Possible Clues:

• Psychologist's concern
• If you have one, you may be irrationally afraid of the first words of 17-, 26-, 32-, 42-, 51-, or 60-Across
• Fear ferret I introduced to father
• Obsessive fear
• Exposure therapy might treat one
• Excess fear of something
• Irrational fear of flower found outside hotel - the type they eat in the Gaeltacht, in a manner of speaking?
• You might have one for snakes
• Extreme aversion
• Morbid fear of soft male ferret with intimidating head and extra back?