Do you truly want to give up smoking?
If you see me for smoking cessation I will not guarantee 100% success.
What I can guarantee, is that I have all of the hypnotic skills to help you. You will leave my room as a non smoker - But what truly matters is your desire to change. In fact, one of the first questions I will ask you is:
Do you truly want to stop for you?
In all honesty, if you are stopping because that is what someone else wants for you - then you are probably wasting your time and money!
What to expect in a smoking cessation session?
I always take the time to get a thorough and full understanding of your situation. The more honest and open you can be with me, the more I am able to help you. (That goes for all therapy - not just stopping smoking).
I will not judge you!
Many clients approach me for therapy as a last resort. They have tried reduction, patches and other medication. Some clients have stopped for a while only to return to cigarettes. Generally speaking, most people are feeling some level of guilt about the damage they doing to themselves and family. Many have issues with concealment. Others feel that smoking is their way of relaxing and taking time out for themselves.
Wherever you are coming from, you can be assured that you will not receive a 'lecture' on the damaging affects of smoking. I am not a doctor and the vast majority of people are fully aware of the health risks involved with smoking. I do focus on the benefits of stopping smoking. Our bodies are designed for self repair and it is useful to focus on the health benefits of smoking cessation as well as your personal motivators.
"What happens when you quit smoking...
- At approximately the 8-12 hour mark, the carbon monoxide level in your blood will decrease to normal and your blood oxygen level will increase to normal.
- At 24 hours the chance of you having a heart attack decreases significantly.
- At about 48 hours, nerve endings begin to regrow and your ability to smell and taste is enhanced.
- Between 2 weeks and 3 months, your circulation improves, walking becomes easier, and coughing and wheezing is experienced less often. Phlegm production decreases and at about the 3 month mark, lung function is significantly improved.
- Between 1 and 9 months, you will experience all of the benefits already listed in addition to less sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath. Cilia, tiny hair-like structures that move mucus out of the lungs, also regain normal function.
- In 1 year, your risk of coronary heart disease and heart attacks is reduced by half of what it used to be when you were a smoker.
- Between 5 and 15 years, the risk of having a stroke returns to normal, before you started smoking.
- At about the 10 year mark, your chance of developing various cancers including cancer of the lungs, mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas, greatly decreases. Risk of lung cancer reverts to that of a non-smoker. In fact, Diet and smoking habits make up nearly 60 percent of cancer cases.
- In about 15 years, your risk of coronary heart disease and heart attack shifts to that of a person who has never smoked before. The risk of death also drops nearly to the level of a non-smoker.
Whether you smoke 60 a-day or 1 every so often. I really doesn't matter to me. My aim is for you to stop. For good. So whatever your reasons for wanting to stop smoking, I can give you all the tools to quit. It is your choice to invest in hypnotherapy, leave me as a non-smoker and to maintain the change.
For more information on smoking cessation sessions please see Stop Smoking with Hypnosis
Gemma Webster
