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At the bottom of this page you will find a list of agoraphobia articles, videos, audio files, tips and tricks which will reassure and assist you during your recovery.

The Agoraphobia response is a completely appropriate reaction to threat and forms part of our natural instinct for self-preservation. However, when Agoraphobia becomes intrusive and constant, it must be dealt with and eliminated.

Encountering a 'threatening' situation, a sufferer will often take extreme measures to avoid potential 'harm'. While this offers some short-term comfort, over the longer term, it can severely restrict the lives of sufferers and their families.

Agoraphobics are often accompanied by a person they trust and will only travel certain distances from home or to places they trust or know.

Avoidance of situations is not an effective tool in the fight against Agoraphobia. But neither are 'Face your Fear' techniques which are used by many psychologists and psychiatrists. These can actually make your anxiety far worse.

Agoraphobia is driven by underlying anxiety and it is this which must be eliminated in order for a sufferer to make a full recovery.

Agoraphobia and social phobia are usually accompanied by other anxiety symptoms such as panic attacks, obsessions or generalized anxiety disorder.

Our agoraphobic and socially phobic clients make full recoveries from their symptoms once they have removed the underlying anxiety which fuels their conditions.

Agoraphobia is, in fact, any anxiety reaction resulting from a person's geographic location and rarely occurs in places of safety such as at home, for example.

How is Agoraphobia caused?

Please understand this: Agoraphobia is a symptom of an anxiety disorder. Without anxiety this phobia simply CAN'T exist! So, by eliminating the underlying anxiety disorder, agoraphobia can be eliminated 100%.

Anxiety, panic, phobias and other anxiety disorder symptoms can be eliminated 100% by addressing the root cause directly. The cause of all these conditions is a small organ called The Amygdala which controls the anxiety reaction. It is situated in the brain.

The Amygdala becomes 're-set' when life circumstances cause it to release anxious responses repeatedly, it LEARNS to become inappropriately anxious - through repetition. This is called Operant Conditioning.

So, by eliminating this reaction in The Amygdala, anxiety can be reduced quickly and efficiently, permanently eliminating your agoraphobia.

What Agoraphobia treatments are available?

There are few Agoraphobia treatments available through accessible practice, most include talking therapies and medication which often have very limited therapeutic affect; the proof stands to reason, if they worked, no one would still be suffering.

A true Agoraphobia treatment is accessible, seamless, targeted and structured. It is possible to remove Agoraphobia completely and eliminate the underlying anxiety that causes it but this must be administered by qualified and experienced professionals.

How can I get help and support for Agoraphobia?

Agoraphobia help and support is available but it is vital that the sufferer understands that Agoraphobia is a 'symptom' of anxiety disorder and not a stand-alone condition. Agoraphobia cannot be dealt with directly, in isolation; if a complete recovery is to be made, the root cause of the condition must be addressed directly.