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How does Hypnotherapy work for Smokers?

Under hypnosis, the client's subconscious mind will be willing to accept suggestions which they would not accept or find difficult to believe in the normal waking conscious state.  As a result suggestions can be placed which will affect the motivation and behaviour of the individual so supporting their resolve to be a non-smoker.

While we expect the motivated client to be a non-smoker from the first session, occasionally a second one is  required. In the second session the suggestions given initially can be reinforced and perhaps even more importantly, if the client has experienced any residual desire to smoke, the therapist can assist the client to try to discover why this might be. Often our behaviour is prompted from within as a result of subconsciously held beliefs and if there is a conflict between the rational conscious mind and the subconscious conditioning the individual can find themselves behaving in a contradictory and sometime self-abusive fashion (smoking being a form of self-abuse).

Using hypnoanalysis, the therapist can help to unearth any root causes, analyse and help the client to eliminate the inner conflict.

A word of caution however. . . . .

Do not think that we here at the Edinburgh Stop Smoking are magicians.  We cannot re-programme your mind and send you off as a non-smoker without your active participation.   If we could - we would be very rich and famous! You have to be motivated to be a non-smoker for yourself - your heart has to be in it for you and not just to please someone else.

Without your whole-hearted commitment you can never make it happen.

This is your battle to fight - but we can help you achieve your goal.

Medical research has shown that of all the options available to help people to stop smoking Hypnotherapy can be effective.  Whilst success cannot be guaranteed, those who stop, with the aid of hypnosis are less likely to return to smoking and tend to suffer less withdrawal symptoms.

What's the success rate?

The generally accepted success rate is that out of 10 motivated people 6 will stop with one session. Out of the remaining 4 - 3 will stop with a second session. The remaining person will be the one who didn't really want to stop in the first place but had been put under pressure by family, friends or perhaps some other reason.

We, at Edinburgh Stop Smoking, have found that since we have been treating people as couples (either partners or friends) we very rarely have anyone return for the free second session. Couples encourage and support each other as non-smokers which makes the whole experience successful.

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