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Here’s a look at how you may be easily able to stop smoking using hypnosis. You can consult a stop smoking hypnotist, but you would be best advised to select a licensed therapist that treats a variety of conditions.

Claims of fraud have been made against so-called clinics that only offer hypnosis for smoking cessation. It is fine if a therapist ’specializes’ in hypnosis geared towards helping you quit, but he or she should also have clients who seek treatment for other reasons.

Other than smoking, some of the most common areas in which hypnosis can be effective include eating disorders & obesity, stress management & sexual difficulties. Managing pain can also be accomplished using hypnosis, particularly in conditions that do not respond well to prescription drugs, such as the inflammatory bowel diseases.

How It Works

The methods that a therapist may attempt to help you stop smoking using hypnosis could vary. Some still use an object like a pendulum to give you something to focus on visually. Others simply have you close your eyes & focus on their voice, thus stopping visual input from interfering.

If you’re serious about quitting, somewhere in your mind there’re all the reasons that you want to quit. The therapist may remind you of them or have you write them down before beginning a session. This exercise serves two purposes.

First, you’re confirming to yourself that you really want to quit. Second, he or she can use your reasons as ’suggestions’ to emphasize during the deepest phase of the hypnotized state.

The objective of any hypnotic therapy is to ‘quiet’ your mind & help you focus your intention. A stop smoking hypnotist has no real power. This isn’t mind control. It is just that there’re ‘too many things’ going on in your brain at one time, input from the eyes & other senses are distracting.

If you select to stop smoking using hypnosis, you’ll likely experience many things on the days following or between sessions. First, you should feel more relaxed & more in control. When those things come up that used to trigger the desire to ‘light up’, your intention to quit should still be clear in your mind, helping you to ignore the urge.

Self-hypnosis is another good option, particularly if you’re concerned about the reliability of a stop smoking hypnotist or if there’re none in your area. The recordings provided in self-hypnosis programs serve the same purpose that a therapist’s voice would, improving your ability to focus. It really works for most people.

If you select to stop smoking using hypnosis, you avoid the side effects associated with prescription drugs & you avoid becoming dependent upon nicotine replacement therapy. To learn more about different plans you can use to quit, please visit the Stop Smoking Blog, a resource for all those who wish to quit, written by those who have.

Patsy Hamilton was a health care professional for over twenty years before becoming a health writer. Currently she is writing a series of articles about how to stop smoking. Read more at http://www.stop-smoking-blog.com

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