Insectophobia

Hi everybody,
I think that many of us don't like or even hate spiders, chafers and other types of bugs. My wife just hates all this stuff and scared of them pretty much. When she was a child, she got in the bee swarm (living in the countryside). Once she heard a strong rumble and realized that this sound was made by bees (or wasps). She fell on the ground, and now she thinks that it was what really saved her.

In the summer of 2017 we were in Batumi, Georgia (not the US sate). This city is located in subtropics, and there were lots of very big bugs - larger than chafers. by coincidence, my wife then used cocoa butter as perfume and wore bright clothes. Those beetles liked that very much (we already learned this later) and tried to land on wife's hair. It happened at least thrise: on the shore, in the cafe and in the cottage we lived in. The last incident end up with hysterics...

How can I help my wife with her Insectophobia? Or how can she help herself? Any advice or cases of healing maybe? I guess it's actually impossible to live in warm regions with this stuff, but we really want to move out somewhere from our cold place.

Well, here are the basic ways I've collected:
1. Exposure Therapy. This is when a therapist demonstrate a bug / beetle to a phobia affected person. It should be in small increasing doses. It doesn't works every time. Sometimes even worsen phobias. I guess, it's rather long and expensive method.
2. Self-Help. Looks like "Convince yourself".
3. Talk Therapy. It is not entirely clear what this is (do they convince you that your fear is nonsense?). It looks dubious. Maybe it's about Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), but still suspicious.
4. Medicines. Oh, yeah. The path that seems the easiest. However, they say "Medicines are increasingly used to treat even mild cases" and side effects still exist. Beta blockers, antidepressants and benzodiazepines - sounds frighteningly. It's not our way.
5. Hypnotherapy. Looks to be the easiest method, it works fast. However, people don't like the feeling of loss of control in allowing someone else to play with their personal "software".

Summary. I think we should apply some natural herbal sedatives (instead of medicines) along with Self-Help and Exposure Therapy elements while looking for a good hypnotist in our area (the prospect of " brain dislocating" is not really attractive ).

Thanks for advice... It's always a pleasure to hear that someone's business goes worse
When I lived in Chile, there was a tiny spider called "araña de rincón" - the only deadly dangerous one... Just remember you can't face it in the UK and you won't care of insects