
When you are phobic of something, you do a confrontation therapy or you do not, it's up to you. But the one thing you do not do is leaving it untreated but embark on a profession that brings you near to the object of your phobia.
when you are phobic of running people, you do not become an atheletes trainer for a club under the premise that you do not need to see and deal with running athletes. If you are phobic to animals with furs, you do not become serviceman in a zoo under the premise that you do not need to deal with those animals having fur.
And if you are phobic to children, then you do not become a school teacher.