IMarriage Counselling or Lizard phobia

Dr.  Sunil a leading homepath of  Chennai, was very much upset with himself, because he could not  treat his own wife  of OCD traits.Mrs Pallavi Sunil had a complusion to wash herself six to seven times whenever she sees lizrd in her house.Unfortunately Mr sunill has constructed his dream house in a lizard pron area three years ago. the locality is a agricultuaral farm area getting devloped into a promising posh area.Mr sunill also confessed  in Intial days He also sufferd from lizard phobia but he could manage to come out successfully.The same daignosis which he followed in treating of his phobia is no more working for her.Arround 5 years have passed and the lizard phobia has created  a night mare in their realtionship.Mrs Pallavi saw lizard in her kitchen, in her wash room, on the door, in the waste basket. even in her tiolet.She is spending most of the time washing this places repeatedly.As aresult she has neglected her husband and 3 year old kid.Mrs Pallavi"s mother arround 50 yearsof age, taught her a pooja and slokas to come out of her phobia. This ritual has added fule and fire to thier realtionship.

As a patient husband Mr sunill got used to his wifes weakness, even though their realtionship was suffering,The worst happened when Mr sunill was about to leave for a confrence abroad. his flight time was nearing he was about to leave the house, Mrs Pallavi saw a lizard crossing the doorway.MRs pallavi asked Sunil to sit for a while and did not allow him to go out of the house and she started washing the place and started doing pooja for 45 minutes.

Mr sunill started shouting at her behaviour and left the house. he also gave an ultimatum ,"You stop all this non sense, you go to your mother place or any where in the world get your phobia cured and enter my house,Enough of enough,when i come back i dont want you to be in my house. My kids will be taken care by my parents and sisters" he called his mother and handed over the kid to his mother and left chennai.

Sunill was one month abroad.Every phone call sunill made to his wife talked of only one subject, why are you in my house.?"Mrs Pallavi started talking to her near and dear friend over phone.One of her well wishers saw my interview on  Raj Tv and referd her to me.An online treatmet of 15  sessions was done over skype.Mrs Pallavi was prescribed NLP Psychotherapy.She has come out and successfully Managing her family. she is beleived to start a baby crutch.

A question to all my Psychology students ? Can phobias can be treated through counselling ?