Smoking/Vaping

Most people started smoking in their teenage years, usually as a result of peer pressure. Over a period of time smoking became a habit – they no longer think about having a cigarette, they just do it.

We all know that smoking is incredibly bad for you – there are health and cancer risks associated with smoking, as well as the ageing effect it has on your body and skin. And of course there is the smelly clothes and breath, the fact that these days you are a social leper and have to stand in your ‘allocated areas’ to have one, plus the ever increasing cost. You may have your own reasons for wanting to stop, and are hoping that hypnotherapy can help you. Well I believe it can, if you genuinely want to give up.

For most people, smoking is, quite simply, a psychological habit, and a one off session of hypnotherapy can help the vast majority of these people to stop smoking. If that’s the case for you, the one-off 2 hour Therapy session should be enough to kick the habit. As long as you genuinely want to give up.

For some, their smoking is a symptom of an underlying anxiety, in which case they can still be helped, but further hypnotherapy sessions may be required to deal with the underlying issue. This would apply to people for whom smoking is more than simply a habit. You could think of is as more of a ‘symptom’ of something else.

Take for example, someone who feels very stressed in their life, or depressed, or feels badly about themselves somehow, and smoking is in some way a ‘symptom’ of that… it becomes a ‘coping’ mechanism.

People who fall into this category usually feel that’s the right way to go for them as soon as they read that description. Now if that’s the case, then it’s far better for us to work together to solve the actual problem, rather than trying to take away your coping mechanism. There are a range of other concerns I can help with – for more information, have a look at the Therapy page.

How can hypnotherapy help?

People believe that giving up is going to be difficult to do because they think that they smoke for a reason. For example, because they are stressed, because they are addicted to nicotine or because they have no will power. And that they wouldn’t smoke if these things weren’t a factor. For most people these are just excuses holding you back from giving up.

During a therapy session we will talk about your situation – what made you start, why do you keep smoking, what is stopping you from giving up?

Most people have triggers that they associate with cigarettes, maybe a morning break at work, or after having lunch, or in the evening while watching TV. And because those ‘triggers’ happen, they automatically, unconsciously, reach for a cigarette.

Hypnotherapy can help you to break these associations/triggers, help you to see what is holding you back, that smoking is no longer appropriate or helpful for you in your life now, and help you give up the evil weed for good!

How much money could you save?

With the price of a pack of 20 cigarettes in the UK averaging about £10 (between £9 – £13 as at March 2020), this would save you £3650 a year. If you stopped smoking for the next 20 years, that would save you £73,000!!

Does that make £150 now seem like a good investment?

Still have questions? Get in touch.

How can we help?

During a therapy session we will talk through: what made you start, why do you keep smoking, what is stopping you from giving up?
Most people have triggers that they associate with cigarettes and because those ‘triggers’ happen, they automatically, unconsciously, reach for a cigarette.

Hypnotherapy can help you to break these associations/triggers, help you to see what is holding you back, that smoking is no longer appropriate or helpful for you in your life now.

Therapy

Find out more about what is involved for a Therapy session on the therapy page or get in touch if you have questions. If you want to go ahead, use the Buy Now button below.

1:1 Therapy session of approximately 90-120 mins