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Tom Bunn L.C.S.W.

About

Therapist and retired airline captain Tom Bunn, L.C.S.W. has dedicated over 35 years advancing the treatment of flight phobia. His program is at https://www.fearofflying.com. He is the author of SOAR: The Breakthrough Treatment for Fear of Flying and of Panic Free: The 10-Day Program to End Panic, Anxiety and Claustrophobia, and most recently, Panic Free Pandemic Workbook: Exercises To Calm Pandemic-Related Fear, Anxiety, and Claustrophobia.

Books by Tom Bunn L.C.S.W.
Recent Posts
A Visual to Combat Fear of Flying
Deep in a tunnel, there is nothing to see. Intellectually, we know the exit will eventually come into view. But emotionally, It seems like the blackness will never end.
Misinformation About Fear of Flying

When a therapist offers aviation safety statistics as reassurance, an anxious client incorrectly thinks they can't be helped, or correctly thinks the therapist is clueless.

When a therapist offers aviation safety statistics as reassurance, an anxious client incorrectly thinks they can't be helped, or correctly thinks the therapist is clueless.

The Fear of Flying Tip That Went Viral

Flying is a lot more comfortable when you picture something holding your plane up. A solution to flight anxiety just went viral.

Flying is a lot more comfortable when you picture something holding your plane up. A solution to flight anxiety just went viral.

Should a Cup of Coffee Cause Panic?

So many of us lack good emotional down-regulation, the inability to easily calm down may seem normal.

So many of us lack good emotional down-regulation, the inability to easily calm down may seem normal.

Thoughts of Falling From the Sky Disturb Anxious Fliers

Am email said, "I have done well with flying recently. But now I heard about the China plane crash and am panicking."

Am email said, "I have done well with flying recently. But now I heard about the China plane crash and am panicking."

When Is Self-Deception Helpful or Dangerous?

Early in the pandemic, refusing vaccination due to caution could be rational. But after research established vaccination as the less risky choice, refusal is no longer rational.

Early in the pandemic, refusing vaccination due to caution could be rational. But after research established vaccination as the less risky choice, refusal is no longer rational.

Why Panic Starts—And How to Control It

If it is too hard to calm down, we control everything that happens, and avoid everything we can't control.

If it is too hard to calm down, we control everything that happens, and avoid everything we can't control.