This book provides an understanding of the nature and development of fear of flying, and offers various methods and techniques to overcome the difficulty. It also covers how to help others with the problem. Fly Away Fear: Overcoming Your Fear of Flying provides information about aeroplanes and the process involved in air travel. You can identify with stories from others who have conquered their fear and, using the help provided, create a new chapter in the story of your own life. In summary, the aim of this book is to guide you through the process of understanding and dealing with your fear of flying, your worry and your anxiety during the flight, enabling you to overcome your fear. 'Therapy has progressed significantly over the past hundred years or so since Freud described a theory of how the mind operates, how human behaviour can be understood, and how psychopathology can be treated. The notion that an outside expert, such as a psychologist, psychotherapist, counsellor, or psychoanalyst, is best placed to help people to identify and resolve their personal problems, has, however, dominated therapy throughout the past century. The results of modern psychological research and patterns observed in contemporary clinical practice have yielded a clearer and deeper understanding of how psychological problems are generated and maintained for a wide range of life's difficulties.

With this understanding comes new insights into how people change and how best to treat psychological problems. This book will prove to be a valuable tool for those who experience a fear of flying, as well as their families and friends who accompany them on their real and therapeutic journeys. It will also appeal to therapists who work with patients who seek help from them for this problem.' - Robert Bor, from the Series Foreword ContentsSection I: What's it All About?If only I could Fly Away Fear! How Limiting Is Your Fear? What Causes Fear of Flying? Who Develops the Fear? The Problem in a NutshellSection II: Back to BasicsSafety: The Facts; So Why Am I Still Not Convinced? Understanding Anxiety and Fear; The Low Down on the High Up; The Journey Through Your JourneySection III: The Exercises, or How to Exorcise your Fear!Learning new skills; When You're Cool, Calm and Collected; Behaviour: It Ain't What you do, it's the Way That You Do It; Thought Re-Training; Relaxation and Breathing Exercises; Putting it all together; Handy HintsSection IV: Last, But Not LeastTravel Companions: Dos and Don'ts; Frequently Asked Questions; Professional Assistance Options; Joint International Reunions; Self Evaluation: Questionnaire 2; Flights of Fancy - Poet's Corner.