The process

We would negotiate a quitting day that you are happy with and when there is likely to be least in the way of stress of temptation, and when I can see you. We would have a single session that lasts 1.5 to 2 hours or 2 sessions, depending how many you smoke. The price is the same. Please call for details.

During that session we would start with me finding out in detail about your smoking habit e.g. triggers for smoking, likes and dislikes about smoking and much more. With this information I then have lots of material to tailor the therapy to your individual needs.

Every smoker is different, has different levels of motivation, different habits, different motivators, and so on. I really invest in my clients rather than putting them on a standard programme for these reasons.

We would then do a mixture of neuro-linguistic programming techniques that will get you thinking differently about certain aspects of your smoking and quitting, and hypnotic suggestions while you are in a pleasant, relaxing trance - rather like being in an extended daydream.

Although there are no guarantees with any method, including those available in conventional medicine, hypnotherapy has been shown in a massive study of 72,000 people and published in the Journal of Applied Psychology to be the most effective of all the major methods.

Some people never experience a craving at all after hypnotherapy. Others do but they have techniques in place for managing this. Ultimately, however, a genuine desire to quit and your personal dedication to the cause is needed as well.

Hypnotherapy is an additional method to help you and not, as some unscrupulous hypnotherapists claim, a 'mircale cure' requiring no personal input.

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