Smoking Cessation Consultation Ireland

"Hypnosis is the most effective way of giving up smoking, according to the largest ever scientific comparison of ways of breaking the habit"New Scientist v136 New Scientist in 1992, published findings of a clinical study, which uncovered hypnosis as having the highest success rate, in the cessation of smoking. Research comparing many different forms of intervention including hypnosis in the cessation of smoking revealed that on average smokers are over five times more likely to break the habit of smoking with hypnosis compared to willpower alone. Hypnotherapy in general is found to be more than twice as effective as nicotine gum. Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), including nicotine patches or nicotine gum, nasal sprays etc. are some of the most popular methods used by people in an attempt to stop smoking. However, research studies reveal that NRT has a success rate of 7.2%. Compare this with the success rate of will power alone, which is 6%. Noteworthy to mention that many of the hypnotherapists in the study employed hypnosis alone, often using outdated methods lacking an evidence base. My approach combines hypnosis with cognitive behavioural strategies and interventions, which increases effectiveness further. In other words, these results improve considerably when combining clinical hypnotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy procedures and protocols. This multi component approach works on many different levels to aim to break the habit, providing you the tools to help you to succeed.

Managing stress, tension or anxiety demands a skills based approach. The British Medical Journal recommends CBT and applied relaxation as the most effective therapies in the treatment of anxiety. Amanda Walsh takes an Evidence Based Approach: combining the two most powerful and effective psychological therapies namely Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Clinical Hypnotherapy. This integration referred to as Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH), uncovered as one of the most evidence based therapeutic interventions, available today in the field of psychology and psychotherapy. It is one of the most effective treatments for ANXIETY, STRESS, PANIC ATTACKS, SOCIAL ANXIETY.