Embrace a Smoke-Free Life: Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy in Melbourne

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Hypnotherapy For Smoking

If you’re ready to finally give up smoking for good, good for you! You’ve come to the right place. Whether this is your first time trying to kick the habit or your twentieth, it’s important to never admit defeat. Your health is too important an asset to jeopardise by continuing to smoke. Many people have found enormous success using hypnotherapy for smoking cessation.

The trained psychotherapists at Bayside Psychotherapy in Melbourne may be able to help you achieve your goal of stopping smoking. Addiction counselling can potentially give you tools to tackle issues that may be underlying your smoking habit – either via a face-to-face meeting at our clinic, or in secure online sessions.

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What Are the Side Effects of Smoking?

Smoking causes many harmful health conditions such as heart disease and cancer, to name a few. Smoking also raises the risk for tuberculosis and problems of the immune system, including rheumatoid arthritis.

The tar in cigarettes can cause lung and throat cancer. At the same time, the carbon monoxide in cigarettes also reduces the body’s ability to carry oxygen to the muscles, brain and blood, damaging major organs.

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) framework convention on tobacco control states, “There is conclusive evidence that sustained smoking/using tobacco products can cause cancers at various sites in the human body, particularly cancer of the lung.”

In Australia, tobacco use is responsible for approximately 15,000 deaths each year. In 2004–2005 about three-quarters of a million hospital bed-days were a result of tobacco use. (Collins & Lapsley, 2008).

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Am I Affecting My Family and Friends With My Smoking?

Smoking affects everyone, not just the smoker. Children and family are significant factors in why people quit. A survey found that 98% of kids wanted their parents to stop smoking, and nearly half of those kids said their parent’s smoking made them feel sick. If you smoke near your little ones, there’s a potential that their health could be at risk from second-hand smoke.

Smoking can also affect the wallet, which can cause arguments with partners. And let’s not forget the pungent smell that can put your friends and co-workers off. Put your family and friends first by getting help to possibly kick the habit for good.

How Many Sessions Will I Need?

The duration of treatment depends on many factors, including how willing you are to work through the issues that emerge. Our hypnotherapists are psychologically minded, and their objective is to help you potentially stop smoking, and possibly stay stopped by addressing underlying causes. Many people are referred to us by their doctors, for urgent help to give up smoking, and GP care and hypnotherapy may work well together. Including addiction counselling may also make a powerful combination for possible long term success, and reduced chances of a relapse.

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People smoke for many different reasons. The genetic, or so-called “addictive personality” argument doesn’t fit our clinical experience. Our hypnotherapists have treated plenty of personality types who want to cease smoking, and they all have different histories, triggers and stress points. Smoking can create the illusion of relaxation or relief from anxiety, while in reality, each cigarette puts great stress on the body. Failing health and the cycle of failed attempts to quit takes a toll on mental health. The good news is that some people are eventually able to become non-smokers, regardless of their personality traits.

Bayside Psychotherapy smoking counselling and hypnosis sessions endeavour to help you take control of your smoking and potentially have you living a healthier life, while also attempting to get to the bottom of deeper issues that may be blocking your progress.

Self-hypnosis may also work well when used in conjunction with counselling. You can download our Smoking Self Hypnosis recording from our website.

Call us on (03) 9557 9113 to book your confidential counselling or hypnotherapy appointment. You can also book an appointment by using our online booking form for online appointments. Or, if you prefer, you can book an in-clinic session.

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Why Use Hypnotherapy To Quit Smoking?

Mind Over Habit

Try to think of smoking as a deep-rooted habit in our minds. Hypnotherapy is often used to speak directly to that part of our mind to change the habit and break the addiction to smoking.

Reframe & See Cigarettes Differently

Hypnotherapy can be used to make us see cigarettes not as friends, but as enemies. Instead of a “stress-reliever,” it becomes a “health stealer”. This reframing can help you stop smoking.

Boosting Your Positivity

In hypnotherapy, you’ll hear positive messages about quitting smoking. These messages help to promote your health and wellbeing, and motivate you to become smoke free.

Stress Reduction

One of the major reasons people smoke is to manage stress. Instead hypnotherapy can help people in their quitting journey to feel calm and relaxed, ultimately lowering dependence on cigarettes’ and promoting healthier ways to deal with stress.

Dig Deep

Hypnotherapy is great for people who want to quit cigarette smoking and can help to uncover those reasons why they smoke and address them. We here at Bayside Psychotherapy support people who want to quit smoking.

Believe in Yourself

Hypnotherapy strengthens personal will power. Instilling a self belief that you can break the dependency on nicotine once and for all. That self-belief is a powerful tool that is useful in daily life.

Made for You

Each smoking journey is unique. Some smokers try numerous times to go cold turkey, others try therapy. Whatever route you choose, it is important to get support to quit smoking. Our Hypnotherapists have years of experience and can tweak sessions to fit your story.

No Chemicals

Unlike some other methods, hypnotherapy doesn’t use pills or patches. It’s all about the power of suggestion and a safe space to help people to quit.

Stay Motivated

Staying motivated when you’re trying to quit can make the reasons more vivid in your mind, boosting your drive to stay smoke-free and start your new life.

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Self-hypnosis may also work well when used in conjunction with counselling. You can download our Smoking Self Hypnosis recording from our website.

Don’t let cigarettes continue to rule your life, drain your finances and harm your health.

Call us on (03) 9557 9113 to book your confidential counselling or hypnotherapy appointment. You can also book an appointment by using our online booking form for online appointments. Or, if you prefer, you can book an in-clinic session.

Note: This information is informative only and is not to be used for diagnosis or substitution of appropriate assessment and/or treatment by a registered practitioner. Information on this page and our entire site should not be construed as implying that our therapists are specialists in treating any condition whatsoever. While some of our therapists may have experience working with people suffering from a specific condition, not all of our therapists do. We do not guarantee any particular level of performance, cure or management of symptoms. Each case is unique and responds differently with collaboration between client and therapist being crucial. Always seek an appropriate assessment from a qualified professional such as a GP, psychiatrist, clinical psychologist or social worker especially if you are acutely distressed.

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