overcome their emetophobia.
If your child is under 13 you need to take our Children's Course together, which contains the adult and young person's manuals and is available in physical and digital versions. This is so you can 'teach' the concepts to your child and have the knowledge to consistently reinforce them on a daily basis. At that age, influence from a significant adult is invaluable. This is a simple process, designed to only take 6-8 weeks.
There is no exposure needed for your child to get better from their phobia. The manual contains a simple and fun step-by-step process with reading and exercises that enable them to not only beat their phobia but build their confidence and self-esteem. It's the nicest, simplest way to beat their phobia!
Thrive Programme Coach® (under 16)
Our children's programme is a parent child course, both the parent/s and child must go through it if your child is under 16.
All coaches are fully trained in how best to tailor their approach for children. They explain things really clearly and have a knack for keeping things ‘light’; using memorable analogies, pictures and metaphors to ensure that the message really stays in your child’s mind.
Working with a Thrive Programme Coach® takes 6-8 weeks and is £895 per person (unless you complete the sessions together as parents). Book a free no-obligation consultation with a Thrive Programme Coach® and we can chat about what works best for you.
If you want to find out more about what it's like going through the emetophobia programme with a coach, we recommend reading this great testimonial by a mum about how she helped her 13-year-old son click here to read it.
They suggested that me and my husband go through The Thrive Programme first to help our daughter while she was going through it. Initially i thought that I wouldn’t really get anything from it, I just thought I was going through the motions to help her. I soon realised that what Thrive gave me was the ability to take a step back from my daughter’s outburst and attacks that she would have. Therefore instead of colluding with her about her emetophobia I was able to rationally take a step back and not become emotionally attached to what she was experiencing, which is especially hard to do because as a parent you immediately just want to fix whatever’s wrong with your child, and that wasn’t really the right thing to do for her.
By the end of his six weekly sessions, my son was doing much better. The calls from school had stopped and he seemed to want to leave the house in the morning. Laughter and smiles were back. I breathed a sigh of relief and was able to see a better future for all of us.
