Comments on: Mourning the Cigarette http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2007/07/11/mourning-the-cigarette/ Fri, 18 May 2012 09:14:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: The Transparent Hypnotist http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2007/07/11/mourning-the-cigarette/comment-page-1/#comment-112 The Transparent Hypnotist Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:34:00 +0000 http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/?p=83#comment-112 I think your approach works well for a majority of people. However there are some people, though they know intellectually that they will be gaining something better, rather than losing something, have their emotions tell them otherwise. <br/><br/>I would say that starting out with the idea of doing a session with the Watts ideal is the way to go, but for those who are resistant (I have had several clients who seem to care little for feeling better oddly), perhaps dealing with the mourning or emotions is the second half of the journey. I think your approach works well for a majority of people. However there are some people, though they know intellectually that they will be gaining something better, rather than losing something, have their emotions tell them otherwise.

I would say that starting out with the idea of doing a session with the Watts ideal is the way to go, but for those who are resistant (I have had several clients who seem to care little for feeling better oddly), perhaps dealing with the mourning or emotions is the second half of the journey.

]]> By: Anonymous http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2007/07/11/mourning-the-cigarette/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Anonymous Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:27:00 +0000 http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/?p=83#comment-111 It's an interesting approach, I suppose, but by treating smoking cessation as a mourning process aren't you reinforcing the idea that the client is losing, or giving up, something? And on some level isn't that implying that this "loss" is an emotional issue that needs to be resolved? <br/><br/>The program I use, which was developed by UK hypnotherapist Terence Watts, takes the approach that by becoming a nonsmoker the client isn't giving up anything, he isn't losing anything, he's choosing to stop poisoning himself. We (the client and I) focus on how rapidly his body will begin to recover from the damages of smoking and how much better he will feel, physically and emotionally, as that healing takes place. <br/><br/>This approach doesn't lend itself to the gradual cutting back you talked about, of course; the client walks into the session a smoker and leaves a nonsmoker, period. There's a lot more to the process than I can really summarize here but it is extremely effective.<br/><br/>-Michael Raugh, C.H. It’s an interesting approach, I suppose, but by treating smoking cessation as a mourning process aren’t you reinforcing the idea that the client is losing, or giving up, something? And on some level isn’t that implying that this “loss” is an emotional issue that needs to be resolved?

The program I use, which was developed by UK hypnotherapist Terence Watts, takes the approach that by becoming a nonsmoker the client isn’t giving up anything, he isn’t losing anything, he’s choosing to stop poisoning himself. We (the client and I) focus on how rapidly his body will begin to recover from the damages of smoking and how much better he will feel, physically and emotionally, as that healing takes place.

This approach doesn’t lend itself to the gradual cutting back you talked about, of course; the client walks into the session a smoker and leaves a nonsmoker, period. There’s a lot more to the process than I can really summarize here but it is extremely effective.

-Michael Raugh, C.H.

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