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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Featured in the October issue of Psychologies magazine, sharing some thoughts on managing stress when the thing causing it is outside your control. You can read the piece here: www.pressreader.com/article/2817627… Page 15.

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A slightly different one for me. I’m in September’s **Your Horse**, looking at why even experienced riders can have a fear response that doesn’t match what they consciously know, and how the same principles I use with phobias can apply to riding confidence. #YourHorse sl1nk.com/ptiyu18

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Sue Pollard struggled even to say “spider.” Robin was once left stranded abroad by his fear of flying. Since our work, he has taken 322 flights and visited 60 countries. Watch the full Vanessa Show episode 👇 youtu.be/TFPt3pXU7N0 #PhobiaSpecialist

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Comedy Legend Sue Pollard Talks Spider Phobia – With Phobia Expert Christopher Paul Jones

Christopher Paul Jones, phobia specialist and TV expert, joins come...

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Phobias can form through Pavlovian conditioning: a neutral sound, sensation or situation becomes linked to fear. The trigger you fear today may connect to an older feeling, rather than a direct experience with the thing itself. ChristopherPaulJones.com

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

When so much feels outside our control, stress can quickly take over. My latest Psychreg article looks at how to manage uncertainty, reduce worry and focus your energy where it can actually make a difference.

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How to Manage Stress in an Out-of-Control World

Sorting threats you cannot stop into control influence or acceptance with scheduled worry and calmer habits protects well-being.

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Fear doesn’t always look frightened. When the brain enters survival mode, it may fight, flee, freeze, fawn or flop. Anger, irritability and defensiveness can be fear in fight mode. Different reactions. Same purpose: protection.

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

You can care about what’s happening in the world without carrying the whole world around with you. In my piece for Broke Girl in the City, I share practical ways to manage that constant background stress.

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Managing stress when the world feels overwhelming.

Expert Insight: Christopher Paul Jones Harley Street phobia expert and author of Harley Street phobia expert and author of ‘Face Your Fears – 7 Steps to

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

She had not taken a proper holiday in three years because flying had become too frightening. After one session in London, she flew home feeling calm. Watch the full BBC One clip 👇 youtu.be/EZApM20mQcY #FearOfFlying #BBCOne

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Flying Phobia Cured on BBC TV | Full Skies Above Britain Clip

Watch a live demonstration of how to cure a fear of flying in minut...

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Katie couldn’t even look at the tarantula. Eight minutes later, she was holding it. Her lifelong fear of spiders dropped from 8 out of 10 to zero as we worked through the memories, Watch the full intervention unfold in real time.

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Spider Phobia Cured Live in 8 Minutes real time Client

Katie couldn't even look at it. Eight minutes later, she was holdin...

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🧠 Fear has a recipe: pictures, thoughts, memories, sensations and predictions. Keep using the same ingredients and you keep creating the same response. Change the recipe, and the feeling can change too. ✨ #FaceYourFears #PhobiaSpecialist

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🧠 Your body can react to an imagined future as though it is happening now. Rehearse the panic or disaster, and you strengthen the fear. Change the mental rehearsal, and you begin training a different response. ✨ #FaceYourFears #PhobiaSpecialist

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This sketch is funny because everyone is competing to prove they had it worse. But behaviour often continues because it meets a need. Phobias can do the same, trying to keep us safe, prepared or in control. This is known as secondary gain.

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Rewind the memory. Remove the colour. Add comedy. This guided technique uses your imagination to help reduce the emotional charge connected to a fear. Rate it before and after, then tell me what changed 👇 youtu.be/mUaY7AM-nyA #OvercomeFear #PhobiaSpecialist

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Remove Your Flying Phobia 10 Step Scramble Technique (Fast Phobia Method)

Fast Phobia/ Rewind method Remove your fear of flying using a simpl...

