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Hypnosis Quit Smoking
Hypnosis technique is being increasingly used to help persons quit smoking, tackle insomnia, physical and emotional discomfort, phobias and stress.

How many of us are aware that hypnosis is an effective technique to quit smoking or to treat patients with anxiety or inflammatory bowel syndrome. Hypnosis is just more than a stage show. It is a powerful technique used by number of professional hypnotherapists to help people overcome fears, conquer difficult problems, and to relax and reduce stress.


Hypnosis as a healing technique

Defined as concentrated relaxation, hypnosis enables a person to focus on a particular problem or desired result. In other words, it is an art of taking people to an altered state of mind where they become more susceptible to suggestion.


Hypnosis actually deals with your subconscious mind that stores your key beliefs, expectations, attitudes, and emotions and in turn, behavior is stored. The subconscious mind is also the storeroom for all your memories and past life experiences.


During a hypnotherapy session, a practiced hypnotherapist bypasses your critical conscious mind to reach your subconscious mind. He/She then actually helps you in reprogramming your subconscious mind for the actual behavior you intend, for instance, quit smoking.


Hypnosis Quit Smoking

There are million ways to quit smoking including nicotine patches, chewing gum, oral medications, lozenges, inhalers and 'stop smoking' drugs. All of them deal with your conscious mind. However, the subconscious mind still has that affinity towards cigarette.


Hypnosis is found to be an effective tool for smoke cessation. Studies indicated that hypnosis is three times more effective than NRT as a quit counselor. It is also found that hypnosis, as a technique to quit smoking has been successful in more than 66% of cases of people who have undergone 4-6 sessions. The study also reveals that hypnosis quit smoking helps one to handle stress control techniques and changing attitudes and beliefs or associations towards smoking.


Two things are very vital if you wish to undergo hypnosis quit smoking technique. First being the time. In general, a hypnosis quit smoking technique requires a minimum of four sessions. Second and foremost being the necessity to find a certified hypnotherapy practitioner.


Ensure that the hypnotherapist you choose is a licensed psychologist. The result of your hypnotherapy lies in the quality of the hypnotherapist.


Basics of Hypnosis Quit Smoking Sessions

It is quite hard to stop smoking since it is a habit imbibed in the subconscious mind. Depriving the body of the nicotine provided by smoking leads one to severe discomfort both physically and emotionally. Hence, it becomes hard to quit smoking.


A hypnosis quit smoking session varies anywhere between 4-8 sessions depending on the needs of the individual and each session lasts for 25 to 30 minutes. In general, hypnosis quit smoking program covers all or few of the following primary and supplementary sessions.


Primary Sessions

Motivation and Confidence: This session concentrates on reasons to quit smoking, building a strong desire to quit smoking and benefits of quitting.

Overcoming Past Connections: This session tries to identify your past connections with cigarette and changes your attitude towards cigar.

Creating Healthier Connections: This is the crucial session where the hypnotherapists help you in reprogramming your mind by providing healthier choices.


Preventing Relapse: This session emphasizes the value of quitting and prevents one from reverting to the habit.


Supplementary Sessions: Few hypnosis quit smoking sessions also include supplementary sessions like weight management, people skills, handling feelings without cigarettes, aversion therapy.


If you choose to take hypnosis quit smoking session, ensure it has the following basics.


  • The session should include effective psychological and behavior modification therapies that help you change your belief in smoking.

  • A sitting that helps you boost your confidence, unlock the strengths in your unconscious mind, motivation to achieve your goals.

  • The program should include sittings that teach you to handle nicotine withdrawal symptoms.

Self-Hypnosis and Alternatives

If you are not able to afford time for 4-6 sitting, then you can try self-hypnosis technique through CDs and visuals that are becoming very popular. These programs are more affordable and can be done at your leisure time. Each sitting of hypnosis quit smoking costs an average of $200. However, self-hypnosis quit smoking takes more time since you need to master the concept before practicing.


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