the psychologist i'm hugs emma ling is meeting with tania galle for their 1st session. this is actually a dental surgery tanya is due to have work done on her teeth but 1st she's learning to relax. we came up with an image of a sandy beach with the sun shining that's very important yes it's pleasantly warm not too hot it's a gentle breeze and what are you doing on the beach and i'm just relaxing. and then we thought of something else to help strengthen the whole process. what was that. a phrase that i thought of to boost my confidence. exactly and what's the phrase i'm being taken seriously. how much of a difference does this kind of thinking make this is it's these phrases are designed to support the treatment through positive thinking about it has to be tailored to the individual in the past she felt that her dentist didn't take her concerns seriously so that's why she chose this sentence which i have incorporated into our sessions with good old. time there knows exactly where her fear of dentists comes from physics. when i was about 6 years old the dentist wanted to