The Hypnowellness Stop Smoking Programme
A tailored programme using Hypnotherapy, CBT and Mindfulness
I developed the Hypnowellness Stop Smoking Programme to provide a more individual and structured way of helping people stop smoking or vaping.
Rather than treating smoking simply as a habit to be “given up”, the programme focuses on helping you understand the beliefs, triggers and patterns that have kept the habit in place, and on building a more positive view of becoming smoke-free.
The programme combines Hypnotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness, with the approach tailored to you as an individual.
How The Hypnowellness Stop Smoking Programme Works:
The programme centres around a single session of approximately 1½ to 2 hours, following a preparation period of around 10 to 14 days.
During the preparation period, I’ll give you a number of simple techniques to begin changing some of the habits associated with smoking or vaping.
You’ll also complete detailed questionnaires that help me understand your own smoking history, triggers, motivations and the beliefs that may be supporting the habit.
I use this information to tailor the session specifically to you.
After the session, you’ll receive a specially recorded audio to help reinforce the work we’ve done and support your motivation to remain smoke-free.
Stopping smoking or vaping: putting you back in control
Stopping smoking or vaping can feel particularly difficult when the habit has been part of your life for many years.
The programme is designed to help you move away from the feeling that you are “giving something up” and towards recognising what you stand to gain by becoming smoke-free.
This involves:
- Understanding resistance
Recognising some of the beliefs and automatic responses that can make stopping feel more difficult than it needs to be. - Understanding the addictive pattern
Looking at the apparent contradiction between knowing that smoking is harmful and still feeling compelled to continue. - Building a positive view of life without smoking or vaping
Focusing on the practical, emotional and personal benefits of becoming an ex-smoker.
I have recently completed my hypnotherapy session to stop smoking after trying several other methods. Paul helped me to feel completely at ease and created a calm, secure environment to allow me to feel able to relax. The assessment process is comprehensive, which enables Paul to tailor the programme to your needs which I feel is the key to the success of the treatment.
Why the programme is tailored to you
Every smoker has a different history with smoking.
The circumstances in which you smoke, the reasons you first started, the situations that trigger cravings and the reasons you now want to stop are all individual.
For that reason, I don’t use an identical script or fixed process for everyone.
I tailor the Hypnowellness Stop Smoking Programme around your own motivations, habits and patterns, using Hypnotherapy, CBT and Mindfulness as appropriate.
Hypnotherapy To Help You Stop Smoking For Good
Hypnotherapy forms an important part of the programme.
I use it to help you visualise life as a non-smoker, strengthen your confidence in the decision you have made and work with some of the associations that have developed around smoking or vaping.
CBT
CBT helps us identify and challenge the thoughts and behaviours that can maintain the smoking habit.
It provides practical ways of responding differently to triggers and situations in which smoking may previously have felt automatic.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness provides a practical way of noticing cravings, thoughts and emotional triggers without immediately reacting to them.
This can help create the space between experiencing an urge and acting on it.
Paul Levrant, originator of the Hypnowellness Stop Smoking Programme
Over many years, I have helped hundreds of clients who wanted to stop smoking or vaping.
I trained as a therapist in mid-life following a long career in business and went on to develop the Hypnowellness Stop Smoking Programme by bringing together the elements of Hypnotherapy, CBT and Mindfulness that I found most useful in helping people change established habits.
The result is an individual programme designed around the person in front of me rather than a standardised approach to stopping smoking.
Find out whether the programme is right for you
I offer the Hypnowellness Stop Smoking Programme at my consulting rooms in Highgate, North London and Radlett, Hertfordshire.
If you would like to discuss the programme, what you have tried before and whether my approach may be appropriate for you, I’d be pleased to arrange an initial consultation.
Book a FREE Initial Consultation
I’d be pleased to arrange an initial telephone consultation with you. This will help me to understand your particular situation, and will help you to decide if you’d like to see me for therapy.
This initial consultation is completely free of charge, and without any obligation to proceed.