SOME NOTES ABOUT OUR COLCHESTER HYPNOTIST

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Antonia had been smoking for over thirty years, and had tried stopping with every drug product her GP could throw at her, without success. She had then gone onto an electric cigarette, not because she thought it might help her to stop smoking but because her doctor recommended it. That smacks of desperation, on his part more than hers. We find that most people coming to us for hypnosis have tried the e-cigarette. Whether they see it as a smoking cessation aid or simply a ‘safer’ way to smoke is unclear. Perhaps a bit of both. Our Colchester hypnotist believes that most users have no clear idea why they are doing it.

Antonia said she actually found the product unpleasant to use. Perhaps because of this, or because it wasn’t giving her enough nicotine, she was smoking the odd real cigarette as well. By the time she came to us for hypnotherapy she was herself getting a bit desperate. While she was making her booking with our Colchester hypnosis service, she asked if she come off the e-cigarette and just smoke real ones. Or perhaps the other way round. We explained that it didn’t actually matter. Hypnotherapy was going to help her to stop smoking. It wouldn’t matter what she was smoking.

The next question Antonia asked us was if she should continue to use either tobacco or the electric cigarette after she had been to our hypnotist in Colchester. This is a surprisingly common question. Why would anyone smoke after they have had the therapy? Perhaps they think they should cut down gradually after the hypnosis. No, absolutely not. That the client thought she might need to use the e-cigarette was a little less surprising. It’s supposedly a smoking cessation device, so why not? Because it isn’t a smoking cessation device. It’s smoking by another means. Anyway, that cleared that up!

Antonia’s questions raised an interesting question themselves. How many clients do what she thought she might do, after having hypnosis? And why? Because they still believe in the NHS pharmaceutical model? Because they aren’t completely sure about hypnotherapy? Well, it’s probably a bit of both.

Because we sorted out Antonia’s incorrect beliefs, she stopped smoking very easily with our Colchester hypnotherapist. It could so easily have gone wrong, though. Lesson learned.

If you don’t need our Colchester hypnotist, but you want to take pharmaceutical products instead, see your GP.. You can also visit the North Colchester Healthcare Centre website here.