Testimonials Archive

Sara McCann

Having completed a number of online and offline courses (in marketing, hypnotherapy, and smoking cessation), I was anxious about beginning another that might leave me still feeling like a piece of the puzzle was missing.

There are no missing puzzle pieces in this course! From start to finish every detail is explained to you and provided to you in audio, video, and transcript. The support you receive for anything that might have been missed (and you’ll struggle to find much that isn’t covered) is second to none.

The team are there to respond in a very helpful and friendly way. They respond quickly and go to great lengths to help as much as possible. I was bowled over by that in particular, as with online courses it can often feel distant. Usually, most companies take your money, give you the material…and then really don’t give a damn if you ‘get it’ or not. Not so with the team at Uncommon U! They care, they really care…and by the end of it you feel like you know them personally, which is very refreshing.

This is by far the best course I have done in smoking cessation. I thought I knew it all and that there was no other approach possible…I didn’t! I have now completely turned around the way I deal with smoking clients. I used to panic about dealing with smokers, I would be anxious that I wouldn’t be able to push them away from smoking and then dread the phone ringing for days after seeing them and hearing those dreaded words…”it didn’t work”…

Uncommon U have shown me a far better way to approach smoking cessation, a way that puts me on the same side as the client so I am working with them, not against them as I was before. They have provided me with everything I need in this course to provide the very best of care, support, and help to smokers and also helped me to feel completely different about that phone ringing! I can’t praise this course or the team highly enough.

Frederick

The stop anyone smoking course was just so different from anything else. So well presented and understandable. It’s not so much that it stops people smoking, as it stops people from BEING a smoker. That’s the difference this course has.

Celia Almeida

I really enjoyed the training and felt that I learned a lot from the blend of written, audio and visual materials. It was particularly helpful in giving me an overview of what smoking is all about from the point of view of the smoker – we all “know” it’s bad for us yet smokers persist in defying logic and continuing to smoke. Unlocking the reasons why people smoke and learning a range of approaches to help the smoker work against the smoking were key elements for me. All done with the usual clarity, precision and humour which Mark and Roger bring to every course.

I have worked with 3 clients since doing the course and all 3 are still non-smokers – the proof of the pudding I think!

Susan French

The course is wonderful. I’m just starting the second section. I am so thrilled that someone finally agrees that you can’t push smokers or expect them to respond after one session. I’ve been searching on my own to try to find some method that addresses the addiction/habituation without being so do-or-die, “you’re either ready or your not” judgmental, making the client wrong, insensitive, impractical and dismissive.

So many therapists say that their smoking clients quit after one session. I’ve found that to be the exception so I ended up cringing in fear and confusion when I got a smoking client. I was so relieved to hear Mark say the same thing.

This is a much better approach and has some really wonderful information about the nature of addiction/habituation and how people are so different in their responses. I’ve always rejected the idea that you only take clients who are “ready.”

I always knew that some kind of segmented approach was needed but I couldn’t get a firm handle on how to structure it. This seems really great and I’m already using it with a smoking client. It also seems as if it works for any other addictive/habituative behavior.

This way it seems that the pressure is taken off both client and therapist for perfect, immediate results. It also seems that both the cognitive brain function AND subconscious brain function are used to support each other, which has always been my preference. I find that people do better when they know what to expect and why and, more importantly, how to handle it in the recovery process.

Kudos to Mark and Roger. Please forward this to them. If I had the money, I would gladly pay twice as much for their courses and consider myself lucky. I’m very grateful.

Melody Taylor

I really enjoyed doing this course and looked forward to each session I spent working on it. I found all the setting up instructions easy to follow and even fail proof…which for me is a big deal because it has been easy for me to get muddled up with following computer instructions in most other instances (I’m in my 50’s and only have basic computer skills at this stage).

I really liked the check list at the beginning of each section… I got a buzz each time I ticked another step off and looked forward to the next step. In NLP we call this ‘chunking down’ and for me it had the effect of feeling steady progress. My ability to learn and retain the information was hugely aided by the multi-sensory system presentations – video presentations, audio and written and even kinesthetic with using the computer and ticking off the steps. I even liked the on-line tests for each section…they were relevant questions, achievable and the results are instantly available (very cool)!

The approach of gradually separating the person (client) from the smoking as part of their identity totally makes sense to me and focussing on care and respect for the power of people’s beliefs is also congruent with my understanding of people.

All in all I will continue my professional development with Uncommon Knowledge because it is a fantastic learning resource for me and encompasses the NLP presuppositions, Human Givens and Erickson style hypnotherapy.

