Smoking Cessation Hypnotherapy Practitioner Course

Quitting smoking, as with quitting any addiction, is not easy. Many smokers will have already tried other methods of giving up the habit, generally through will power or low doses of nicotine, alone. Where hypnosis differs, and why it works, is that is alters the mindset and subconscious of the smoker, rather than trying to ignore or mask cravings. The Smoking Cessation Hypnotherapy Practitioner Course gives students all the tools they need to help their clients to give up smoking, by employing powerful hypnotherapy techniques.

Who Would Benefit from the Course?

With its comprehensive study materials, the Smoking Cessation Hypnotherapy Practitioner Course is accessible to anyone, regardless of previous study or experience. While novices to hypnotherapy are able to take the course, with its specialised role within hypnotherapy this course is also excellent for existing hypnotherapy practitioners or students to work through, to add this topic to their current services or knowledge base.

What You'll Learn from the Smoking Cessation Hypnotherapy Practitioner Course

1. Getting to Know Your Client
2. Working With Your Client
3. Trust and Rapport
4. Hypnosis 101
5. Induction techniques
6. Hypnosis Scripts
7. Specialized Techniques
8. Creating Custom Scripts
9. Business Vision and Marketing

Module 1 sets the scene for the course; providing an outline of each of the hypnotherapy sessions that will be discussed in the course and giving students a good background knowledge of this type of hypnotherapy. This includes: the dangers of smoking and how hypnotherapy can help, the stages of change that a client must go through to change their mindset from smoker, to non-smoker, how to conduct an initial interview with a client and understanding why this is so useful, and the importance of gaining an awareness of a client's medical background.

The 2nd module of the Smoking Cessation Hypnotherapy Practitioner Course will expand the student's knowledge of hypnosis; giving an overview of how hypnosis works, which will be explained more fully later in course and can also be used when explaining the process to clients. This module also goes further in understanding whether a client is ready to undertake treatment and how set up the process for clients to follow and reach their goals, including common forms that you would have new clients fill in.

As with any therapy and treatment, it is important that the client trusts their practitioner, and this is particularly true of hypnotherapy, as a client cannot be hypnotised if they are not relaxed. Module 3 discusses: how to build trust and rapport with a client, being aware of your client's needs and communication style, altering your therapy style to fit the client, and how to go about practicing your craft, along with some suggestions that will help your client to cope with the process of becoming a non-smoker.

The 4th module of the Smoking Cessation Hypnotherapy Practitioner Course takes students deep into the theories and practices of hypnosis, giving an advanced understanding of what it is and how it works. To aid in the understanding of these theories, the module uses specific examples in the ways in which hypnosis can be successfully practiced.

Module 5 provides practical explanations on how to induce a hypnotic state in your client, readying them for treatment. This is not a one-size-fits all practice, however, and so the module provides a variety of induction techniques; fully explaining each.

The course then moves onto the next step of a hypnotherapy, by providing 7 session scripts that can be used in your practice. Found in module 6, these scripts are not set in stone and can, and should, be customised to fit each of your clients; addressing goals that they had set in the initial stages of therapy.

With a core knowledge and practiced theories of hypnosis understood, the Smoking Cessation Hypnotherapy Practitioner Course's 7th module takes students through specialised techniques, which can be incredibly useful when helping a client to quit smoking. The techniques covered are: reframing, sub-modalities, the swish technique, systematic desensitization and anchoring.

Module 8 is about the advancement of the skills learnt in the course so far. This includes information on how to create your own hypnotism scripts, some tips to ensure effective hypnotherapy sessions, and suggestions of advanced techniques that students are encouraged to try.

The final module of the Smoking Cessation Hypnotherapy Practitioner Course gives information and ideas on how you can take everything you've learned and put it to use in your own business. This includes topics such as: how to create a mission statement and the importance of this, making a profit, understanding your clients and attracting more clients, and marketing processes that can be used to grow your business.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Smoking Cessation Hypnotherapy Practitioner Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace. The course comes with a course assessment in the form of quizzes, written questions and short essays, once you have completed your course assessment please email or post it back to us for marking, you will then receive your feedback and certificates.

