When John came to see me, it was because his wife had surprised him with a vacation that involved taking a long flight to start and finish. Unknown to her, he'd been dealing with claustrophobic fears for a some time and it now flaired at the thought of being enclosed on an airplane. I asked him when he first began noticing this fear and he recalled being on a flight many years ago where he was seated at the back of the aircraft and during the flight, he said he felt like the "walls were closing in on him". This traumatic memory was powerful enough that the thought of going on another flight caused extreme anxiety. I talked with him about the traumatic feelings and why he was feeling them. I asked him if he would like to reprocess that memory so it would not bother him in the future and he said yes. I used a relaxed procedure I'm trained with and he was able to reprocess the memory calmly. After the procedure was complete, I asked him to test that old memory by thinking about the flight and he said his fear and anxiety were gone. He later further tested this theory on his vacation and he said actually enjoyed the flights as well as the vacation.