Dear London Hypnotherapy UK

I need help to stop smoking. I have tried nicotine patches but found that they just made me feel tired and sick. They also gave me a feeling that I was floating somehow. They gave me a buzz but I couldn’t control when I had the buzz. I know that this doesn’t make  sense, but, if you think about it, the good thing about smoking is that you get a buzz when you want. You can breathe in and out and stop breathing  the smoke in when you want. Nicotine patches are not the same, and they make you feel out of control.

I want to give up smoking but I need some help to do it. Because I am thinking about it and talking to my friends about smoking, it seems that every day someone has told me that they or a friend of theirs has had a good experience using hypnotherapy to help them to stop smoking. I looked on the London Hypnotherapy UK website and saw that you offer Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy, and I thought that I would ask you how safe it was and what happens. I want to stop smoking but I don’t know how to do it. I have been smoking since the age of 14 and I am hooked on smoking. As soon as I get up I have a cigarette. After breakfast, I smoke another one, and after I get off the bus and after I get off the next bus. My whole life seems to revolve around smoking  these things. I work in central London and I am looking for a hypnotherapist in central London. I also want a top hypnotherapist, one that is fully trained and knows what he or she is talking about. London is so stressful, and I don’t know whether I can stop smoking while working here in London.  But can you help? Thanks Christine

Dear Christine

Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy is a very effective and safe form of treatment. You are in control, and you will aware of everything that happens during the process. There are no side effects. Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy is also a very quick process. Many clients have given up in one session, although some people come for two or three sessions. I have had people that have come to me for a longer period of time but they usually have other issues that they want to talk to me about. So, hypnotherapy–the approach I use is aversion therapy–is very powerful and it is not a long drawn out process. If you would like to make a booking, please ring 0207 467 8564. As you say, London Hypnotherapy UK is based in central London. The nearest stop is Oxford Circus which is on the Bakerloo and Victoria lines.

Dr David Kraft London Hypnotherapy UK

I saw an advertisement about stop smoking hypnotherapy. Can hypnotherapy stop me from smoking. I don’t think that you can hypnotize me, I am very strong willed. But anyway I have friends that have said that hypnosis can help me.  I have some friends near where I live in London that have given up smoking in one or two session. Obviously, they wanted to give up smoking. But I want to give up smoking too.

I smoke about 19 a day now. i smoke Marlboro lights and I like them. But what can I do. I have tried nicotine patches, and I have tried eating mints. I have tried smoking less and less. It never works. Whenever I get stressed I start smoking again. My best friend also smokes 40 a day. Whenever I meet him for a drink I always start smoking again. At the pub I smoke heavily.

I want to give up. My niece has stopped smoking and she has not touched a cigarette for two years. She says to me. Stop smoking the fags, or I will tell my mum.  She is silly but at least she has been able to stop smoking.

Please help.

Mav

Dear Mav

Yes I can help. You can certainly give me a ring and arrange for an appointment. I am based at 10 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF. The treatment is  very quick, but it is a complete abstinence programme. You must never smoke again.

Best wishes

David Kraft

Hi.

I would like to give up smoking and a friend told me that hypnotherapy is useful. Can you help me? I have been smoking for about nine years and I just can’t give up. My boyfriend said that I needed to get help. When I haven’t got any money, I realize that I only have a few cigarettes in my handbag. Then I get stressed. I can’t smoke tomorrow. I count how many cigarettes I can have during the evening, and I am am always asking people to borrow money so that I can smoke more. I am only smoking Benson & Hedges lights and I know that that is better than the normal cigarettes, but it is still bad isn’t it.

I also wheeze. When I get cold I continue to smoke. I smoke less but my cold goes on forever. As soon as my cold goes away and get another sore throat and the whole thing start again. My cough is also getting worse, and I know that is because of my smoking. Can you help please. I have heard that hypnotherapy can be used to help people to give up smoking.

Sylvia

Dear Sylvia

Thanks for your e-mail. The approach we use at London Hypnotherapy UK is called Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy; however, this therapy approach uses all sorts of techniques. The main technique I use is aversion therapy (although this is now referred to as covert sensitization). I pair the unwanted behaviour–in this case, the smoking–with wanting to feel sick. It is a very powerful process, and I have had great results with this technique over the years. Some clients give up in one session, while other need a few more sessions. The idea is not actually to make you feel sick; but, before you take the cigarette, or buy the cigarette, you feel sick and this stops you buy or smoke cigarettes. The approach is very safe and it gives you a huge amount of control.

If you would like to book a session to help you stop smoking, please give the office a ring on 0207 467 8564.

Best of luck

Dr David Kraft, London Hypnotherapy UK & London Psychotherapy

Dear sir

Please help me. I have been smoking for thirty odd years now and I really want to give up. I have given  up many times before, but I always start again. The last time I gave up, I started to drink more and then I put on weight. I then started smoking the occasional cigar and this helped me in the evenings to stop me eating too much. I then started smoking Cafe Cremes, and breathed them in. At one point I smoked 15 Cafe cremes one day and realized that I was a full time smoker again. I want to give up smoking. I really do. My son is now nine, I I can’t go running with him in the park because I get so out of breath. I know that smoking is causing me real damage but I can’t stop. I also bite my nails and have managed to stop this. Why can’t I stop smoking. I heard that Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy is effective and that it can help people to stop smoking.  Can you help me. My wife stopped smoking eight years ago and  she hasn’t had one since. Has she got more will power than me?   