Chris McFetridge

I’ve just completed your ‘How to Stop Anyone Smoking’ online course. Thank you so much for a compelling, well thought out, highly enjoyable, and informative programme. The content is presented in an easy to follow manner, is very engaging, and I especially liked how some elements are revisited throughout the different sessions.

The Uncommon approach is certainly different to the way I was taught – as a regression hypnotherapist – however, I can’t wait to utilise the unique insights, tools, and strategies with my next smoking cessation client.

Robert Sieveking

Completing your course was a pleasure. I have taken a number of smoking cessation courses, and have been helping smokers become non smokers for over ten years. Your insights are unique and your instruction refreshing. I feel that I have gained some new and promising tools and strategies for my clients. Thank you for all of your work. Fine job.

Sherry Hardt

Thank you so much for this course. There is such a wealth of knowledge here that I had not been exposed to before. I feel well equipped to work with addictions and ready to create metaphors. I used one of the metaphors for a client with disease and she is improving! So glad I found this course. Working with a smoking (really a nonsmoking) client tomorrow. Before I dreaded it, now I am excited to work with this client.

Rosemary Siple

The materials are superb. I love the written material and being able to follow along with the video or audio while reading. It is perfect for my style of learning. Rather than taking notes, I can highlight and notate the written materials…fabulous! Also, love the full session recordings. Really, I cannot say enough about what I have learned, not just with this program, but others that I am taking as well as the wealth of information on your site and in your emails.

I believe that I am listening more carefully and reframing. Reframing is so critical and while I do it, I found that I lacked confidence having never been a smoker, almost like I was a fraud, you know, “who am I to help these people quit!” But the program helped me understand the nature of the smoker and I believe the single most important factor that smokers have shared with me, that never came up before, is how “stupid” they feel for smoking and ashamed that they cannot quit by willpower alone. To free them from that misconception by helping them understand that the habit is a pattern of association and not a straight nicotine addiction, has freed each one of the guilt they felt and low self-esteem that developed around smoking. It is amazing.

A client came to me recently and had quit many times and for long periods of time, 5 years, 8 years, etc., but somehow she always returned to smoking. Now, she suffers from Peripheral Artery Disease and has had to undergo an angioplasty procedure. Furthermore, she was hiding the fact that she still smoked from coworkers, her doctors, and family members. She felt deep shame and disappointment in herself for continuing to smoke. After the session, upon coming out of the trance she began to cry. I allowed her to compose herself and process her tears before I asked what she was feeling. She said she never realized how much of her identity was falsely linked to smoking and how she felt free of it for the first time. She has no doubt that she will never smoke again.

You provide the absolute best hypnotherapy training available. Truly there is none better that I have found. I have been to NYC and spent weeks undergoing training by professional therapists, as well as other online programs; nothing beats the training and knowledge received from Uncommon Knowledge. Worth its weight in gold! Absolutely love you all, from Mark and Roger to all the staff that support the programs. Exceptional people and exceptional service.

Alina Tanase

How to Stop Anyone Smoking’ is a course that changed the way I think, feel and behave about smokers. It made me understand the habit from the inside and gave me a new mindset about them. I knew this course was good before I took it, because some of the materials they used to market it made me quit smoking. So, after I saw that it worked on me, and it was only one good crafted metaphor, I thought this is it, this is a course I must have. So I had. And it was a great experience, from the beginning till the end. It is a new and creative approach, and its knowledge expands even beyond the smoking habit. I am still learning from this course and I’m sure I’ll find new things again and again.

I’ve had only one client for stop smoking so far and it was a success, even if it didn’t seem like it when he left the session. Being my first client for this, I was so nervous and I used the material from the composite session to prepare myself. Before I made the appointment for the session, I sent him the ‘Get Ready to Quit Smoking’ material. Well, my client’s motivation was just curiosity about hypnosis and how could it make him stop. So, at least that’s what he said. He even told me at the beginning, ‘I have tried this and that for stopping, and it worked for a while. Now I want to try this hypnosis and if it doesn’t work, no problem.’ :)

The session took about 2 hours, pre-talk and hypnosis, and before he left I told him that some people are able to stop immediately after the session, and others need some more time, and I want him to give me a call and tell me that he had quit.

The very next day he left me a message that he is craving like crazy and I suggested we should meet again to talk about other stresses in his life. Well, as we approached the date of the next session, he left again a message telling me that after one day he couldn’t smoke, even if he wanted to. He had tried and the smoke made him feel sick. So, that’s my story and it made me feel good!

Mark and Roger are great teachers, I feel like they are around me when I need some inspiration. I look forward to the other courses on Uncommon U.

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