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Flying tomorrow or soon
Immediate help by phone
Personal Phone Consultation
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No Matter What You Have Tried, SOAR Can Help
Effective help requires specialized therapy which took us years of research, study and work with thousands of people to develop. We have developed the means to stop high anxiety and panic automatically before it starts.
Dear Tom
I want to thank you for the help you personally gave me over the telephone and through the SOAR course. I can honestly say that I would have never flown again without it.
Steve
Personal phone consultation with licensed therapist and airline captain Tom Bunn LCSW
Immediate Counseling With Captain Tom Bunn, MSW, LCSW
Other Forms Of Help -- mostly unchanged since 1975.
Courses By Pilots:
Explain how flying works, offer statistics, and teach relaxation exercises.
Adequate for mild flight anxiety (no panic attacks, no claustrophobia, no fear of heights).Therapy:
CBT: effective for ordinary anxiety; little effect on flight anxiety.
EMDR: highly effective for trauma; does not work for flight anxiety.Medication:
Does nothing at all for one person in three.
Only takes the edge off for two people out of three.Hypnotism:
"Hit or miss" depending upon the skill of the hypnotist.
Temporary benefit at best.