My quick advice for a new therapist with perfectionist tendencies who is nervous about seeing her first client.
Smoking Cessation and Addiction Articles by Mark Tyrrell
Addiction ruins lives. It steals relationships, health, sometimes even life. It takes self respect, autonomy, money and precious time. In its worst form it can turn the addicted client into a kind of slave. And yet we know that clients can leave addiction behind and rebuild their lives and health. We practitioners need to know how to help the best we can. I offer hypnotic and other approaches in these articles and approaches used for smoking can be applied to all other addictions too.
“If a client says they are stressed should one first help them gain control, prior to helping them stop smoking?”
What to do when stressed clients want to stop smoking, and you’re concerned about other areas of their lifestyle health
The Upside of Addiction
Find out how addiction REALLY happens and why hypnosis is the tool to get rid of it.
3 Relapse Prevention Strategies For Substance Abuse Therapy (Including Smoking Cessation)
Healthier behaviour needs to feel natural, rather than a constant effort. Here’s 3 relapse prevention strategies you can use with your clients…
How to Help Smokers Escape Their Doomed Romance with Cigarettes
Why understanding Stockholm syndrome can help you help smokers quit.
6 Things to Say to Motivate Smokers to Quit
Splitting the person from the problem can deeply motivate smokers to quit
How A Clever Little Boy Can Help You Help People Quit Smoking
Sometimes when you talk about quitting smoking to a smoker, you see a look of terror (or defiance!) flit across their features – even if they have explicitly asked for help in quitting.
