Newly born babies only have two phobias - fear of loud noises & falling. All other phobias are acquired & established by repetition & reinforcement. These unfortunate phobias are habits & therefore they can be unlearned. A phobia with spiders, is often fuelled by over-reaction upon sight. The solution quiet simply is to unlearn the phobia.
Start by looking at pictures of spiders, recognise the types, habits, lifestyle. After a few days when you feel relaxed with the pictures, find a real spider & studying it from a distance. When you have overcome that hurdle, move closer & finally pick up the spider. This gentle process of unlearning can be applied to any phobia, by simply unlearning step by step.
There is another more drastic treatment is known as Implosion. This involves confronting your fear. In this example, it would be lying naked in an empty bath with a spider.