This course is certified by the IANLPC (International Association of NLP & Coaching) and the IAHT (International Alliance of Holistic Therapists), both of which are internationally recognised organisations. The IAHT certify personal development, health, fitness and nutrition courses. The IANLPC is a global support network for NLP Professionals and coaches, including the fields of Life Coaching, Hypnotherapy Business Coaching, Leadership, Nutritional, CBT, Personal Development and Holistic Therapy.

Course Syllabus

Module 1: Getting to Know Your Client

• Introduction
• Hypnosis Sessions in This Course
• The Dangers of Smoking
• Five Stages of Change
• Stages of Change Model
• The Client Interview
• The Client Interview Process
• Background history - intake form
• Module 1 Self-Assessment

Module 2: Working With Your Client

• Explaining How Hypnosis Works
• Autonomic nervous system
• Memories
• Stage Hypnosis
• How does Self-hypnosis work?
• Visualization
• The Lemon Test
• How to Test Hypnotic Imagination
• Lemon Cutting Script
• Typical Questions You Might Be Asked
• Suggestibility Tests
• Hypnosis Benefits
• Pricing Your Sessions - How Many Do They Need?
• Put it Down on Paper - Is Your Client Ready to Quit?
• Identifying Triggers - Roadblocks to Success
• The Art of Script-Writing
• Setting SMART Goals
• Creating Custom Suggestions
• 100+ Typical Smoking Cessation Hypnotic Suggestions
• Typical Forms
• SMART Goal Worksheet
• Goal Setting Worksheet - Step One
• Goal Setting Worksheet - Step Two
• Creating Custom Suggestions - Step One
• Creating Custom Suggestions - Step Two
• Client Questionnaire
• List of ten "positive suggestions" associated with this goal
• Intake Appraisal Form
• Session Notes
• Smoking Cessation Client Questionnaire
• Release Statement - Please Sign
• Consent to Film
• Module 2 Self-Assessment

Module 3: Trust and Rapport

• Building Trust and Rapport
• Indicators of Rapport
• Matching and Mirroring
• Representational systems
• Sensory Acuity
• Practicing With Your Voice
• Enlisting Support From Family and Friends
• The Four D's
• Module 3 Self-Assessment

Module 4: Hypnosis 101

• What is Hypnosis and How Does it Work?
• Getting the Mind and Body in Sync
• The Power of Hypnotic Suggestions
• Hypnotic Language Patterns
• Advanced Hypnotic Language Techniques
• Words that Move
• Conversational Hypnosis
• The 4 Stage Hypnotic Protocol
• Typical Embedded Commands
• Typical Weasel Phrases
• Signs of Trance
• Module 4 Self-Assessment

Module 5: Induction techniques

• Typical Progressive Relaxation Induction
• Eye-Fixation Induction Method
• Rapid Induction Techniques
• Rapid Eye De-Focus
• Direct Gaze Method
• Rhythmic eye Movement
• Pattern Breaking
• Alternate Pattern Breaking Induction
• Magnetic Field Inductions
• Hand Rotation Induction
• Module 5 Self-Assessment

Module 6: Hypnosis Scripts

• Session 1 - The Smoking Bully - Self-Sabotage
• Session 2 - The Five Stages of Change
• Session 3 - The Rotting Garbage Dump
• Session 4 - A Fork in the Road - Overcoming Obstacles
• Session 5 - Self-Sabotage and Parts Therapy
• Session 6 - Remain a Non-Smoker
• Session 7 - Complete Freedom
• Self-Hypnosis Session
• Read Aloud Stop Smoking in its Tracks Self-Hypnosis

Module 7: Specialized Techniques

• Reframing Technique
• NLP Sub modalities - Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic
• The Swish Technique
• Swish Pattern
• Systematic Desensitization
• Post-Hypnotic Suggestions and Anchoring
• Therapeutic Metaphors
• Metaphors for Smoking Cessation
• Regression Techniques
• Module 7 Self-Assessment

Module 8: Creating Custom Scripts

• A Step-by-Step Guide to Effective Hypnosis
• Hypnosis Program Tips
• Advanced Techniques to Try
• Module 8 Self-Assessment

Module 9: Business Vision and Marketing

• Business Vision
• How to Attract Clients
• Will You Make a Profit?
• Who is Your Ideal Client?
• Ways to Attract Clients
• Advertising
• Social Media Marketing
• Module 9 Self-Assessment

Conclusion: Putting it All Together

Final Assessment

References

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