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Smoking has become an anti-social,
life threatening behavior to health that is claiming the lives of too many people.
In the 1940's, the movies began to promote smoking as cool.
For example,
images of Humphrey Bogart with a cigarette are common, and who
could imagine Humphrey not being cool? James Dean in the
50's continued the cool image until the 1970's
when the dangers of cigarette smoking started to surface.
However, it was still dangerous and exciting to light up secretly with
peers at school. Little did we know when we were teenagers what
harm we were doing to our health. I am an
ex-smoker myself. I smoked Marlborough's (the red packet) for
about 15 years, at least one pack a day (sometimes two if it was
a social evening out). It has been over 10 years since I
had a cigarette now, and I am so glad that those days are behind
me. When I was a smoker, I was never really aware of how
horrible my clothes and hair smelled, but I didn't like the
smoke getting in my face even then. Finally, I developed a smoker's
cough that made me sound like I was going to burst a lung. |
I can help you to become an ex-smoker!
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That was then. Now I smell smoke from 20 paces. People
that I meet who are smokers, some of them dear friends, have the worst
breath, stinking like a soggy old ashtray. Stale cigarettes linger
in clothing, furniture, and even in the walls, but I have not become one
of those awful people who preach no-smoking at every opportunity.
If I can help anyone to improve their health and life in general by
kicking this habit, then I will pull out all the stops to do so.
I offer a couple of different approaches for the client who wishes to
stop smoking. One approach is to withdraw progressively from
cigarettes, much like doctors reduce doses for patients who wish to get
off addictive medication. This course of action takes several
weeks, depending on how much you smoke. Each week you will reduce
the amount of cigarettes that you smoke, and you will learn coping
mechanisms to replace the smoking habit. A personalized CD is
included in this program so that you have the ability to work on
becoming an ex-smoker daily.
If your cigarette habit is quite low and you have already made
headway in reducing the amount you smoke, it is possible that you would
benefit from the one-stop smoking session. Included in this
program is a follow-up session and a personally recorded CD, which will
reinforce the session.
It is important to note that whichever program seems better for you -
you have to want to stop smoking!
Questions to ask yourself before you come for
hypnosis:
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Why do you want to stop smoking?
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Do you really want to stop?
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How many cigarettes do you smoke each day?
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Do you smoke them all the way down?
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When do you smoke?
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What are your triggers?
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What do you like about smoking?
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What do you dislike about smoking?
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Do you have any fears about stopping smoking?
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What one of my clients said:
Karin Hall-Willis is a phenomenal hypnotherapist!
For the last 33 years, I have tried and failed at virtually
every method to quit smoking: willpower, the gum, the lozenges,
the filters, ear shock therapy (ouch!), acupressure, meditation,
prescription medication, etc. All of these methods were
unpleasant. Ms. Hall-Willis's hypnotherapy is just
that--therapy--you feel GREAT afterwards.
However, after my first session with Ms. Hall-Willis, I did not
smoke for about week to ten days. I went from a pack to a
pack-and-a-half a day to no cigarettes.
When I started back up again, I found that I could not smoke
more than half a cigarette and could smoke no more than half a
pack a day. In my second session, Ms. Hall-Willis led me to
discover that I was actually in conflict over quitting. She gave
me ways to resolve the conflict, manage my stress levels,
reinforce my desire to quit smoking, and still enjoy being
around friends who do smoke. She also made me a CD that I can
play at anytime to reinforce my being a non-smoker.
I am now a non-smoker after 33 years of being a smoker--thanks
to Karin Hall-Willis.
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Hillcrest Hypnosis
3000 Kavanaugh
Suite 207A, Hillcrest Square
Little Rock, AR 72205
email:
khallwillis@gmail.com
Tel: 501-352-3560 |
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