Translated from the ancient Greek word “Phobos”, meaning “irrational fear” (Beck, Emery and Greenberg, 2005), a phobia is classified as an anxiety disorder (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2000), as the heightened state of anxiety is both a dysfunctional and inappropriate behavioral response (British United Provident Association Limited [BUPA], 2010). The reason this inappropriate fear response occurs is because the phobic individual perceives the stimulus to be more threatening than it actually is (LeDoux, 1993; Techman, Stefanicci, Clerkin, Cody, & Proffitt, 2008; Clerkin, Cody, Stefanucci, Proffitt & Techman). , 2009). However, because the individual perceives the stimulus as threatening and therefore believes it to be dangerous, phobias would develop as a result of learned negative associations (LeDoux, 1993; Techman, Stefanicci, Clerkin, Cody and Proffitt, 2008; Clerkin, Cody , Stefanucci, Proffitt and Techman, 2009). Therefore, it can be stated that patients diagnosed with phobias have increased sensitivity to certain stimuli or to a perception of threat....