Specialist CBT Therapy for Emetophobia | Help for Your Fear of Vomiting | Online Therapy | Adults & Teenagers

You don’t have to let Emetophobia control your life

Specialist online CBT therapy to help you overcome your fears, build confidence and get your life back

No obligation | Confidential | BABCP Accredited | Emetophobia Specialist

LIFE WITH EMETOPHOBIA

Emetophobia can take over your life.

Emetophobia can take over your life. It can affect what you eat, where you go, who you spend time with and how safe you feel in your own body.

You might spend your day worrying about nausea, checking your body, avoiding situations where someone could be sick or seeking reassurance.

Little by little, life can start to revolve around avoiding the possibility of being sick.

BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO STAY THIS WAY. ‍ ‍

Emetophobia is highly treatable. With the right therapy, you can gradually start doing the things emetophobia has been stopping you from doing.

Book a free consultation with David Kaneria, an Emetophobia specialist to discuss if CBT therapy is suitable for you

Specialist online therapy for adults and children aged 12+ | No obligation | Confidential | Specialist Emetophobia Therapist

What can therapy do for you

Therapy isn't just about making you feel less anxious. It's about helping you stop organising your life around the fear of vomiting. Therapy aims to give you your life back.

The real goal is to spend less time managing your emetophobia and spend more time living your life.

Therapy can help you stop worrying when eating, go places without anxiety holding you back and stop monitoring your nausea. It can help you accept uncertainty, feel more confident and start reclaiming the life emetophobia has taken or stopped you achieving.

Is Emetophobia treatable?

Yes. Emetophobia is highly treatable.

You may have lived with it for years and tried countless ways to control or fix it, but that doesn't mean you're stuck with it forever. Therapy can give you a structured way of understanding what is keeping your fear going and then work step by step to change your fear.

What is the best treatment?

The therapy that has been proven to be highly effective for the treatment of emetophobia right now is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT for short). CBT is a type of therapy which states that the thoughts that go through our mind are really important because they influence how we feel and how we act. Often our thoughts feelings and actions can create a vicious cycle which only grows our phobia over time.

Everyone with emetophobia will have similar but different vicious cycle specific to them. Once you work out your own specific cycles, it becomes much easier to break you out of it and for you to overcome your fear. This type of therapy is designed to be effective and often recovery is possible within 10-20 sessions.

Therapy from someone who truly understands emetophobia

Finding a therapist who understands emetophobia can be surprising difficult.

I’m David Kaneria, a BABCP accredited CBT therapist who specialises exclusively in treating emetophobia.

I’ve dedicated my career to learning about this condition, treating people with emetophobia and helping other therapist understand how to treat it effectively.

I’ve also written a textbook specifically about treating emetophobia.

David Kaneria

BABCP Accredited CBT therapist & Emetophobia specialist.

Book a free consultation with David Kaneria, an Emetophobia specialist to talk about therapy for you or your child

Specialist online therapy for adults and children aged 12+ | No obligation | Confidential | Specialist Emetophobia Therapist

Please note: Due to high demand my therapy private is currently full, but you can join my confidential waitlist for future availability.

Frequently Asked Questions

Still have questions? Take a look at the FAQ or reach out anytime. If you’re feeling ready, go ahead and book in your first session.

  • I offer online therapy for Emetophobia. Everyone’s phobia is slightly different. Due to this I build a personalised treatment plan around you as a person. This therapy is designed to help you completely understand why you have this phobia and how to overcome it in the quickest way possible.

     How it works:

    I offer a six-stage plan for recovery.

    • Stage 1: At the start of therapy, we need to understand you thought processes and viewpoints about sickness, nausea, anxiety and uncertainty.

    • Stage 2: We will then explore how your actions to avoid being sick may be well intentions but how they are potentially making the phobia worse.

    • Stage 3: We will then try and reframe the problem and set the stage for meaningful change in therapy.

    • Stage 4: We will then explore the tools needed to drop any unhelpful behaviours. This is the largest and most effective stage of therapy.

    • Stage 5: We will then start building up your confidence in safely facing your fears. Don’t worry, this is always done at your pace and in a way that makes it manageable.

    • Stage 6: The last step in recovery is truly accepting that vomiting is safe even though it is an unpleasant experience.

     Who is it for:

    • This therapy is suitable for both adults and children with emetophobia over the age of 10.

    • This is an active therapy. So, it is only suitable for those willing to put in the effort to change.

    To discuss suitability, book an initial consultation.

    • Sessions are £80 a session during office hours (9-5am weekdays) and £90 for out of hours appointments (after 5pm or weekends).

    • You can pay online at the time of booking using my secure online booking system.

    • A minimum of 24 hours’ notice must be given for cancellations, otherwise the session fee will be charged.

    • I have chosen not to work with insurance companies and will only accept self-funding clients.

  • Getting started is simple. Book in your free consultation.

    • 100% free!

    • No commitment!

    • Yes as long as they are over the age of 12.

    • For clients under aged 18, parental written permission is needed.

  • Many CBT therapists in the UK are trained by the NHS. When I did this training, emetophobia was only given a handful of slides on a PowerPoint lecture. This means that most qualified therapists only know the bare minimum on treating emetophobia.

    Unlike most therapists, I have dedicated my life to fully understanding emetophobia and treating it. You will get someone who truly understands what you are going through, and a therapist who can tailor the therapy around you and your specific problems.

    • I have written a textbook on how to treat emetophobia

    • Postgraduate (PG Cert) in High Intensity CBT.

    • Postgraduate (PG Cert) in Low Intensity CBT.

    • Master of Science (MSc) in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience.

    • Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons) in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology.

    • Accredited Member of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).

    • Over five years of experience within the NHS and the medicolegal sector.

    • Written 9 mental health books.

    • No, I specialise in online therapy so all sessions take place on Zoom.

    • Research shows it's just as effective as face-to-face and there is something nice about being able to access therapy from the comfort of your own home.

    • This also prevents your geographic location from being barrier to working with me. I believe people should be able to access the best therapist for them wherever they live.

    • I use zoom video calls for remote therapy. Zoom works well from your smart phone, tablet or laptop/PC. You can use it through the app or via an internet browser.

    • You will automatically receive a link and a text reminder the day before the session.

    • As I use telehealth appointments I am able to see you regardless of where you are.

    • However, some counties/states require a therapist to have a specific licence granted from that country. This limits my ability to see anyone from the USA and certain parts of Canada.

    • Add your time zone when creating your account and my calendar and all reminders will automatically be in your time zone.