Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation: An NLP and Hypnotherapy Practictioner's
Manual
By David Botsford
One of the first books written for Hypnotherapy and NLP Practitioners that is
devoted entirely to the use of these techniques in enabling smokers to quit
their habit. Written by an experienced hypnotherapist, this volume first
provides an overview of the nature of hypnotic transformation and the psychology
of the smoker and then goes on to show why it is not enough to enable the smoker
to stop during the sessions – the therapist must also prepare the client for
every situation in the real world to be able to stay a non-smoker for life.
Combining Ericksonian hypnotherapy and NLP with techniques taken from
cognitive therapy, yoga and stress management, the book shows how to deal with
every possible situation in smoking cessation. It shows how to influence the
client before each session, how to deal with the client upon arrival to each
session, and how to teach self-hypnosis and other techniques which will help
maintain the client as a non-smoker after each session. Finally it provides a
practical plan for marketing a hypnotherapy smoking cessation service at low
cost but high impact. This book is an essential addition to every
hypnotherapist’s library - and one which readers will refer to again and again
in their therapeutic work.
David Botsford has written a book which is of superbly high standard. He
challenges us to see the smoking issue against a wider backdrop and to see that
our own work extends outside the actual session of hypnotherapy. The whole work
is insightful and is one of the most valuable reference manuals that I have ever
come across. I would say that this is an essential addition to the bookshelf of
every hypnotherapist. This will soon be regarded as the best book available in
this field. It certainly deserves to be given this distinction. -- David Slater,
BA, DHyp, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Counsellor
About the Author: David Botsford is a clinical hypnotherapist with a
practice in Harley Street, London, where he works particularly in the areas of
personal growth, emotional well-being and smoking cessation. He trained with the
National School of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy, and became an NLP Practitioner
with McKenna-Breen. He is a member of the National Council for Hypnotherapy and
contributes to the Hypnotherapy Journal.