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🌿 Anxiety wants the whole future figured out. Sometimes you need to stop planning, settle the threat response and focus on the next real step. Breathe. Let go of the “what ifs”. See what happens next. ✨ #FaceYourFears #PhobiaSpecialist

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

With so much happening in the world, it’s easy to spend enormous amounts of emotional energy worrying about things we simply cannot control. My latest article looks at how to separate what you can control, what you can influence and what you may need to let go of. tinylink.net/wAKsG

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

When your mind keeps trying to solve things you cannot control, stress can quickly build. I recently wrote for Life With Sonia about practical ways to manage stress around uncertainty, world events and situations you simply cannot change. Read it here bit.ly/45uwz0k #Anxiety #Wellbeing

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How To Manage Stress Caused By Events You Cannot Change | LIFE WITH SONIA

Learn how to manage stress and anxiety caused by world events you cannot control, with practical advice from phobia expert Christopher Paul Jones.

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

One humiliating moment at school left her unable to read aloud in public for decades. After working together on BBC One, she read to more than 20 people live on Zoom. youtu.be/00lp0uNNvoc #PublicSpeakingAnxiety

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Fear of Public Speaking CURED in One Session on BBC TV

Stage fright cured in minutes on BBC TV. Watch this powerful BBC On...

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

⚠️ The fear is real. The danger is not always. A phobia is a genuine response to a learned alarm. Change the association, and the brain can stop reacting as though danger is present when it isn’t. ✨ #FaceYourFears #PhobiaSpecialist

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Why do phobias form? In this clip from The Vanessa Show, I explain how the brain can link something harmless with danger, triggering fight, flight or freeze. That is conditioning, not weakness. And what the brain learns, it can unlearn.

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

✨ On the other side of fear is not perfection. It is more life. More choice. More freedom. More of the experiences fear has been keeping you from. You do not need to become fearless. You just need fear to stop making your decisions. #FaceYourFears #PhobiaSpecialist

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🏠 When family life starts changing around a child’s fear, avoidance can quietly grow stronger. My latest article explores how parents can help before that fear becomes an adult phobia.

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STOP A CHILDHOOD FEAR BECOMING AN ADULT PHOBIA

By Christopher Paul Jones, Harley Street phobia expert and author of ‘Face your Fears – 7 steps to conquering phobias and anxiety’ Babies are

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

What happens when someone with extreme arachnophobia comes face to face with a tarantula? Watch the fear, the reactions and the breakthrough in this episode of Face Your Fears: Street Therapy. Could you hold one? #Arachnophobia #FaceYourFears #OvercomingFear

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Close your eyes and point to yourself. Did you point to your chest? In this video, I share a simple heart-focused breathing technique to help calm anxiety in under a minute. Try it and tell me what you notice 👇 youtu.be/Ww64dxvhUPQ #AnxietyRelief #HeartBreathing

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Stop Feeling Panicked Right Now with This Technique

What if you could stop a panic attack in under 5 seconds — using on...

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🧠 Anxiety trains the brain to search for problems. But what is learned can be retrained. Interrupt the old pattern, calm the response and teach your mind to notice safety, possibility and peace. ✨ #FaceYourFears #PhobiaSpecialist

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

🧠 One of the hardest parts of PTSD can be wondering why you have not simply “moved on”. The danger may be over, but the brain can still react as though protection is needed. That is not weakness. Read more:

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When the Past Feels Present: Understanding PTSD

Recovery from PTSD is possible by calming body responses and updating the emotional meaning of traumatic memories.

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

🎙️ I was the guest on Episode 140 of My Baba’s Parental Control podcast, discussing how childhood phobias develop and how parents can help without unintentionally reinforcing the fear. What Every Parent Needs to Know. www.mybaba.com/podcast #Phobias #Parenting #Podcast

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"Why Is Sugar So Addictive?" Listen To The Our 2nd Podcast Episode Now

Parental Control is a monthly parenting and lifestyle podcast created by My Baba and hosted by the website’s founder Leonora Bamford.

