How a phobia is removed
Joseph Wolpe discovered that associating relaxation
with shell shock reduced the symptoms.

The most effective way of desensitisation to anything
as based on this principle.  Under hypnosis the
association can be made very strong and even
powerful fears, phobias and anxieties can be defeated.

Of course there could be more to the problem than this
and a good clinical hypnotist will find this out and give
appropriate treatment.