Hypnotherapy to Stop Smoking

If you are truly committed to giving up you will find the session will shatter how you thought about you and your smoking habit making it easy to stop once and for all.

If you need to know more read on...

Smoking is all about reward or no one would do it. You have had a stressful day ...you smoke and feel better....
you have an argument.....you smoke and feel better.....you need a break from any social situation....you smoke and feel better.

So if you quit smoking  you think you're life is going to be better without it, but then you don't see any real tangible, immediate benefits. If you stop  you haven't got anything to relax you and reduce your stress! And that is RIGHT NOW! TANGIBLE and VERY UNINVITING

When smokers try and stop smoking using their own willpower or patches or gum, they are simply giving up the ONE thing that reduces their stress or anxiety...for LITTLE or NO reward for doing so! DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? sadly NO

Hypnosis is well proven and very powerful. Combining hypnosis, visualisation, hypnotherapy and psychology, I believe stopping smoking is EASY........What if you could stop smoking...and feel REALLY proud of yourself? What if I could put suggestions in your mind so that you feel FITTER, CALMER, MORE RELAXED, MORE POSITIVE? That in all of the situations where you used to feel tense you now just feel completely AT EASE with yourself?

NOW THAT DOES MAKE SENSE ! It would be easy to stop wouldn't it!

So what happens in a stop smoking session?

To help explain what really does happen in a stop smoking session here at the St.Neots Hypnotherapy Clinic we asked Nicky if she would mind reporting what her stop smoking session was like and to add atmosphere we asked if she would mind us taking a few pictures of her session to illustrate the stages and give you a real insight into what goes on .

stage 1 >Contact Us

Nicky contacted us to make her appointment

"I phoned Matthew to make an appointment after speaking to a couple of friends who had stopped smoking after a session at the clinic. He was busy so I  left a message on his answer phone and he got back to me later in the day. We arranged a time and day and he also asked if I would mind reporting on my visit for the clinic website and was it alright to take a couple of photos? I didn't have a problem with that so I agreed"

 

 

Stage 2>Arriving at the Clinic

Nicky arrived at the clinic after smoking her last cigarette

"I took a seat in reception at my appointment time feeling a little nervous but excited about the session!"

Stage 3>The Consulting Room

"Matthew collected me from the waiting room and we made our way to the consulting room, Matthew seemed relaxed and was appologising for keeping me a smoker for 10mins longer than I needed to be by being slightly late for my appointment!"

 

"I'm not sure what I was expecting would happen next but Matthew and I chatted and after a few minutes he said that we really ought to stop me smoking now!

He explained why smoking is thought to be hard to quit, why I believed it was difficult for me to stop smoking without mood swings and feeling irritable.

He even explained what was going on in my head when I wanted a cigarette and how Hypnosis would give my mind the motivation and incentive to stop without feeling cheated . Matthew explained what Hypnosis was and what it wasn't (I don't think he likes Paul McKenna very much!!) and I understood exactly what was going to happen and why it would happen"

Stage 4>Hypnotherapy

"Actually I feel a bit embarressed to say this but I was told that I should say exactly what I thought ! I don't think I really needed the hypnosis after speaking to Matthew I felt myself understanding why I had smoked and why I didn't need to anymore BUT I wasn't going to take any chances and anyway I was quite excited about the whole Hypnosis experience anyway!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stage 5>Being a Non-Smoker

"Although a couple of my friends had stopped with no problem after seeing Matthew I have to admitt I thought I might be different!

I wanted to stop but was nervous that I would fail or it wouldn't work for me but once I had spoken to Matthew it all made sense and I couldn't imagine why I had ever smoked in the first place.

The Hypnosis part was relaxing and I felt in control of what was happening (which is important to me :-) I'm sure Matthew could explain that one to me too!) -it was a lovely feeling being able to sit there and do nothing for what unfortunately only felt like 5-10 mins but I am reliably informed it was closer to 40mins.

Many thanks from a non-smoker"

Nicky x

St.Neots Hypnotherapy Clinic provides a new way to stop smoking easily and quickly, if you were worried about mood swings, bad moods, over eating, picking at food between meals we can help you to quit smoking without these worries. If you have tried stopping smoking before using nicotine patches, nicotine gum, counselling in groups or one on one or just plain will power. If you have even tried Hypnotherapy before do not worry. Here at the St.Neots Hypnotherapy Clinic we use explain the psychology of smoking and help you to understand why stopping smoking can be easy ,quick and painless.

Hypnosis has been used for therapeutic benefit for thousands of years. It is a totally natural method, which allows the client to achieve a very pleasant relaxed state, enhancing awareness. During hypnosis, the subconscious part of your mind is open to positive suggestion, enabling the client to achieve their desired change in their behaviour . As a therapeutic tool the hypnotic state also enables the therapy to uncover and thus remove the causes of deep rooted emotional problems such as anxiety, phobias, panic attacks etc..

So Hypnosis is a perfectly natural state of mind. Often referred to as an altered state of consciousness. During hypnosis, one is calm, relaxed and peaceful. You are not asleep and there is absolutely no question of being controlled. You are aware of the whole process albeit in a deep and pleasant state of relaxation.

Stage hypnosis and misconceptions
Sadly most people's first or only experience of hypnosis is through watching television or stage hypnotists at work. This can lead people to believe that they may be controlled or manipulated or made to do something against their will or make them feel out of control.

There is NOTHING that could be further from reality.

During a hypnotic induction you remain in control and perfectly awake. Hypnosis for therapeutic purposes is just about relaxation. You may feel very heavy, relaxed, lethargic or quite light and tingly. It's just a wonderful, deeply pleasant and relaxing experience.

Our clients believed they were addicted to smoking, that their smoking was a life long habit, that smoking was a part of them. They believed they would start to put weight on and over eat. Some worried that they could not be hypnotised or that because they enjoyed smoking and would suffer side effects from stopping smoking, like bad moods, mood swings, cravings, that they wouldn't be able to relax and were too stressed without cigarettes.