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🌅 You don’t need the whole plan before you move forward. Fear asks for certainty. Change begins with one manageable step. Calm the response. Break the old pattern. Take the next step. ✨ #FaceYourFears #PhobiaSpecialist

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🧠 The brain can learn fear in a split second. One dog bite can turn love into fear. One betrayal can turn love into anger or hate. And if love can become fear that quickly, fear can become calm, safety, even love. Find the triggers. Change the association. Change the response. ✨ #FaceYourFears

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

After working with Christopher on her lifelong fear of spiders, Ali put the work to the test with a professional spider handler. This video captures her real reactions as she gets closer to several spiders and eventually holds Rosie the tarantula. youtube.com/shorts/8YnWp3U87tI

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In this 3-minute video, I guide you through a simple technique using touch, eye movements and self-reassurance. Rate your fear before and after, then tell me what changed 👇

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Cure Your Phobia in 3 Steps: Havening, EFT & Eye Movements Explained

What if you could interrupt a phobia in under 4 minutes?Phobia Spe...

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Fear is rarely overcome by simply forcing yourself through it. In the final Face Your Fears video, I explain how gradual action and one important shift in focus helped me move from being terrified of public speaking to regularly speaking on stages.

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Face Your Fears: The Final Step to Freedom

You've watched the videos. You've read the book. Now it's time to t...

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A traumatic event may have ended years ago, while the brain and body continue responding as though the danger is still present. In the press I explore PTSD how the nervous system can begin to recognise that the threat has passed. #phobia #ptsd northeastpost.co.uk/article/Tacklin…

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Why does one person freeze at the sight of a spider while another barely flinches? explore the ten most common phobias, unusual fears, cultural influences and why two people with a phobia may have completely different triggers. youtu.be/J3fneAf5Nhg?si=0WelwXPz62u… #Phobias #Anxiety

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The Top 10 Phobias: Why You Have Them and What Most People Get Wrong

Why do some people freeze at the sight of a spider while others bar...

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Most people wait until anxiety is at a 9 or 10 before trying to manage it. The Anchoring Technique gives you something to use earlier: link a positive memory to a physical trigger, such as squeezing your fist, then use it when fear starts building. youtu.be/_j3er_m_Bto?...

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Squeeze Your Fist and Destroy Anxiety: The Anchoring Technique

YouTube video by Christopher Paul Jones

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

What if your fear isn’t random? What if your brain is simply running an old recipe? In my latest Face Your Fears video, I explain how changing the ingredients of that recipe can help change the emotional response. Watch here 👇 youtu.be/q8CtxiHOi3g

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Your Fear Has a Recipe. This Is How You Change It.

YouTube video by Christopher Paul Jones

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

When children are scared, it’s natural to want to protect them. But if avoidance becomes the only response, it can sometimes strengthen the fear. The key is helping children feel safe while building confidence. My thoughts for Deep in Mummy Matters: deepinmummymatters.com/childrens-fe...

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Children's Fears: When To Reassure, When To Act And How To Help

Learn how to support children's fears, spot signs of a developing phobia, and help your child build confidence and resilience.

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Many adult phobias can trace their roots back to childhood. I recently spoke with Talented Ladies Club about how fears form, why they sometimes stay with us, and practical ways parents can help children create a healthier response. bit.ly/4avlC1a #FaceYourFears #Phobias

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How to stop your children’s fears becoming lifelong phobias - Talented Ladies Club

According to Christopher Paul Jones, Harley Street phobia expert and author of ‘Face your Fears', phobia prevention in children starts early.

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Why do fears and phobias stick around even when we know they don’t make logical sense? Because fear isn’t just a thought, it’s an emotional response. In my latest article for Right Start Online, I share practical ways to change those patterns. www.rightstartonline.co.uk/features/ove... 👇

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Overcome your phobias | Right Start Online

Do you have an overwhelming dread of creepy crawlies? A fear of flying? Or an abiding aversion to heights? You’re not alone. It’s quite common to have…

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Christopher Paul Jones @christoperpaul.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

“I know it’s irrational… but I’m still scared.” This is why logic alone often isn’t enough to overcome a phobia. Fear isn’t just a thought you can argue with, it’s an automatic response your brain has learned. Video 9 👉 youtu.be/stslASLMx88

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Why Logic Can't Cure Your Phobia (And What Actually Works)

YouTube video by Christopher Paul Jones

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