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<\/p>\nIf you’ve spent any time treating clients for their smoking habit, you’ll be familiar with that ‘ganged up on’ feeling.<\/p>\n
You know: the sense that you’re actually fighting the smoker in your treatment room, rather than helping them.<\/p>\n
And that they’ve got backup fighting for them too – the cigarettes.<\/p>\n
This is the trap that many smoking cessation practitioners fall into, and the trap that most quit smoking systems fail to address.<\/p>\n
And it’s so frustrating isn’t it? They’re arguing against their own health – their own life, but you can’t see a way through the addictive defence shield.<\/p>\n
Because there’s something very clever indeed about the way cigarettes fool the smoker…<\/p>\n
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Although your smoking client came to you asking for help, their addiction grants them artfully creative ‘logic’ to justify their habit, dismiss their ability to stop smoking, resist your ability to help them, and keep on smoking. No matter what you try, whatever ‘punches’ you throw, one or both of your opponents is ready for you.<\/p>\n
It’s human nature. Even your client’s most unreasonable and self-defeating excuses seem perfectly reasonable to them, because the maddening (to you) behaviours that surround addiction and habit operate on an unconscious level. Which is why, despite its critical importance to the client’s health, smoking cessation treatment can feel to the therapist like a never-ending crusade.<\/p>\n
It’s all too common to hear:<\/p>\n
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And the phrase that strikes fear into the hearts of so many competent smoking cessation practitioners:<\/p>\n
“The trouble is, I really like smoking.”<\/em><\/p>\n Your smoker might even agree with all you say and seem to take it to heart, not realizing that their inner resistance is working hard to sabotage both of you. And there’s the key:<\/p>\n You need to recruit your client to your side, against the cigarettes.<\/p>\n When you learn how to sidestep all resistance, it’s like dropping your end of a tug-of-war rope. The struggle ends and you can then help them turn that resistance against the smoking habit and pull together to defeat the real enemy once and for all.<\/p>\n And when you have such confidence in your smoking cessation approach, it sets your creativity free to make each session more enjoyable for both you and your client.<\/p>\n When you learn ‘How to Stop Anyone Smoking’, you’ll start by gaining an empowering new mindset for yourself about smoking cessation. This new way of thinking will obliterate your old beliefs and give you a fresh understanding of how smoking works.<\/p>\n Armed with this new Uncommon Knowledge, you will see your smoking clients’ habitual behaviour through a fascinatingly clear lens of understanding. No longer will the rationale for their responses, actions, and arguments be perplexing. And the steps you need to take with them will feel so obvious, you’ll be amazed you didn’t see them before.<\/p>\n You will have the key to release your client from their smoking cage.<\/p>\n Your client may act like their smoking is a conscious decision, but no one consciously wants to smoke. (If you need further proof of that, remember who set the session appointment.)<\/p>\n We all know that attempting to argue away beliefs is like hacking away at the stems of garden weeds; they may back off for a time, but until you exterminate the root, they’ll continue to choke off positive new growth. This is why How to Stop Anyone Smoking teaches you how to work at the unconscious level to change the smoker’s attitude towards their habit.<\/p>\n Another key element of the Uncommon Knowledge smoking cessation system is the awareness that rapport is everything in therapy. The approach we teach enables you to maintain high levels of rapport with your client throughout the smoking cessation process. You and your client will feel you’re fighting together against the cigarettes, rather than you struggling with your client over an attempt to steal something they love. Just imagine how this will revolutionize your experience with smoking clients.<\/p>\n Often our graduates find they only need one or two sessions with a client to free them of smoking. But if your client relapses, there’s no need to be filled with dismay and have your self confidence shaken.<\/p>\n If your smoker does relapse, you’ll know how to steer them gently back to the non-smoking road using the tried-and-tested responses we’ll teach you.<\/p>\n The “How to Stop Anyone Smoking” Course by Uncommon Practitioners provides a comprehensive and powerful framework plus all the tools necessary to work with clients who smoke. It presents a psychologically supported approach like none other. The instructional videos and educational materials are clear and concise, the psychological framework and strong use of metaphor is supported by the sample scripts. I thoroughly enjoyed the online course and feel a greater sense of confidence in my ability to help a client stop smoking.<\/em><\/p>\n The psychology behind this approach and the strong use of metaphor is what resonated most with me. Separating the smoking\/cigarettes from the client, teaming with the client against the smoking\/cigarettes, helping them understand it doesn’t fit with who they are at the core, and the strong metaphor examples provide powerful structure. The use of reframing and utilization of their rebellion against the smoking are simple to apply. I appreciate that you included the scripts, but encourage personalization with each client. The videos and module tests provide such added value in the learning process, and although I wasn’t able to participate in the group sessions I am sure these are tremendously helpful as well.<\/em><\/p>\n The materials and tests were straightforward, and I was able to complete it in a few days. I can see how the script collection can readily be used for other addictions, or even other issues with slight modifications. I also gained some insight from watching the style of hypnosis used on the videos, and the techniques taught in this course are universal and can be used for most clients. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who works with or plans to help clients who wish to stop smoking.<\/em><\/p>\n Read Less<\/a>\r\n <\/blockquote>\r\n I can’t recommend this course strongly enough. Having been a smoker many years ago, I only gave up because it was obviously killing me. At the time hard information about how one gets inveigled into this self-destructive behaviour was not available. This course unravels the confusions and the self-deception in masterful fashion and is an education in itself.<\/em><\/p>\n Read Less<\/a>\r\n <\/blockquote>\r\n Turning your client into a ‘double agent’<\/h3>\n
More than just new techniques; an entirely new plan of attack<\/h3>\n
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Together against the cigarettes<\/h3>\n
What if they relapse?<\/h3>\n
Testimonials from our previous delegates<\/h2>\n
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\r\n - \r\n Claudia Goodell, Transpersonal Hypnotherapist and Wellness Guide, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.\r\n <\/strong>\r\n <\/blockquote>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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\r\n \"Unravels the confusions and the self-deception [of smoking] in masterful fashion\"<\/h3>\r\n
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\r\n - \r\n John Henry James Strehlow, Author, Theatre director, London.\r\n <\/strong>\r\n <\/blockquote>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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