Self help is the best known treatment for overcoming the fear of intimacy phobia. Becoming aware of this fear is the first step in the healing process.
Experts recommend making a list and writing down thoughts about the events that may trigger the aforementioned symptoms. Patients must write down their subjective assumptions, along with their beliefs, judgments and predictions. This can help the individual look for subjective evidence of the fear provoking thoughts. Patients must also write down answers to the following questions:
What is the worst that could happen if I get intimate?
What good might come out of the situation?
How tolerable would the consequences be?
These questions can help one confront the situation in a step-by-step manner. Deep breathing and conscious stopping of negative thoughts can also help one overcome one’s fear of intimacy phobia.
Apart from these, there are many other treatment options such as Cognitive behavior and behavior therapy, Hypnotherapy, Counseling and Psychotherapy, group therapy as well as drugs to overcome the fear of intimacy phobia.