The
main difficulty for smokers wanting to quit the habit is
that they consciously know all the reasons for giving up
smoking, and may even have a smoking related illness, but
something keeps telling them that smoking is O.K. or that
they can give up ... later. This “voice“ comes from the
unconscious part of the mind, which has been ‘programmed’
at the first experience of smoking and has not changed at
all since then. That first experience was usually in the
early teenage years, with a group of others, when smoking
was ‘naughty but nice’ a means of keeping in with the group,
and being adult.
By using hypnosis to kick the habit we can re-educate the
unconscious part of the mind about smoking, changing those
earlier lessons into up to date information about the smoking
habit, its expense, health risks, anti-social nature, and
the effects it is having on the individual’s life (and their
children’s health perhaps). Once both the unconscious and
conscious parts of the mind are in agreement, a person finds
it easier to give up smoking.
"...
giving up smoking is by far the biggest step towards
avoiding lung cancer anyone can take"
The Times 26.02.07
"I only need to see people once for smoking
as this therapy is so successful"
The
session includes:
1. An initial interview to discover if there is any anxiety
linked to the smoking habit, and details of their smoking
routines.
2. The person being guided into hypnosis.
3. A suggestion programme for increased calm, confidence
to offset any stress or irritability that may result from
giving up smoking.
4. A programme to re-educate the unconscious part of the
mind about smoking, along the lines outlined above, but
personalised to the client involved.
5. A post hypnotic suggestion for use if they are tempted
to smoke, by others.
The client takes away a CD, with two hypnotherapy programmes
on it to support them through their first month as a Non-Smoker.
(This can be easily transfered to MP3 format for your iPod
or MP3 player)
A success rate of this one session
programme is very high at least 90%!