Buying Hypnosis CD\’s and Programs on the Internet to Stop Smoking - What Works and What Doesn\’t

A new way to stop smoking has surfaced on the internet. Companies offer stop smoking programs, most of which can be downloaded as audio files from the internet, or as CD\'s after a fee has been paid, of course. The stop smoking programs cover a wide range of approaches, many of them claiming incredible stop smoking success compared to figures released by more reliable sources like the American Lung Association.

Since nicotine replacement therapies (NRT\'s) have become available over the counter the reported effectiveness of those products has declined. This decline when the products became widely available without the interaction of a health or behavioral therapist suggest that the counseling and behavioral therapy that was supplied by doctors, pharmacists, and other behavioral workers such as clinical hypnotherapists, was a part of the success formula. IN support of that argument, the manufacturers of nicotine gum and patches do recommend therapy or support with the use of their products and that approach does seem to offer the best success rate.

While the wildly optimistic claims of the many stop smoking programs go without proof, one method does seem to offer some reliability and a reasonable expectation of success. Based on the success of the NRT\'s with behavioral counseling and the decline when behavioral counseling became an option behavioral therapy or counseling now seems to offer some hope. One method of behavioral therapy is to use hypnosis to stop smoking. Hypnosis was approved by the American Medical Association almost 50 years ago and has been growing in popularity and acceptance since then. But consumers should beware, because not all stop smoking hypnosis programs are created the same. There are many companies that offer prepackaged hypnosis tapes, cds and audio files. Those products may offer hypnosis, but they do not offer customized suggestions for the buyers.

A little information about hypnosis and therapy will explain why this is so important. There are two kinds of suggestions during hypnosis. Primary suggestions are the things the therapist or hypnotist says to guide the client into the hypnotic state. The secondary suggestions are the actual suggestions delivered once the hypnotic state is achieved. The secondary suggestions are meant to influence the subconscious mind where the drive or urge to smoke resides. People have many psychological reasons to smoke so a suggestion that works for one person may not be effective for another. The very nature of therapy calls for a personal, custom tailored approach.

Another problem that internet users face is knowing which online therapists are credentialed and have experience to use hypnosis to stop smoking. There are several good, experienced hypnotherapists who do offer customized hypnosis programs over the internet. Typically, when a smoker purchases a stop smoking program from a reputable clinical hypnotherapist, the client will be asked to fill out an online form or speak with the therapist on the phone. Either information gathering approach works because it allows the therapist to do a behavioral assessment which is an important part of good therapy. Without the behavioral assessment the therapist has no way to tailor a program for the individual and the product becomes canned hypnosis.

So if you want to use hypnosis to stop smoking, then one of the internet hypotherapists who post their credentials online and offer customized tapes, cds and programs are a reasonable option.

You can find out more about clinical hypnosis and online hypnosis programs that work at Use Hypnosis to Stop Smoking

Wil Langford, R. Hy., is a 54 yr. old. Clinical Hypnotherapist, Integrated Energy Therapist, and teacher. With hundreds of hours of clinical work with smokers Wil is an expert on finding the keys to quitting smoking, no longer how long you may have smoked or how impossible the task may seem. Hypnosis, the method I use to help smokers, was approved as an effective method by the American Medical Association.

For more advice and information from Wil, go to Use Hypnosis to Stop Smoking

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