Media Center & Press Kit

Introduction to SOAR:

SOAR has been helping people overcome fear of flying since 1982. Our unmatched success is based on a two-step process. First, we teach clients how flying works, why it is safe, and the psychology of aeroanxiety. Then one-to-one counseling establishes automatic control of feelings for when clients are flying.

Please read our press release about SOAR:

About SOAR Press release summary: About SOAR and what we do.

About Captain Tom Bunn & Lisa Hauptner Press release summary: Background information about Captain Tom Bunn, founder and President of SOAR and Lisa Hauptner, Vice President of SOAR.

» SOAR Websites

USA & International website
www.fearofflying.com

UK & Ireland website
www.fearofflying.uk.com

Spanish website
www.miedovolar.com/

 

Press Releases:

	Effective Fear of Flying Treatment Press release summary: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, the method most therapists are trained in to treat anxiety and phobias, may not be helpful for fear of flying. It can't help people who are not highly introspective. Fortunately, there is a way to control feelings that does not depend on cognitive techniques.
	About Captain Tom Bunn & Lisa Hauptner Press release summary: Background information about Captain Tom Bunn, founder and President of SOAR and Lisa Hauptner, Vice President of SOAR.
	Captain Tom's Top 10 Tips Press release summary: Captain Tom’s Top Ten Tips are the basics offered by ordinary fear of flying programs, so we offer this help free. These tips are adequate for people whose fear of flying is mild.
	About SOAR Press release summary: About SOAR and what we do.

 

Photos:

Captain Tom Bunn LCSW

Lisa Hauptner MS, LMHC, CASAC, NCC

Captain Tom Bunn & his USAF class with USAF F-100

Captain Tom Bunn driving Lola Racing Car in Germany

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10 Facts and things to know about SOAR:

Fact 1: SOAR has been rated highly effective by independent research at the University of Tennessee.

Fact 2: SOAR is the only major flight phobia treatment program by an airline pilots who is also a licensed therapist.

Fact 3: Captain Tom began helping people overcome fear of flying in 1980 when working with Captain Truman Cummings, the originator of fear of flying courses at Pan Am.

Fact 4: Over 8,000 clients have completed SOAR since it began in 1982. Over 2,500 clients have completed one of the SOAR video courses.

Fact 5: SOAR, with the web domain www.fearofflying.com, was the first to offer internet-based fear of flying courses.

Fact 6: Lisa Hauptner, Vice President and Director of SOAR, is also a licensed therapist, but she is a former client as well. After taking the SOAR Course, she was so impressed with the results that she resigned her management position at Citicorp to operate SOAR, Inc. 

Fact 7: The advanced help available at SOAR is based on functional MRI brain scan research that has provided greater understanding of how the mind works to regulate and control emotion.

Fact 8: Graduates of the SOAR program come from all walks of life -- from ordinary people to famous celebrities, from blue collar workers to physicians and CEOs of Fortune 500 corporations.

Fact 9: SOAR is available through some Employee Assistance Plans.

Fact 10:  SOAR has earned the Better Business Bureau's highest (A+) rating.