Acrophobia means fear of heights. It can involve strong anxiety and choices shaped by avoiding height, including ordinary buildings, crossings or outings. The word names the fear; your own experience gives the detail.

No. Acrophobia refers to fear, while vertigo describes a spinning or movement sensation. They are often confused in conversation. Explaining what you actually feel is more useful than assuming the words mean the same thing.

There is no single height that explains everyone's response. The view down, openness and feeling of exposure can be more important than the number of floors. A lower open space may feel quite different from a higher enclosed room.

Yes. The concern may centre on a companion rather than yourself. Seeing their movement or position can draw your attention to an imagined outcome. That is a useful part of your experience to explain when discussing the fear.

They can be part of it. If the view down or the feeling of exposure is what matters most, height may be central to the concern. Other aspects of the journey can also be relevant, so it helps to describe which feature catches your attention.

No. The sensation is real, and describing it clearly is useful. Light-headedness, swaying and spinning can feel different. Persistent or unexplained dizziness, especially away from heights, should be considered separately rather than automatically attributed to the fear.

Yes. A cabin can feel enclosed and separate from the space outside, while a balcony or open walkway brings the view down much closer. The visual setting and sense of exposure can matter more than altitude.

They leave the space below visible. A solid wall may interrupt that view, while glass or gaps keep it within your attention. Naming that feature can explain why places that look similar to someone else feel different to you.

No. A frightening incident is one possible beginning, but a clear event is not required. Some people describe a gradual pattern or a feeling they have known for years. Work can begin with how the fear affects you now.

Yes, a height-related concern can become noticeable later in life. Your account of when it changed can help explain the experience. The useful next step is understanding the current response and what you would like to regain.

You may already understand and believe the reassurance. The automatic response is the part that feels out of step. Our approach works towards bringing those into alignment, so comfort becomes an experience rather than something you keep explaining to yourself.

Avoidance can bring relief while leaving the expectation unchanged. Preparation and a different experience offer another opportunity for learning. The aim is to give you more choice in places you want to use.

No. We can start with your present experience and the change you want. A relevant memory may be included, but you do not need a complete history before the work can have a useful direction.

Options include CBT, exposure-based treatment and some structured VR programmes. Our approach draws on hypnotherapy, SFBT and NLP-informed work. The treatment guide explains what these involve and how our programme connects preparation with everyday confidence.

CBT explores connections between expectations, feelings and behaviour. With heights, that might include the meaning attached to a sensation or the role of repeated checking. Practical therapeutic work helps put different expectations into context.

Exposure is intended to create opportunities for a different experience of heights, not to prove how much fear you can endure. Positive experiences can be embraced as stepping stones towards greater confidence and freedom.

Our online programme does not involve direct exposure to heights. Treatment provides a structured approach to helping your mind develop a more appropriate response, while respecting real height risks. Enjoying a view from a protected lookout or using an upper-floor room with greater composure can make that growing sense of control rewarding in its own right.

We use focused attention, therapeutic suggestion and imagery to work towards a more comfortable automatic response. The content is personalised around your experience, helping connect what you understand with how you would like to feel around heights.

It keeps the work connected with the life you want and the resources you bring to change. We look towards what greater freedom would make possible, rather than making the fear the whole story about you.

We can work with how a height-related experience is represented in your mind and the emotional associations attached to it. The aim is to make memories less dominant and future encounters easier to picture with confidence and choice.

Yes. Our programme is delivered through individual online appointments. We use conversation, explanation and personalised therapeutic work, including imagery. The sessions prepare you for everyday experiences rather than asking you to take part in a height activity during the call.

Our core programme has three sessions, generally about a week apart. It provides a focused framework for understanding, therapeutic work and reinforcement. We discuss your priorities and the amount of support at the consultation.

We begin with a free 30-minute consultation. The programme includes individual online sessions lasting 60 to 90 minutes, with supporting material and audio. The framework is structured and the work within it is personalised to you.

Yes, a previous experience does not close off the possibility of change. Tell us about the places and experiences you would like to enjoy with confidence. That helps make the next conversation focused on your needs and the freedom you are looking for.

Our online sessions do not involve direct exposure to heights. We use understanding, imagery and personalised therapeutic work to prepare you for greater comfort. What you want to enjoy gives the programme its direction.

Imagery can form part of therapeutic preparation, helping explore expectations and rehearse a more comfortable response. Structured VR treatment has also been researched for height fear. Our online programme uses personalised therapeutic work and imagery, rather than providing a VR system.

No. The aim is to feel free to choose and comfortable in the places that matter to you. Enjoying an ordinary visit can be the outcome you want. Your preferences remain yours.

They can listen to what you want to change and support plans without making the fear the centre of every conversation. Feeling understood can make it easier to talk openly and give the therapeutic work a useful everyday context.

It is a reflection tool, not a diagnosis or severity score. Your answers help put your experience into words and connect it with possibilities you may value. You can explore the guides with or without completing it.

Yes. You can describe the wider picture and what you most want help with. That gives us a useful basis for discussing the focus of the work and how the programme could fit your circumstances.

Bring your questions and an idea of what you would like to change. You do not need to prepare a detailed explanation. We can talk about what heights are like for you and how you would like life to feel instead.