You may be skeptical about using fear of flying hypnotherapy. And you wouldn't be alone. After all, hypnosis is a fairly recent skill that has only really been developed over the last few hundred years and there is still some debate as to exactly why it works.
The plus point of using hypnotherapy to overcome your fear of flying is that there really is no downside.
The worst that can happen is that the hypnosis doesn't work and you are still scared of flying. There are no adverse effects and, don't worry, you won't turn into some kind of maniac who prances around and clucks like a chicken - that's reserved for hypnosis stage or television shows.
What will happen in a normal fear of flying hypnotherapy session is that you'll start out by being placed into a state of deep relaxation. Your eyes will likely close but you won't be asleep.
During the hypnotherapy session to work on your fear of flying you will be given a series of positive suggestions about flying. You may or may not consciously hear these suggestions but they will be received loud and clear by your subconscious mind, which is the part of you that is responsible for your flying phobia.
After the hypnosis session, those suggestions will be mulled over in your subconscious mind. They may take a while to take effect before they reduce your fear of flying. This is perfectly normal as you've likely had the habit of being afraid of flying for a number of years. But gradually you will find that you begin to overcome your fear of flying, maybe with some extra hypnotherapy sessions or by regularly listening to a fear of flying hypnosis MP3. But gradually you'll notice your fear of flying hypnotherapy starting to take effect.