Quitting Smoking With Hypnosis | Quays Clinic of Hypnotherapy

Quit Smoking

Quitting smoking may be a huge challenge for some people. However, it is one of the best things you can do to improve your health. We are all aware that smoking is a dangerous and potentially deadly habit. We also know that smoking is the leading cause of cancer and that by smoking you are at a greater risk of conditions such as strokes, heart attack, cataracts, lung disease and bone fractures. If you have tried most of the stop smoking aids that are available such as nicotine patches, gun and lozenges, then maybe hypnotherapy is the answer for you.

About Hypnosis

Hypnosis is a state of awareness that is altered in a way that you appear to be in a trance. Hypnosis is often used to treat other physical and psychological conditions as well. It is used for pain control, addiction problems, weight loss and speech problems. While you appear to be in a trance during a hypnosis session, you are not unconscious at any point. You still know where you are and what you are doing. You cannot be forced to do things you are not comfortable with during a session either. You may often wonder how do you stop smoking. There are several ways to stop smoking. Besides the smoking cessation aids listed above, hypnotherapy is often used to help to stop smoking. During a hypnotherapy session to stop smoking, the person is sometimes suggested to think about what unpleasant results come from smoking. For example, the hypnotherapist may suggest that the taste left behind after smoking a cigarette resembles the inside of a garbage can or the smell of cigarette smoke resembles a truck exhaust.

Stop Smoking Support

One of the more popular techniques used in a smoking cessation hypnosis session is Spiegel’s method. With this method, there are three main ideas used for stop smoking support. These three ideas are that smoking poisons your body, your body is needed to survive and you need to respect as well as protect your body. These three affirmations are to be said aloud when the desire to smoke arises. There is quite a bit of studies that have been done over the years to see if hypnotherapy does in fact work to help people stop smoking. The stop smoking information that is out there does suggest that it does in fact work. A study was published in 2001 in the Journal of Dental Education that stated that there was sufficient evidence which “seems justified to classify it as a possibly effective treatment for smoking cessation.” There have also been numerous studies that looked into the Spiegel method and discovered that close of 50% of patients has stopped smoking within a year of practicing the method.
Hypnotherapy To Quit Smoking

If you are looking to find hypnotherapy in South Shields, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Sunderland or County Durham contact clinical hypnotherapist Ian Smith. Hypnotist Ian Smith is an Internationally respected expert in stop smoking hypnosis.

Ian Smith (Distinction) D.Hyp  T.F.T  M.U.F.H  M.A.A.H  U.K.C.H.O  N.R.H  C.I.S.H
Quays Clinic of Hypnotherapy in North Shields
Telephone: 0774 3353367.