If you are able to find a hypnosis expert I would sure give it a try.
No side effects except cost of sessions..

There are books about self hypnosis in most libraries , you might look into that and see what you think about trying it that way first.

There is also something called EFT {emotional freedom technique}
http://www.emofree.com/
free download starter manual =
http://www.emofree.com/downloadeftmanual.asp