Hypnotherapy
To Stop Smoking

How do you address your addiction to smoking?

Hypnotherapy to stop smoking is fast becoming a cutting edge solution; before I agree to work with any client, I always ask them why they want to quit. If I hear any of the following:

I tell them to go away, and not to waste their money on hypnotherapy to stop smoking. Why? Because in order for hypnosis to work, you have to want to quit for yourself, NOT for anybody else!

Once I am satisfied the client has come to me for the right reasons, I take steps to work with them to address the problem. One of the first questions many clients ask me is: “How many sessions will it take?”

Generally, smokers fall into two categories:

1. Some people’s smoking is purely habit-driven. For these people, smoking does not necessarily provide relief from an underlying anxiety; they may enjoy the act itself, but other than that, it’s just a habit. These people respond extremely well to hypnotherapy to stop smoking, and often successfully quit after one session.

2. On the other hand, people who smoke in order to cope with an underlying anxiety have a little more work to do. For example, they might smoke when they are stressed, angry or bored. Removing the activity of smoking from their life is likely to cause increased and in some cases, unmanageable anxiety; since the smoking is a crutch for the debilitating effects of these underlying unpleasant feelings.

Now, we have been talking specifically about hypnotherapy to stop smoking – but it’s the same across the board. Whether you are addicted to smoking, drugs, eating, sex or something else, ALL ADDICTIONS have one thing in common: Addictions are a mask for underlying emotional turmoil.

Treating Addictions

There are two methods of hypnotherapy to stop smoking that I use, and this is the way that ALL addictions must be treated:

In these times of instant gratification, many people just want a quick fix ... but if you take away the urge for the addictive activity without addressing the underlying anxiety that is CAUSING that urge, you will do yourself more harm than good. Click Here to read about four common blocks that stop people from quitting.

Here's why:

Your subconscious mind wants to protect you. One of the ways it does this is to remind you of what is not working in your life. This is where the “urge” part of the addiction comes in. If you remove that urge without looking at the anxiety, you will experience one of two things; you will either:

1. Resume the undesired activity again after a short period of time, or:

2. You will start a different, equally destructive activity. For example, if you were smoking, you may start overeating to cope with the pre-existing anxiety you have still not addressed.

How do I deal with anxiety?

Anxiety can take many forms; anger, stress, procrastination and boredom are some common examples. Addictions are the mind’s way of letting you know that something is not quite right. So the way to treat this is to go below the iceberg – get to the bottom of what is causing your anxiety. This may take a little longer, but it is well worth the effort, especially if you consider the harmful long-term effects of smoking; and it is the only real way to get rid of your smoking for good. So make an appointment today!

Hypnotherapy to stop smoking works. Try it today!