Any tips for fixing a phobia?

[Linds]

Well, I have been trying to get over this silly irrational fear of spiders for quite some time. I have conquered the fear completely of those little jumping spiders and those white spiders don't scare me either. I can be in the same room as all spiders now which is a big step. Daddy Long Legs still scare the hell right outta me though. I can look at T's now, and the like, I was even able to feed and water the one we had for a short while at work (they are illegal so we don't sell them, we had one for educational purposes for a while but every single person there was scared of it so the little guy didn't last long with us before being traded for something else ). LOL mind you I would get so hot everytime I had to give it food or water and I don't know what would've happened if it move quickly I have come a long way in powering through this phobia, however still not enough. I was looking at T's at arachnomania's booth at the show and some were quite beautiful, but as soon as I saw those big Curly Hair T's a little panic streak went through my bones. I was fine looking at the rest, but those guys gave me a good chill. My problem is I don't know of anyone in the area that would be able to help me get over the fear of these animals. It really sucks because I think they are so beautiful and would love to keep one. I was wondering whether it would help if I got one as a lil spiderling and grew with it? Does anyone have any advice for me? I really would like to keep one some day, there are some real beauties out there *so conflicted*