Course Overview

By far “Can it help me quit smoking?” is one of the two of the most common questions people have about hypnosis.

The answer is yes!

This course will prepare you to assist clients with successful smoking cessation using hypnosis. As we know the list of potential health risks from smoking continues to grow.

Helping people stop smoking is one of the most common therapeutic uses of hypnosis. In scientific studies the use of hypnosis has been shown to be three times more effective than other methods of smoking cessation with a success rate of about 30 percent.

Change is difficult. Merely talking or thinking about change has no power against the subconscious programming that drives behavior. This is because our ‘feelings’ act as bits and bytes chemically etching every emotional reaction we experience into the subconscious hard drive. For change to be successful the subconscious must give permission. Because the subconscious rules behavior, change in behavior happens easily only at the subconscious level.

Only hypnosis provides direct access to this subconscious storage system where inspiring changes in behavior is clean and simple. Hypnosis plants new instructions for permanent positive change by re-writing any negative or self-destructive habits stored in the subconscious.

Hypnosis has the power to break the link between trigger activities that smokers associate with having a cigarette. Of course there are numerous stimuli that can trigger the desire to smoke. It might be visiting a bar for a drink with friends, experiencing stress at home, or taking a ten-minute coffee break at work; a stressful telephone call, a business meeting, or finishing a meal. Hypnosis offers the unique ability to direct suggestions to the smoker's unconscious where these powerful trigger links can at last be removed or replaced. The hypnotherapist first asks questions to identify an individual's specific triggers.

The suggestions will focus on the health benefits of not smoking such as, improved sense of taste, more money, and better health rather than focusing on the negatives. The trick to success is breaking the smoker’s habit patterns.

 

 

Who is the course for?

Students will be able to apply the skills and knowledge in their personal life and their professional career.

 

 

What you will learn!

In this course you will learn,

• The most common issues related to smoking
• Creating a comfortable and supportive environment
• Understanding how hypnosis works for smoking
• Recognizing resistance
• Specific hypnosis skills and techniques for smoking cessation

• Evaluation
• Induction
• How to build effective scripts
• Appropriate post-hypnotic suggestions
• Effective exit techniques

 

Pre-Requisite:

Clinical Hypnotherapist

 

 

Number of Hours:

In-Class = 18

Extra-Curricular Reading & Homework = 3

Practicum = Not Required

Personal Hypnotherapy Session = Not Required

Supervised Practicum Session = Not Required
Total Credited Hours = 21

 

This Course Includes:

Training manuals and course materials

Formal classroom theory plus practicum

Written and demonstrated examinations

Course Completion:

You will have 2 months to complete the course requirements.

 

“It took only once and I have not thought of a cigarette on over 2 months. When I am around smokers I can’t believe I used to smell like that. With no cravings and no withdrawals, I will never smoke again!” - Melinda Brandon