Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation: An NLP and Hypnotherapy Practitioner's Manual

by David Botsford

Overview

This is the first book written for Hypnotherapy and NLP Practitioners that is devoted entirely to the use of these techniques in enabling smokers to quit. It has been written by a Harley Street hypnotherapist with over 12 years experience in helping clients to quit smoking in one-to-one sessions. Combining Ericksonian hypnotherapy and NLP with techniques from cognitive therapy, Yoga and stress management, the book shows how to deal with every possible situation in smoking cessation. How to influence the client even before the session, how to deal with the client on arrival and how to teach self-hypnosis and other techniques which will keep the client a non-smoker after the session. Providing a practical plan for marketing a hypnotherapy smoking cessation service at low cost but high impact.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845900748
Publisher:	Crown House Publishing
Publication date:	12/28/2007
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

After working in computers, David Botsford trained in hypnotherapy. In 2000 he trained in stage hypnosis, and performed on television, stage and for private events. In 2003 he produced a series of seven self-hypnosis CD sets and from 2005 trained hypnotherapists in smoking cessation and marketing.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements     iii
Introduction: The hypnotherapist and the smoking habit     v
The elements of transformation     1
The nature and function of trance     5
Fundamentals for success in smoking cessation     11
Preparing for the session     29
Starting the main smoking cessation session     43
Educating the client to gain control     67
The trance induction and after     93
A self-hypnosis CD for your clients     131
The follow-up session     137
A checklist for one-to-one smoking cessation     159
Various tips for one-to-one smoking cessation     165
Building a one-to-one therapy practice     171
Running a group smoking cessation event     181
Smoking cessation for the corporate market     221
A parting message: Life's journey     245
Appendices
Workplace smoking and the law     249
Benefits of smoking cessation seminars to organisations     251
The use of music for relaxation     253
Suggestions for further reading     257
Endnotes     261
Index     265