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Quit Smoking Hypnotherapy Sydney - The Most Effective Way to Stop Smoking

Hypnotherapy, therapy performed in hypnosis, is the smartest and easiest way to stop smoking and has an incredible success rate. More than just helping you quit smoking, it removes the habit of smoking for complete smoking cessation and helps to remove the psychological reasons for smoking, so you will overcome the addiction and become a real non-smoker. It is important to check the hypnotherapist's skills and experience to make sure that psychological reasons for smoking are eliminated.

Why Use Hypnotherapy to Quit Smoking? 

Because it works! Have you tried to stop smoking? The average ex-smoker tries to stop seven times before succeeding. If they succeed.
 
Hypnotherapy is the smartest way to stop smoking. It has an incredible success rate, far higher than with any other method. It is also simple, convenient and pleasant. You will enjoy your relaxing sessions. And as a result, you can became a real non-smoker.

What does it mean to be a real non-smoker? It means no need to smoke again:
 
  • No withdrawal symptoms.
  • No physical or psychological cravings.
  • No need for patches, pills or gum. In fact, they contain nicotine and reinforce the addiction.
  • No risky medication like Bupropion (Zyban) and Varenicline (Champix)
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How can I help you with hypnotherapy to quit smoking?

  1. I can help you to decide to stop smoking. It may be that you feel guilty about smoking and you know you would like to quit, but somehow you cannot make a decision.

  2. Hypnotherapy can boost your motivation. Motivation is the most important part of any achievement.

  3. It can help you to find your own way of quitting, the option that your subconscious mind will accept and support.

  4. With hypnotherapy you can diminish the withdrawal symptoms. For this, hypnosis is the most powerful tool.

  5. It can become free from cravings (the urge or desire to smoke).

  6. Hypnotherapy can help you to remove the habit of smoking, the automatic reaching for cigarettes in some situations. Often someone who is quitting successfully handles the cravings and withdrawal symptoms, and then an old learned habit (like a night out with friends) makes them smoke again.

  7. You can become a true non-smoker, and as a true non-smoker you will not even think about smoking.

  8. Hypnotherapy can help you avoid unwanted weight gain and any other unwanted effects of quitting smoking (like gaining another addiction),

  9. Hypnotherapy can help you to remain a non-smoker.

  10. I will teach you active self-hypnosis, a powerful tool that you can use by yourself to relax, sleep well and achieve goals. which you will be able to use by yourself.

Why do clients come to see me even if they could not quit smoking with other hypnotists?

Addiction to nicotine is most often both psychological and physical. The physical addiction is easier to overcome, and the standard medical approach can be used, for example medication that decreases the addiction or physical pleasure from smoking. However, with a strong desire to quit, the physical addiction is not that difficult to overcome. Very often it can be done by the client without any therapy,or, if somebody prefers comfort to struggle, in just one hypnosis session

 

Hypnosis is a very powerful technique for quitting smoking. It is relaxing and pleasant, and it allows you to increase motivation and reinforce the logical reasons for being healthy, fit and free. When a client is motivated and ready to become a non-smoker, one session of simple hypnosis will be very effective, and when combined with basic hypnotic techniques like NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), hypnosis can create success for most clients.

 

The habit of smoking is sometimes more difficult to overcome than the physical addiction. When somebody smokes for many years, very often from their early teens, the habit of smoking becomes very deeply rooted, and it seems to be part of the person. There is this automatic reaching for a cigarette with a cup of coffee, when having a drink, after a meal, chatting on the phone or driving a car (especially at a red light). It is possible to work out all the situations which lead to smoking and become very aware of yourself, watching yourself all the time and consciously stopping yourself when the habit kicks in. Sometimes clients choose to introduce some new habit instead of the old one, for example chewing chewing gum. But sometimes a new unwanted habit forms, such as eating too many sweets.

 

It is much easier to overcome the habit of smoking with hypnosis, because habits operate on the subconscious level. In most situations, this can be done in one session or even with a hypnosis CD. However, it may not prevent the formation of unwanted habits, like overeating. A qualified clinical hypnotherapist would assist you to use your own resources to remove or replace the habit of smoking safely. In my opinion, at least two sessions are needed for this, because after a week without smoking, any new habits can be detected and corrected.

 

I can also help you to overcome the psychological addiction to smoking. The psychological addiction is usually not addressed by with the medical approach, The medical approach usually treats only the physical addiction. The psychological addiction is usually deeply rooted in the past, or has its reasons in insecurity, general anxiety or very high stress levels, to name just a few. Sometimes clients call cigarettes "their only friends" or their identity is even connected with smoking. Hypnotherapy offers the best solutions for dissolving the psychological addiction. You can talk about you psychological addiction for a long time trying to understand it, but when you want to solve it, you better see an experienced and well trained hypnotherapist.

 

I can also help you to overcome other reasons why quitting smoking may be difficult, like anxiety or depression. I can help you to deal with a difficult current situation, emotional issues or overwhelming stress, so you will not need the help of cigarettes. In this case, your therapy will take a few more sessions, because we will address other issues first, so quitting smoking will be much easier.

 

My Unique Three-Session Quit Smoking Program: $750

Over the years, I have developed a unique three-session quit smoking program, suitable for most smokers. The program uses hypnotherapy, not just simple hypnosis, so it is tailored to the specific needs of each client, as everybody has different reasons to smoke and to quit.

