Online hypnotherapy for tobacco use — resolving the reason the habit is still doing a job for you.
Most people who smoke have already quit successfully — sometimes for months. The cigarette is not the problem; the job it does is. It marks a break, ends a meal, holds a feeling at arm's length, or belongs to a version of you that you are not ready to give up.
We work with the part of you that keeps the habit alive rather than against it. When that part has another way to do its job, the behavior stops needing enforcement.
Sitting down with the part of you that wants the change and the part that keeps protecting the old behavior, and getting them to agree on terms.
We find the positive intent behind the cigarette — the pause, the permission, the identity — and agree on a replacement the protective part actually accepts.
Lining the desired change up with what you already care about most, so willpower stops being the fuel.
Quitting gets attached to what you already care about most, so it stops depending on daily willpower.
Attaching a calm, resourceful state to a physical cue you can use in the moment you need it.
A physical cue is conditioned to the calm the cigarette used to deliver, available in the exact minute the urge arrives.
Rehearsing the new response in the exact situations where the old one used to run.
We rehearse the first drink with friends, the drive home, the argument — the specific scenes where relapse used to happen.
Most people work through tobacco in two to four sessions. The first is a 90-minute intake that includes an extra 30 minutes at no charge.
Yes. All sessions are held online over Zoom; hypnosis does not require the practitioner to be in the room.
Sessions are held online over Zoom, run 45–90 minutes, and are billed at a flat $200. Your first session includes an additional 30-minute intake interview at no charge.
Hypnotherapy is not a substitute for licensed medical or mental health treatment. IBPH practitioners do not diagnose conditions or prescribe medication, and we work alongside your care team.