Stop Smoking with Hypnotherapy

Facts about Smoking.

Tobacco first came to Britain in the 16th Century, but smoking as a mass habit is a phenomenon of the 20th/21st Century. Smoking is the single greatest cause of preventable illness and premature death in the United Kingdom; it kills around 120,000 people in the UK alone in one year, that is equal to 13 people an hour. It has been estimated that treating illness and disease caused by smoking is costing the National Health up to £1.7 billion every year. Click here to use the cost of smoking calculator from The Hypnosis Works.

How does Hypnosis or Hypnotherapy work so successfully when
helping people to stop smoking?

Hypnosis is extremely effective because it doesn't rely on 'willpower'. Willpower doesn't really exist, it appears to exist when your subconscious mind agrees with your conscious mind. When you 'give something up' (as with willpower alone and some other stop smoking methods), you often feel deprived. If you experience a stressful day, you may think to yourself, 'Why have I stopped smoking when I enjoy it so much?' At such stressful moments your subconscious and conscious mind are at loggerheads and your resolve may weaken. However, your subconscious mind can manage your habits, desires and cravings independently from your conscious efforts.

Hypnosis/ hypnotherapy works so well because it alters the way your subconscious feels, so it ultimately agrees with your conscious mind, so that, after a stressful day you will think to yourself 'Wow, that was a hard day, I'm glad I have more energy since stopping smoking to deal with the stress more effectively.'

Hypnosis 'reframes' how you feel about smoking so that you are no longer 'giving up' which implies losing something. Instead you appreciate how your fitness has improved, how good things taste and smell now that our senses are no longer being damaged by the chemicals you used to inhale. You will notice how your breathing becomes easier and how much more energy you have gained... not to mention the money you have saved once you finally manage to stop!

Most people only need one session to stop smoking completely, although up to three sessions of Hypnotherapy in some cases may be necessary.

We offer individual stop smoking hypnosis sessions or if you prefer all day group sessions based in Harley Street, London, for information on the next available group session please see the group hypnotherapy page.

How hypnosis/ hypnotherapy helps with Stopping smoking

• Increase confidence and determination

  Contact: Our London Clinic on; 07780 617 811 Or our Ipswich, Suffolk Clinic on; 0845 0941147 - local call rate.

• Shifts perspective - so stopping smoking feels like a positive challenge rather than chore
• Finding more appropriate ways to relax and unwind
• Lowering levels of anxiety and removing fears and doubts
• Increasing focus
• Shifts inaccurate beliefs surrounding smoking i.e. the belief that smoking helps with relaxation

Other addictions hypnotherapy can help with;

Most are addicted to something, the range of addictions are vast, listed are examples of just a few of the addictions hypnotherapy can help overcome:

illegal/ prescription drugs - shopping - food - weight - sex - alcohol - danger - exercise - smoking

Please contact either of our experienced hypnotherapists Bonita in London or Celia in Suffolk for a friendly chat about how we can help you give up smoking or any other addictions, for good!