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"Hi Jennifer  She is hanging onto the closeness to her dad  Bit like twins who share a phantom illness  What she needs to realise is that being a woman, she is naturally sensitive to healing and preserving life  The attack having…"

"Hi Kacey, I would suggest that you always go into the woods with a friend who's not as good a runner as you.  So you only have to outrun your friend and not the bear.  ;-) "

"I have a process that I like to use which is a combination of things, which I have found to be very useful. I happen to be using some of it in my videos I posted on here. I also have a basic outline for it in The Hypnosis Blog on my website. I also…"

"Jennifer, I would simply ask the client at the start of the session, "What would you like to have happen?" Once you know that, the rest will easily flow from there. ;)"

"i agree with scott, i would approach the trauma rather than get her over a survival instinct !! as nathan said, bears are to be feared to a degree. Eye movement therapy and also the rewind technique will be good for dealing with the trauma assuming…"

"There has been a lot of good advice in this thread already.  I just want to add that there are irrational fears of bears where I live too and it does affect people's ability to enjoy the out of doors.  As John says above, there are…"

"I also agree with approaching this as more of a trauma/grieving- but still address the phobia (if it's an actual phobia and not just a healthy fear of real live bears). That said, there are a few variables here to take into account...How long…"

"Hi Kacey, no problem, just make sure you take someone with you who is a slow runner! :) I agree with Scott. I would treat this as a trauma/forgiveness/grieving process. barry  "

"This was my gut reaction,too, upon reading the post. Not to be flippant, but I wonder how a little chair therapy with the bear might go down! "

"Lol, I've heard the playing dead before. I'd still run. I'd be mauled, but I'd run because that's what I'd end up instinctually doing. :P   "

"@ Kacey-  The worse thing one can do is run-- Running kicks in the animals hunting instincts. Playing dead is said to be useful if there are no other options--  @ Jennifer I would talk to her about the benefits of maintaining a healthy…"

"Thanks everyone, I was thinking of addressing the both of them, but perhaps addressing the trauma of the death of her father first, may release the fear. I would say this is surely not a time to use a fast phobia cure.."

"My gut reaction is that this doesn't sound much like a fear of bears.  This sounds like, "something brutally killed my dad and I'm not happy about it."  To me this doesn't sound like a phobia or an unreasonable…"

"There is always risk in going in to the great outdoors if you live near dangerous wild animals, hell I guess life is a risk, John is right learn to manage and plan for risks so as to have a plan of action, should anything happen. Often not knowing…"

"The goal is to have her realize that she will be safe because she is the one in control and the one who will take the adequate precautions to keep herself safe. John"

"I agree, to keep the respect for bears and their environment, everyone should have some fear for bears..they are dangerous. The problem is, that it has crippled her ability to enjoy our great outdoors..We live very close to the Rocky Mountains, and…"