Perhaps the number one use of hypnosis these days is for smoking cessation. Quit smoking hypnosis techniques are used to help thousands of people quit smoking for good without drugs or nasty cravings. The hypnosis for smoking cessation falls under the category of medical hypnosis for it is being used medically to help people quit smoking and improve their overall health.
Most quit smoking hypnosis therapies begin with the induction process. The individual is brought into a hypnotic trance by using visualization techniques that bring the individual into a deeply relaxed and peaceful state. While in the trance, aspects of smoking are given as suggestions that affect change in the way the client thinks about, acts and feels about cigarette smoking.
There are several parts to the quit smoking hypnosis therapy. For example, there are the acute behavioral issues around smoking. Let’s say an individual always smokes first thing in the morning, or they always smoke after a meal or they always smoke while watching television. The hypnotherapist must know this and must focus the suggestions accordingly, such as “I do not need to smoke in the morning” or “I do not like smoking after a meal” or “I can watch television without smoking”. This helps change the behavioral aspect of smoking.
The quit smoking hypnosis technique must also address the difficult issue of nicotine addiction. With nicotine withdrawal, clients often feel cravings, irritability, anger and shakiness. The hypnotherapist, in the same or different session, gets at the nicotine addiction by tackling it with statements like “I can beat nicotine addiction” or “When I have the urge to smoke, the urge will just fade away” or “I am calm in the face of nicotine withdrawal”. The client will then be armed with what he or she needs to fight off the addictive component of smoking cessation.
Finally the quit smoking hypnosis technique involves dealing with the long term issues of cravings and of being around people that smoke. The individual is brought into a hypnotic trance and then is told specific suggestions like “I don’t feel the urge to smoke around others who are smoking” or “I consider myself a nonsmoker now” or “Even if my spouse smokes, I don’t need to smoke as well.” The client is much more able to maintain smoking cessation when given such suggestions, especially when given a post hypnotic suggestion.
The quit smoking hypnosis program can be done in one or more sessions with a hypnotherapist or with hypnosis quit smoking CDs or mp3s. You can buy such media methods online or through a hypnotherapist or a bookstore (possibly). When you do this, you are undergoing self hypnosis. Unless you get a customized CD or mp3, you will receive more generic suggestions related to smoking that may or may not apply to you. You can simply choose the statements that apply to you or go ahead and buy a customized hypnosis quit smoking CD or mp3 that is directed specifically at your smoking issues.
The way to go about this is to fill out some information about yourself and what you need a hypnosis download for. It could be about phobias, weight loss, relaxation, smoking cessation or just about anything else you are interested in. The hypnotherapist creates a customized download that specifically addresses your needs and concerns. For example, if you are afraid of heights, the hypnotherapist will put you in a hypnotic trance via mp3 and will give you suggestions like “You are no longer afraid of heights” or “Heights no longer bother you” or “You have no fear of heights”. If you are in a proper trance, these suggestions will reach your brain and will change the way you feel about heights.
Hypnosis download material consists of three parts. There is the induction part where you are put into a hypnotic trance. This can be something like counting backwards from ten or having the hypnotherapist count to ten while you imagine yourself descending a staircase until you fall into a large and soft feather bed and are in a trance. The second part is the suggestions which are tailored to your specific needs. Allow the suggestions to flow into you and repeat the suggestions if you think it will help. The final state is the wake up stage, where the hypnotist puts you into a wakeful state where you feel refreshed and feel differently about the things that were talked about in the session.
Advantages of a hypnosis download include that you can do it in the privacy of your own home. The download can be tailored to fit your specific needs and you may listen to it as often as is necessary in order to get the best response out of it. Hypnosis downloads are provided by internet companies that hire hypnotherapists who are trained to create downloads that are specific to your needs.
The disadvantages of a hypnosis download are that it never changes or alters itself as your specific needs change. You can always buy a different download and use that one, however. An example is when you are quitting smoking. The issues you have at the beginning of the download can change as different aspects of quitting smoking come up. You may need to get a different download for quitting smoking, one for dealing with withdrawal symptoms and cravings and another to handle the triggers that come up after quitting smoking. It all depends on how it goes for you.
Hypnosis downloads are a cost-effective way to get hypnosis from a reputable hypnotherapist without ever having to leave your home.