Many thanks for your help. Please answer. Ok.

B

Dear B

Thanks for your e-mail. Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy is a highly effective form of treatment  and is very powerful indeed. Some smokers have come to me and have stopped smoking in one session, while others have had two or three sessions. There are a few that have more than three session but usually they need to talk about other issues as well and not just stopping smoking. This year 100% of indivviduals have stopped in one session.

The programme is one of complete abstinence.  When you come to me you have to be ready not to smoke and also you have to throw away all your cigarettes, lighters and paraphernalia. Once you have done this, the therapy has begun already. I will used hypnosis to help you achieve  your potential and help you to stop smoking. For more informattion, please feel free to look at my website at London Hypnotherapy UK.

Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy is very safe and extremely powerful. I wish you the best of luck. If you want a session, please call London Hypnotherapy UK on 0207 467 8564.

David Kraft

Dear doctor

I am so worried. I need to find a therapist to help me to stop smoking. i gather that you can get help and that a hypnotist can help me with these problems. I need to understand about it. Can it help? Will it make me do anything that I don’t want to do and how long will it take. I also need to find out a little bit about smoking and what it does to you. Can you help?

Thanks

Rachel

Dear Rachel

First it is important that you know that I am a psychotherapist and a hypnotherapist and I am not a medically trained doctor. Second, we generally talk about hypnotists when we refer to those menaces of  society that go on stage and take advantage of people. Hypnotherapy, when it is done in the consulting room by a highly trained practitioner, is very different. Here, you are in control. The hypnotherapist will help you to do what you want to do, which, in this case is to stop smoking. In addition, once you have achieved this, it will help you to achieve other things in life. When you book your appointment, you are already ready to stop smoking.

Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy is a very safe and powerful form of treatment. I have begun to call this therapy ‘Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy‘; however, really this term is something of a misnomer. It refers to any hypnotherapy programme which help individuals to give up smoking. Some people call it Smoking Cessation Hypnotherapy. However, there are all sorts of different techniques that hypnotherapists use and they all come under the remit of Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy.

At London Hypnotherapy UK, the main technique is imaginal aversion therapy–since Cautela and is articles in the sixties, this is now known as covert sensitization. During this process, after induction–that is to say, once ‘trance’ has taken place–smoking is paired with feeling nauseous and sick or some other unpleasant sensation. This is repeated throughout the day–i.e. trials are given so that before you take the cigarette or buy the cigarette, you will feel these unpleasant feelings. The aversion therapy is combined with future orientation in time, when you have already given up smoking, ego strengthening, and some other powerful visualizations. The approach is quick and some people only have one or two sessions.

Good luck and I hope you book an appointment soon.

Hypnotherapy: Stopping Smoking

Can hypnotherapy help me to stop smoking?

Yes. Hypnotherapy is a very powerful tool. And the process is often a very quick one.

If I went to a hypnotherapist to help me stop smoking what would I expect?

It is important to see the hypnotherapist when you are ready. Motivation is a very important factor in this process. If you want to experience hypnotherapy in order to tell your partner that this didn’t work, then you will be throwing your money away. Only see a hypnotherapist when you, yourself, are ready.

Why is repetition important?

In every day life, if we repeat a phrase over and over again, we ignore its content and feel that it makes no sense to us; however, to the unconscious mind, which processes stimuli literally, each time one repeats a phrase, it enhances our awareness and our sensory responses react to that awareness.

 What do I do Next?

Book the session. All you have to do is to ring up the hypnotherapist and book an appointment. It is that simple. One used to have to go through the GP, but this is not necessary anymore; in fact, it is up to you whether you want your doctor to know about your treatment. To book an appointment at London Hypnotherapy UK, simply phone 0207 467 8564 and you will receive a phone call back the very same day.

What is hypnotherapy treatment like and how will it help me to stop smoking?

The therapy starts straight away. Smoking is perhaps different to some other addictions. It must be a complete abstinence programme. Once the treatment begins, you should never go back to smoking. In the future, you must not smoke one cigarette. Yes, just one will hurt you, because you will make excuses and end up smoking again.

What will happen?

In the hypnotherapy, you will be in control of how you feel, think and behave. It is possible that you will experience some time distortion; however, you will be fully aware of what is going on, and you will be in control. Contrary to popular belief, the hypnotherapist is not a sort of wizard that has control over your senses: he will simply facilitate an environment in which you will be able to effect change in your own behaviour. 

Aversion Therapy

London Hypnotherapy UK is committed to helping people to stop smoking. Dr David Kraft uses aversion therapy to help people to stop smoking. The benefits of this therapy are huge: not only is it long lasting, but also the effects are immediate. Some clients have been known to stop smoking in one, fifty minute session, while others have stopped after two, three or four sessions. Aversion Therapy (or covert sensitization) is a very powerful technique indeed, and the results have been quite overwhelming.

What is Aversion Therapy?

In trance, the hypnotherapist makes suggestions that, before you smoke, you will feel nauscous and sick. This is repeated at various times of the day. The intention is not to make you physically sick, but to make you feel sick before you take the cigarette. The technique is combined with ego strengthening and information about how much better you will feel having given up smoking. Ego Strengthening is a process by which the client is given suggestions that (s)he is becoming stronger, more confident and more in control. 

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