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You’ve decided that you’re going to try quitting smoking. You know it will be tough but you’ve made that all important decision — you want to stop smoking and you want some help to do it.

You can try herbal remedies, unfor­tu­nately, these can give some people a queasy stomach. Then there are the popular nicotine replacement treatments, readily available as patches, gum or sprays.

If these don’t work then some people look for other altern­atives like acu­puncture or hypnosis to help them quit smoking. There has been lots already written about this last technique and you’re probably won­dering is hypnosis effective for quitting smoking… does it actually work?

As with everything in life for some hypnosis will work for others it won’t — everybody is an indi­vidual with par­ticular needs and habits. As a general rule of thumb though, just because something works for you doesn’t neces­sarily work for everybody else.

Ser­iously, how can some comedy carnival sideshow help you when quitting smoking?

Well, hyp­no­therapy is now highly regarded and a widely recognised psy­cho­therapy tool. It is a tried and trusted sci­entific method in it’s own right and there are many who have tried hyp­notism and swear that hypnosis is an effective technique for quitting smoking.

In simple terms, under hypnosis you are func­tioning on a con­scious level, but your sub­con­scious mind will lapse into a serene, tranquil state and your body com­pletely relaxes.

It is this level of managed relaxation that a hyp­notist will try to help you achieve so they can con­dition your sub­con­scious mind with directed sug­gestion, which in this case is quitting smoking.

But, of course there will be some people who have tried hypnosis and who still continue smoking.

You may think hypnosis is a silly idea. But consider, if you really are serious about quitting smoking and everything else you have tried so far has failed — what have you got to lose by giving it a try?

Here are a couple of handy tips that you might find useful if you do decide to try hyp­notism to quit smoking ?

Check that your chosen hyp­notist is cer­tified in their chosen field. For instance, the National Board for Cer­tified Hyp­no­ther­apists has a high level of criteria and requirements for applicants to meet before cer­ti­fication is authorised.

Find out about the hyp­no­therapy being offered. Ask if they recommend a single session or a course con­taining a series of sessions. Also ask what they hope to achieve in the sessions.

Being realistic, quitting smoking suc­cessfully will need you to make big changes to your behavior patterns and your general lifestyle… that will usually take a series of hypnosis sessions to help you achieve this.

As a general rule hypnosis is not a quick fix solution to quitting smoking. It’s def­initely no cure-​​all and you’ll need to work on dealing with and over­coming your cravings but, with that said, it could help you in your efforts to lead a smoke-​​free life.

Is hypnosis effective for quitting smoking? All things con­sidered, only you can answer that…

This article was ori­ginally pub­lished on www.HypnotherapyClinic.info by Con­sultant Clinical Hyp­no­therapist & Pys­cho­therapist Noel Bradford –

As a pro­fes­sional therapist Noel help people with everything that you would expect including giving up smoking, con­trolling their weight, dealing with fears and phobias. However his services go far beyond this and encompass things that affect everyone at some time in their life, such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, stress, and low self esteem.

He  also has detailed spe­cialist training in several areas including but not limitted to Irrittable Bowel Syndrome and Pyscho­sexual matters that affect men such as Errectile Dys­function and Pre­mature Ejac­u­lation as well as those affecting women such as Hyper Desire Disorder, Vaginisums, and Dys­pareunia.

Ori­ginally posted 2009-​​03-​​24 18:32:18.