Jenny’s Experience Overcoming Emetophobia
Jenny’s Experience Overcoming Emetophobia – This feedback is from ‘Jenny’, who recently went through a course of Thrive for her emetophobia, with Thrive Programme Coach ® Kate Patterson
Q. What problem were you facing that working with through the Thrive programme has helped you?
A. Emetophobia – a fear of being sick/seeing or hearing someone else be sick
Q. How much time has working throughout the Thrive programme saved you? i.e. you’re more efficient – you don’t procrastinate etc.
A. Lots of time, and energy – energy that I used to waste on obsessive thinking.
Q. Have you found that working through the Thrive programme has enabled you to make your life easier? How?
A. Life is so much more enjoyable now. Not only because I have dealt with the emetophobia, but the Thrive programme has given me the skills to deal with just about anything in life.
Q. What did you like about working with me? What do you like about the experience of working through the Thrive Programme with me?
A. You are so easy to talk to, non-judgemental and understanding. You treated me as an individual – responding to my specific needs. We went through the book step-by-step, and you explained everything clearly and concisely and went back over points if necessary.
Q. Were you pleasantly surprised by any part of your experience of working together/ working through the Thrive programme?
A. That the focus was not on emetophobia, that my issue was not all about being sick – that a phobia is an unhelpful thinking style. The Thrive programme covered many different topics, such as personality and thinking styles and how they were all interlinked. I was especially surprised to learn that self-esteem is something that can be improved really quite easily.
Q. What did you find remarkable about working through the Thrive Programme?
A. (1) At how obvious, logical, sensible the information/advise in the Thrive book was. (2) The information in the book is backed up by research studies and the reference list made it easy to access these. (3) That it helped with IBS symptoms and feelings of nausea became less frequent. (4) How it taught me the importance of psychology for health and wellbeing, and the Thrive programme’s potential for helping many different people / issues /situations.
Q. What is the most important thing people should know about working with me/working through the Thrive Programme?
A. That you will not be ‘cured’ over-night. Or maybe even 6 months later. It takes continuous hard work and dedication. But most importantly that it can, and will, change your life.
Q. Would you recommend me to your friends, families or co-workers?
A. Yes, I have done.
Q. Why?
A. You are lovely to work with, and have extensive knowledge and the skills and experience to help anyone that walks in to your clinic.
Q. Other thoughts or comments?
A. I now see the Thrive programme as a way of life. Kate – I can’t thank you enough for all your help and encouragement.
How does The Thrive Programme for Emetophobia work?
The Thrive Programme is a six-part training programme based upon the ‘Cure Your Emetophobia and Thrive’ book. You can either work through the book or online course at home by yourself or you can complete it alongside face-to-face or Skype/Zoom/FaceTime sessions with a licensed Thrive Programme Coach®. Everything in the programme is fully backed up by clinical experience and research.
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How Can the Thrive Programme Improve My Life?
Whether you are fit or unfit, well or unwell, happy or unhappy, healthy or unhealthy, the way you think and what you believe have a profound influence over the rest of your body. The Thrive Programme can enable people to overcome emetophobia and other fears and phobias, but it is also effective at helping a much wider range of symptoms and problems.