What is Sydney Phobia Clinic?
Sydney Phobia Clinic is a psychology clinic dedicated to the treatment of specific phobias. We run treatment programs for individuals to tackle their fears and phobias in controlled, systematic ways.
Sydney Phobia Clinic was born out of the idea that Specific Phobias need a dedicated service that is able to resource exclusively for effective in-house treatment, with Virtual Reality being an exciting new way to maximise this. Sydney Phobia Clinic opened its doors in 2016 as the first phobia clinic in Australia, and the first clinic to exclusively use VR in psychological therapy! The clinic has thrived ever since, seeing over 800 clients through its doors meeting their individual goals. We do things differently at Sydney Phobia Clinic, by primarily seeing clients with Phobias, treating phobias in a brief, 5-session format, and getting out and about as a rule, to ensure best-treatment is provided. We're often inside a VR head-set but sometimes we're in a flight simulator, up a tower, on a ferris wheel, at a doggy-day care centre- we aim to meet the particular needs of our clients in a practical way and are excited about what we do!
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How is Sydney Phobia Clinic different from other psychology clinics?
A key component to effective phobia treatment is access to the appropriate resources for each individual phobia. Unfortunately, most psychologists don't have access to the resources needed to effectively treat many phobias. We aim to create a space where we can quickly and effectively treat any specific phobia by developing a large set of resources, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), manuals, photobooks, and worksheets. By concentrating our efforts on phobias, we are in a unique position to develop our own solutions and deliver them in structured courses. Through these resources we can help individuals reduce their anxiety and re-engage with life.
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We offer a manualised treatment for all the common phobias and the not-so-common phobias as well! If you are unsure of whether we may be able to help you, please contact us on (02)8540 8739 or info@sydneyphobiaclinic.com.au or outline your query below and one of our psychologists will get back to you.