Treatment For Needle Or Blood Phobia

How does it work?

• The first step is a conversation with a psychologist. In this meeting, the psychologist will assess your challenges, explain how anxiety develops, and how it can be treated. Together, you'll set treatment goals and create a plan to achieve them.
• You and your psychologist will then schedule a visit to the laboratory. The psychologist will accompany you, and you'll have the opportunity to practice tolerating uncomfortable situations in a calm and safe environment.
• The staff at the lab are informed about your anxiety and will adjust to your goals and pace.
• You and your psychologist will decide together if more sessions are needed.
• You will never be asked to do anything you haven't previously agreed to, and you're free to stop at any time.

What is the cost of treatment for needle or blood phobia?

The service is free.

Treatment for dental phobia

How does it work?

• The first step is a conversation with a psychologist. In this session, the psychologist will assess your challenges, explain how dental phobia develops, and how it can be treated. Together, you will agree on your treatment goals and create a plan to achieve them.
• To overcome the fear, it’s necessary to attend at least one consultation with a dentist, where you will practice facing the situations that cause discomfort in a safe and calm way.
• During the preparatory conversation with the psychologist, a plan will be made for what you will focus on, which the dentist will also have access to.
• The dentist has experience in treating dental phobia and will adapt to your goals and pace.
• Together with you, the dentist will assess whether more sessions are needed to practice, or if the treatment can be considered complete after one session.
• The dentist will never do anything you have not previously agreed to, and you are free to stop at any time.

What is the cost of treatment for dental phobia?

• A session with a psychologist at SiO is free. Treatment for dental phobia typically involves 1-2 sessions.
• A consultation with a dentist for exposure therapy without treatment costs 675 NOK. If treatment is carried out during the session, additional costs will apply.
• The number of consultations you need depends on your individual needs.

Apply for services here

You will receive a response within a week with an offer or a recommendation suited to your needs. We recommend reading the information above before you submit your application.

Apply in person? If you don't have a norwegian social security number and a user at Helsenorge, you have to apply in person. You can fill out the application at one of our two health offices:

• SiO Helse Blindern - Problemveien 9
• SiO Helse Sentrum - Holbergsgate 21