Hypnotherapy is a brief therapy that uses a person’s conscious and subconscious minds to address behavioral and emotional issues. Treatment of conditions like phobias, eating disorders, traumatic memories, and nicotine addiction has proven successful. Weekly sessions lasting 60 to 90 minutes might be part of a standard hypnosis therapy regimen over several weeks. For better hypnotherapy, you can find UK therapists.

What Is Hypnosis for Smoking/Nicotine Cessation?

A successful hypnotherapy treatment strengthens a person’s desire to stop smoking. It anticipates roadblocks and doubts that can appear before the new habit from quitting smoking. One or more hypnosis sessions, a fact-finding consultation, plus some follow-up and support make up an ordinary course of hypnosis treatment for quitting smoking.

How Can Hypnotherapy Aid in Smoking/Nicotine Cessation?

When someone seeks help from a hypnotherapist for a smoking or nicotine addiction, they frequently have made several attempts to stop using other means.

1. Hypnosis has been discovered to be beneficial to certain people, even though nicotine gum, lozenges, patches, therapy, and other methods can be helpful in a person’s attempt to stop. Up to 48% of one research participant claimed to have quit smoking after a year. 

2. Additionally, hypnosis therapy addresses the irrational driving forces behind smoking. These frequently alleviate boredom, tension, loneliness, or the need to fit in. When such demands or conditions arise, the therapist suggests alternatives to smoking while the patient is in a trance.

A hypnosis example for quitting smoking/Nicotine

It’s possible to ask someone to discuss their smoking habits during the consultation session. Do you smoke often? Do you smoke, where do you smoke, and why? Have you ever attempted to stop smoking? Why do you wish to stop right now? These are just a few things a hypnotherapist could ponder to understand the patient’s objectives better and tailor their treatment strategy. The actual hypnosis session follows. Varied therapists will require a different number of sessions. Some recommend many sessions, while others claim that just one is necessary.

In either scenario, the session starts with the induction into a hypnotic state, followed by repeated affirmations that the person is no longer dependent on nicotine.

Most therapists provide some post-therapy assistance. It can take the shape of follow-up in-person sessions or hypnosis recordings that use for a certain amount of time following the original session.

Does Hypnotherapy Work to Stop Smoking/Nicotine?

Although there is some evidence that hypnosis is a successful method of stopping smoking, experts disagree on whether the research is conclusive. Nevertheless, multiple studies have demonstrated that hypnotherapy may be a successful treatment for nicotine addiction, both on its own and in conjunction with other methods.

Advantages of hypnosis for quitting smoking/nicotine

Hypnotherapy may be an excellent choice if you want to address your underlying reasons for smoking or wish to approach your addiction from a psychological angle.

The use of hypnotherapy as quit assistance has several advantages, including:

• A thorough analysis of five trials revealed that hypnotherapy is a safe and effective treatment for many clinical disorders. Hypnotherapy is relatively safe, although it is not for persons experiencing psychotic symptoms like hallucinations.
• Sessions of hypnotherapy are often less expensive than counselling or cognitive behavioral therapy. Hypnotherapy is less costly than alternative treatment sessions (CBT). Additionally, using applications on your phone, you may attend at-home hypnosis sessions that are less expensive than in-person ones.
• Hypnosis to quit smoking at Eastern Oregon Hypnosis currently cost $400 for the complete program and allows for you to return if needed at no extra expense.
• Suppose you want to focus on your behaviour yet wean yourself off the physical nicotine dependency. Hypnotherapy safely pairs with other quitting methods, such as nicotine replacement therapy (gums, patches, and inhalers).

Several drawbacks of using hypnosis to stop smoking/Nicotine:

Even though some hypnotists might argue otherwise, some people discover that they just cannot be hypnotized

• It might be for various reasons, including a poor relationship between the patient and the therapist. In any situation, a qualified hypnotherapist will conduct a hypnosis test session to ascertain whether the course of treatment is a suitable fit.
• Service quality varies: Hypnotherapists differ significantly from one another. Some people may have greater or lesser expertise in aiding smokers in quitting. Some people might not provide further resources, such as audio recordings that are useful for reinforcing good advice. Before choosing a hypnotherapist, make sure to do your homework.
• Lack of information: As indicated in the section on hypnosis studies above, some academics contend that there is insufficient information to demonstrate that hypnosis aids in smoking cessation conclusively. Therefore, this may not be the best course of action for people who feel more at ease with therapies supported by solid scientific evidence.
• Insurance: Since many insurance providers do not cover hypnosis therapy, patients may incur out-of-pocket expenses. Before committing to hypnotherapy to treat nicotine addiction, check with your insurance provider.

Wrapping Up:

Hypnotherapy is a brief therapy that uses a person’s conscious and subconscious minds to address behavioral and emotional issues. Treatment of conditions like phobias, eating disorders, traumatic memories, and nicotine addiction has proven successful. Hypnosis makes beneficial to certain people with smoking or nicotine addiction.

A woman called me up asking if hypnosis can help releave her of emotional pain, feelings of loss, saddness and regret. From our conversation it became clear what she wanted to achieve and I explained that hypnosis is a great tool for helping people with the emotional pains she described.

The problem was our language barrier. The conversation we had was difficult because her English was not very good and my Spanish wasn’t very useful. I asked her if she knew of someone she trusted who was able to translate during hypnosis session. She said her niece would probably be able to do it.

This was going to be interesting.

My only experience doing hypnosis through translation was several years ago when I spoke at a seminar in Italy. A professional translator was hired and the whole thing went well … and was an amazing experience.

For this hypnosis session I spoke breifly the niece. She cared very much about her aunt and was eager to provide support. While she has helped family members translate back and forth from English to Spanish I explained this would be somewhat different. The ideal would be that we created a rythme where I give the hypnotic instruction and she translates. I also explained, based on what her aunt told me, it is likely to be emotional.

We began and her aunt proved to be a very sincere hypnotic subject following well to all the instructions she was given. As expected it got emotional when we briefly explored the origins of the pain. At this point even the niece has a hard time translating as she watched her aunt express her grief and sorrow. But she persisted and it was amazing how well she did.

At the end of the hypnosis session my client expressed an incredible sense of relief. It worked amazingly well. Additionally, her niece was interested in learning hypnosis!

I’ve spoken with several hypnotists who have used translators during hypnosis sessions and they’ve all come up with some general guidelines that make hypnosis-via-translation most effective:

• The ideal is to have a professional translator that has some exposure to hypnosis/hypnotherapy
• Family members doing translation can be very effective if they are understand to only translate and not try to influence the process
• If the translator isn’t a professional translator it’s good to have a brief discussion about what to expect. Explain:
  • As the hypnotist you will have to pause at times to allow for the translation. The goal is to create a rythme to the translation process.
  • Explain there may be emotions coming from the hypnosis subject. While it’s natural to feel sympathetic emotions, don’t let them overtake the translation process.
  • Try to speak with the same force and tonality as the hypnotist.
  • Avoid covering the mouth during translation.

If you are interested in learning hypnosis I’ll be teaching a class in October 2022. The Detail are Here:

Special thanks to Dr. Siegfried Stoll of Hypnose Mannheim for his encouragement and support.

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