 

The standard quit smoking program consists of an initial free 30-minute consultation, followed by three one-hour sessions. The first session is to prepare for quitting smoking, to boost motivation, to learn how to relax and how to deal with current stress.  The client quits in the second session, and the last one is to make the changes permanent and to learn how to deal with special situations (like a night out).

The sessions are usually 3 to 7 days apart.

 

Almost every client who qualifies for the standard three-sessions quit smoking program stops smoking successfully after the second session.

Why I recommend three hypnotherapy sessions to quit smoking

 

The most difficult thing to overcome is the psychological addiction. The most common psychological reason for smoking is just dealing with stress or difficult situations. Most smokers automatically reach for cigarettes when stressed. This is why I use the first session to teach relaxation and methods to deal with stress.

 

Sometimes there are other deep-rooted psychological reasons for smoking. They can be very personal. I had a client who smoked because his beloved older brother, who died in a car accident in his early twenties, had introduced him to cigarettes, and on the subconscious level smoking was his connection to his brother. Another client’s parents separated when she was three years old. Her subconscious mind had connected the smell of cigarettes with her early memories of her father, when he was caring and loving. For another client, smoking as a teenager was a rebellious act against her controlling mother, so smoking made her feel strong and independent. Sometimes people smoke because they are so afraid of smoking, so guilty about smoking that they become absolutely obsessive, and it makes them smoke even more. It may seem ridiculous, but the subconscious mind has very specific ways to deal with anxiety, so when you are very afraid of smoking, it plays on your mind and you smoke more as a result, becoming even more anxious.

 

I strongly believe that it is very important to clear the psychological reasons for smoking before or just after quitting. It is especially important to learn to deal with stress, anxiety and any strong emotional issues. Smoking, like most other addictions, is a successful coping mechanism in those cases, and when it is removed, another coping mechanism may form.Very often it is excessive eating and weight gain; it could even be compulsive eating or bulimia (especially if there was already some tendency). Sometimes it could be more drinking or some compulsions, especially if anxiety is present. It is also easier to start smoking again if the psychological reasons for smoking remain. For example, if somebody was smoking as a way to cope with relationship issues, the person is very likely to start smoking again even years later if there are similar relationship issues with somebody else, unless the original issue is cleared on the subconscious level.

 

The three-sessions program is enough for most clients to completely remove the smoking habit and addiction, both physical and psychological, and to learn new skills to replace the benefits of smoking, if any. The time between the sessions makes it possible to notice any additional help or reinforcement needed. Sometimes it may be cravings in particular situations, sometimes it could be that the pattern of smoking is different at  weekends. And it is generally easier to stay a week without cigarettes if you know that next week all the difficulties will be addressed.

 

The Short Quit Smoking Program: $400

This is a special program for clients who have to quit in a single session. The program consists of one two-hour hypnotherapy session.

 

This program is made for clients who live outside Sydney and for whom travel takes a long time. Clients need to be very motivated already..

 

I would recommend it for clients who have already stopped smoking and need some reinforcement, because they feel cravings or withdrawal symptoms.

The Extended Hypnotherapy Program: $290 per Session

Sometimes smoking has some benefits. For example, it may be a way to deal with stress or anxiety, or even depression. Smoking is deadly for your health, but so is stress. If you are depressed or anxious, quitting smoking can be extremely difficult. In this situation it is beneficial to use hypnotherapy first to reduce stress and to deal with other problems before quitting smoking.

 

It is quite common that people decide to quit smoking in difficult life situations, like a broken relationship or feeling very low and depressed. They reason that they will feel better when they quit smoking, because they will be back in control. This is true, and it works very well: it really boosts self-esteem when you are free from unwanted addiction. It also makes you feel great physically, and you can start exercising, and as you become fitter, you feel even better, because the physical exercise makes the body produce endorphins, natural antidepressants. However, if the smoking was the only way to make you feel good, the only pleasure in the black hole of depression, it is very difficult to stop. You may try and fail, feeling guilty and even more depressed. It is really essential to deal with the issues first, and hypnotherapy will help you to get out of the black hole of depression and to find new pleasures before you give up smoking.

 

In the situation When the client is under a very high level of stress, or there  are some other problems, like anxiety or depression, I recommend 5 to 6 hypnotherapy sessions, after the initial free 30-minute consultation. I usually use the first 2 or 3 sessions to deal with the stress and anxiety,then one session to prepare for quitting smoking. The client quits in the next session and the last one or two sessions are to reinforce the changes and to make them permanent. Major depression or strong anxiety may need a few more hypnotherapy sessions.

 

Now, see how extraordinary this approach is. It could be that you have been struggling with anxiety and depression for many years, and has it even occurred to you that you can let it go in just a few weeks? I know that it is difficult for you to imagine, as it is for most of my depressed clients. And yet this is what they do and then everything becomes easy, even becoming a non-smoker.

How to prepare yourself for the first hypnotherapy session?

It is important that you understand your own smoking.

 

  1. First make a list of reasons why you want to stop smoking. Write the reasons that are important to you, from the most important to the least important. 

  2.  Recognise the patterns of your smoking. Find out at what times you are most likely to smoke, and what situations and feelings make you smoke. When do you smoke most? Are there any situations when you automatically reach for a cigarette? You may keep a smoking record for about a week, just recording each time you have a cigarette and why.

  3.  Think about why you smoke. Is it social pressure, stress, pleasure, habit, addiction? Anything else?

 

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