Quitting Smoking

For about 5 years in the 90's I saw only smokers and as a result, I helped many hundreds of people to stop smoking. In the process I honed no only my skills but also the process I now use to do this work.

Before you book

Are you ready to stop?
Before you make a booking you need to ask yourself, how much you want to stop and what level of motivation you have to stay stopped, once you've done it.  Ask yourself, on a scale of 0 to 10, if ten is you really, really, really want to stop smoking and stay stopped and 0 is, you never want to quit; what number would you give your motivation now? Give your motivation a number and then check below to see if you are a good candidate.

Hypnosis is great for super charging your existing motivation but I will not use it to make you do something you don't already want to do.

What happens in a session
The process starts with a conversation, during which I can establish how you smoke and when you smoking, what your hot spots are and which are the hardest to contemplate going without. Following this we go on to the Hypnosis which takes about 40 minutes. Not only will we work on moving smoking into the past but also you'll be given a trigger, so that every time you say no to a cigarette, you can feel really good about doing so.  This makes it easier to stay stopped after the session is over.

Number of sessions and Costs
Most people stop in just one session but obviously I cannot make any promises that you will do so too, because it's dependent on lots of different factors. The session takes about 2 hours and costs £100; follow up appointments are £70. I recommend you budget for 2 sessions, that way you're pleasantly surprised when you're done in one but prepared if you need a follow up. I can't remember the last time anyone needed more than 2 appointments to stop. 

I always follow up to find out how things are going and to check that all is well and you are not substituting anything for the cigarettes you're no longer smoking.

What if you fall off the wagon?
I'd love to tell you that once you've stopped you'll never smoke again but I can't do that. You have free will and if you decide you want to smoke again, you can.  One of the reasons I know how good this method is, is that people do fall off the wagon and they come back to stop again, having learnt their lesson. Most of them say the same thing. They felt so comfortable as a non smoker, they thought they'd cracked it and could just have one and it wouldn't be a problem.

The truth it it almost always is a problem. Your brain doesn't know the difference between a sneaky one on a Saturday night and the usual number you smoke. When you think about it you've "practiced" smoking a lot over the years and that means it's more or less a unconscious behaviour. Your brain sends you little messages to remind you to smoke based on past behaviours and you respond, something like this, cup of coffee - cigarette, your favourite tipple - cigarette.  If you have a cigarette after stopping it will just go back to automatic pilot and begin to signal the times in the past when you used to smoke and you will be back to square one, a smoker, except now you'll hate doing it even more because you know how great it is to be a non smoker!

I've been doing this for years and I'm not planning on moving or retiring any time soon so I'm here, if you do fall off the wagon but better still once you've stopped make a commitment to yourself to stay stopped, no matter what happens because truthfully a cigarette never solved a problem and never made a good situation better, it's the meaning you give them that does that and I should know because I used to smoke, some 25 years ago!

7 and above - You're ready to stop, so drop me an email and let's get on with it.
Below a 7  - You're not ready yet, look below for some hints to improve your motivation.

How to raise your level of motivation to quit smoking
You can help to improve your motivation by beginning to focus on the benefits of being a non smoker. Think about the freedom you'd feel if you weren't controlled by the need to keep nipping out for a fag, especially when it's cold. Think about the things you'd have time for if you didn't have to factor in smoking all the time. The extra time you'd have and what you'd do with that time or who you'd spend it with. 

Everyone knows how smokers smell of stale cigarettes so why not focus on how good it would be to have the confidence that wherever you went and whoever you met, you'd smell good up close and personal; your hair, your hands, your breath all smell better as a non smoker. Wouldn't it be great if your mouth was fresher because your tongue wasn't coated in tar an you didn't panic when you ran out of mints or gum. I could go on but you know what you most hate about your smoking habit better than anyone else so, begin focusing on that instead of what you think you will miss and you'll soon find your motivation to quit growing week by week. Who knows you might even be able to quit without any help from me but if not, when you've reached 7 or above, get in touch, I'd be happy to help yet another person be free of an old unwanted habit.

020 8941 3060