A Guided Relaxation

Flying with Confidence

A practical guide to overcoming your fear of flying by a top flying expert from British Airways' Flying with Confidence course.

Patricia Furness-Smith is a psychologist and psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience. She has lectured in psychology, psychotherapy and psychopathology as well as teacher training for a number of institutions. Patricia has been a member of the Flying with Confidence team for over 10 years and worked as an air stewardess on her gap year. She lives in the Chilterns.

Fearful flyers need fear no more! This soothing hour-long relaxation programme, read by top psychologist and flying expert Patricia Furness-Smith, provides proven techniques for controlling anxiety, claustrophobia and panic. To be used both before and during flights to help you feel confident and in control from take off to landing, it includes: 
 
- Guided visualisation 
 
- Correct breathing patterns 
 
- Full body relaxation 
 
- Application of senses to keep the mind positively occupied 
 
This reassuring programme will help you feel safe and calm when you next take to the skies. 
 
This audio guide works in accompaniment to the book, Flying with Confidence, written by Patricia Furness Smith and Captain Steve Allright, but can also stand alone as a useful tool to help you control your fears.

Patricia Furness-Smith

Captain Steve Allright

The proven programme to fix your flying fears

Does the thought of flying fill you with dread? ­Do panic attacks leave you feeling scared and vulnerable? 
 
If so, this book could change your life. Written by top flying experts from British Airways’ Flying with Confidence course, this reassuring guide explains everything you need to know about air travel alongside techniques for feeling confident and in control from take off to landing. In easy-to-follow sections, you'll learn how to recognise cabin noises, manage turbulence and fly in bad weather conditions. As your knowledge grows, so will your confidence, with the fear of the unknown removed. 
 
· Takes the terror out of common flight fears 
 
· Includes techniques for controlling anxiety, claustrophobia and panic 
 
· Will help you feel safe, calm and secure when you next take to the skies.

Patricia Furness-Smith

Books by Patricia Furness-Smith

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