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<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FF9900" ALINK="#007701" VLINK="#FF0000"> <table bgcolor="#000000" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="728"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table background="/nf-images/nf_back.gif" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#E7E7E7"> <tr> <td width="10%"> <a href="http://www.netfirms.com"><img alt="Free Web Hosting by Netfirms" align="absmiddle" border="0" src="/nf-images/Freewebhosting.gif" width="184" height="24"></a><br /> </td> <td width="90%"> <font size="2"><a href="http://www.netfirms.com">Web Hosting by <b>Netfirms</b></a> | <a href="http://www.netfirms.com/domain-names">Free Domain Names by <b>Netfirms</b></a></font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="728"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="/nf-images/freewebhosting.webhosting.asis" width="1" height="3"><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td> </tr> </table>  <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF33FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>The Phobia King's Home Page</B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF33FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF33FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT> |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Phobia Kings Home Page"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guest Book, Comments/Suggestions/Questio"><U><B>Guest Book, Comments/Suggestions/Questions</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What is anxiety?"><U><B>What is anxiety?</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Anxiety Evaluation"><U><B>Anxiety Evaluation</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stress Response"><U><B>Stress Response</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="relaxation response"><U><B>relaxation response</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What is a phobia?"><U><B>What is a phobia?</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What is agoraphobia?"><U><B>What is agoraphobia?</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Do you want help now?"><U><B>Do you want help now?</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Self help resources"><U><B>Self  help resources</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><B>About the author</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Consultation"><U><B>Consultation</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="List 500 Phobias"><U><B>-List 500 Phobia's-</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Phobia Kings Home Page"><U><B>back</B></U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="13058020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> About the author</div> <div> <I>-</I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" ><I>Personal note- </I></FONT></div> <div> Hi, my name is Gene, and I am happy to see you found my informative page. Below for your knowledge and convenience, is some information about myself. </div> <bR> <div> First, I like to say that my expertise is in therapeutics <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" >(phobia's specifically)</FONT>, I am not a writer nor a web master, so please bare with me on how this is written as well as how the site may be set up. </div> <bR> <div> Secondly, the reason for my  interest in this subject, and for me creating this web site, is because from a very young age, I had anxiety problems, and as I got older in my mid teens, I was experiencing full blown anxiety attacks, and had to be put on a drug called valium to control it. Unknown to me during those years and the years that followed, I also had phobias. Fear of small places, open spaces, crowed places, stores, and so on just to name a few. </div> <bR> <div> By the time I was in my mid thirties, I was so bad off, my anxiety crossed over to what they call agoraphobia. In simplistic terms, I was afraid of leaving the house. I had managed with great anxiety  to get to a few county programs that were offered for this type of ailment, and they helped very little, if at all. The knowledge was great, but that didn't help in a sense of being able to freely go or do what I wanted without the fear, and I am sure those reading this know exactly what I mean here.</div> <div> I then decided to go on a quest to find out for myself, how to beat this. My thought at the time was, if the mind can mentally make you sick like this, then it can also heal it self too. The only question remaining, was in the how? And so in my quest for knowledge and help, not only did I beat it, but I became a therapist in the process. </div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="this_was_not_my_original_intent_but"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>This was not my original intent, but after beating it, I found that with all the knowledge and experience I had gained in the process, I could help others, and in doing so, the feeling was awesome. So, I decided to share what I know to help others that are in a position that I once was myself. If your curious to know what things did work for me, even beyond the belief of some well meaning therapists in the field, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What worked for me"><U><I><B><U>click here</U></B></I></U></A></FONT>, and I will share some of them with you. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Education:</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>1. </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT><B>In general, for the past 15 years plus, I have studied many kinds of therapeutic techniques for personal change, read hundreds of books, listened to hundreds of tapes, attended lots of seminars, obtained training through schooling, and worked with a doctor for 2 years.</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>described clinical hypnotherapist: Trained  by DR Krasner through ABH member #5648) </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.hypnosis.com/main" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hypnosis.com/main"><U><I><B><U>American Board of Hypnotherapy 1990.</U></B></I></U></A></FONT><I><B> </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>3. Was trained in NLP (neuro linguistic programming), NAC (neuro associative conditioning), Ericksonian hypnosis through several of  </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.tonyrobbins.com/flashhome.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.tonyrobbins.com/flashhome.htm"><U><I><B><U>Anthony Robbins</U></B></I></U></A><A HREF="http://www.tonyrobbins.com/flashhome.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.tonyrobbins.com/flashhome.htm"><U><I><B> </B></I></U></A><I><B> </B></I></FONT><I><B>of Robbins research</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="research_institute"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B> Institute.</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> A)  (3) Fear into power programs in Anaheim CA, San Jose CA, San Francisco CA by Anthony Robbins  Institute   </div> <bR> <div>                       B)  Skills of power taught by DR Robert Bays through Anthony Robbins Institute Anaheim California</div> <bR> <div>                       C)  Certification training program in Hawaii 1991 by Anthony Robbins Institute</div> <bR> <div>                        </div> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="References"><U><B>4</B></U></A><A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="References"><U><B>.</B></U></A><A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="References"><U><B> </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="References"><U><B><U>Studied book references (short list)</U></B></U></A><A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="References"><U><B><U> - Click here:</U></B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>   </B><B>  a) Modeled therapeutic approaches</B><B> <A NAME="approaches"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <B>     b) A lot of these were required course studies for credits towards a Ph.D. degree</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B>5.</B></U></A><A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B> </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><U>Experience -</U></B></U></A><A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><U> click here:</U></B></U></A></FONT></div> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>6. I chose the site name because that is my specialty, phobias. As in working with people who have phobic responses (intense fear of) to something, whether it be of heights, water, cars, bridges, planes, or things like open or closed places, crowed areas, of even a particular color of or clothing, or any kind of animals, plants, insects, people, places or things. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I once read in a local newspaper, that most people in our society have a fear of one kind or another generally. Whether they realize it or not, is another question. The paper went on to list over a hundred different types of fears that are common within our society today.</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Phobia Kings Home Page"><U><I><B><U>The Phobia King's Home Page</U></B></I></U></A></div> <bR> </BODY>