Depending on whom you ask the number of hypnosis sessions an individual requires to quit smoking can vary.
My stop smoking using hypnosis program is one session only.
Occasionally, a follow-up is required but I aim to get clients smoke free after one long session. What I mean by this is its not 60-minutes, but closer to 2 hours, or even slightly longer.
As a general rule of thumb, the client’s readiness to quit, that is, truly wanting to quit, is the greatest variable which will determine how many sessions are required.
There are cases where an individual who was a smoker for most of their life quits their habit cold turkey? That’s right! One day they just said, “Enough is enough!” and never lit up again. How was this possible?
They made up their mind they wanted to quit smoking and exerted their will power on both conscious and unconscious levels. They put in the exact order, without compromise that they were going to quit smoking and that this was their final answer! Quitting smoking like anything worth achieving is all about setting an intention.
WHAT DOES SETTING AN INTENTION MEAN?
Setting an intention is getting clear in the mind what is desired. One sets the intention (goal) in the mind and sees that as the “be all and end all”.
One sees what is wanted and becomes convinced it will be achieved. Once this kind of intention has been set, the mind is an extremely powerful and stubborn entity which will focus on that intention.
Furthermore, the mind will not only become flooded with thoughts set around the intention but also feelings.
It’s the feelings which become the major activating key toward achieving anything. Feelings are strong. Feelings become intensely real to the person. Feelings lead one to where they want to go!
How was the smoker able to quit cold turkey?
Simply, they set their intention to be a non-smoker and feelings around being a non-smoker became central points around their quitting. Their feelings reinforce their thoughts about quitting. Feelings energize the thought process.
When one puts thoughts and feelings together, powerful things happen, in this case quitting smoking.
WHERE DOES HYPNOSIS COME INTO PLAY?
Hypnosis is one of the best tools/methods for quitting smoking in the shortest amount of time. Of course this only occurs if the individual truly wants to quit.
Remember how the smoker who quit cold turkey was successful because they no longer thought of them self as a smoker?
These thoughts translated into feelings associated with being a non-smoker.
Their conscious mind fed their unconscious minds and saturated it with “non-smoker” qualities.
With hypnosis, one doesn’t need to be as determined and head strong as the smoker who quit cold turkey. Rather the therapist helps the individual who wants to quit by guiding the right mindset which produces the thoughts to create the permanent intention of being a non-smoker.
If the smoker wants to truly quit, they’ve already set the intention. The hypnotherapist just helps tap into the unconscious mind and replaces the “smoking” mindset with one of a non-smoking mindset.
In essence, the smoker doesn’t have to get to the point of being truly fed up with smoking to quit. They only have to want to quit. With that said, the smoker has done half the work already and the therapist will tap into the mind which will produce change… even lasting change after one session.
Not everyone using hypnosis to quit smoking will succeed in the first session. Some will require a follow-up session, and on extremely rare occasions, a third.
The number of sessions is less important than is deeply ingraining post-hypnotic suggestions in the unconscious mind. Once this occurs, the smoker is on their way to becoming a non-smoker!
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