During a free consultation over the phone, I tell my clients that hyposis isn’t a magic trick. If your husband or wife forces you to come in, but you secretly still want to smoke, it won’t work. You have to want it.
Why Hypnosis Isn’t a Magic Trick (And Why That’s Good News)
When people come into my hypnosis office, they usually ask me the same question: “Are you going to snap your fingers, put me to sleep, and magically make me stop smoking?
My answer is always the same: No. Because hypnosis is not a magic trick.
I am always completely honest with my clients. If your husband, wife, or doctor is forcing you to come to my office, but you secretly still want to keep smoking, hypnosis will not work for you. You have to actually want to become a non-smoker. Hypnosis cannot force you to do something you don’t want to do. It is a tool to help you change, not a magic spell to control your mind.
The Problem with Patches
Many people try to quit by using nicotine patches instead. But if you look at official government data on Smokefree.gov’s Nicotine Replacement Therapy guides, you will see that even medical experts admit patches cannot do all the work alone.
Why do patches struggle? Because a nicotine patch only fixes your physical body. It slowly gives your body less nicotine. But it completely ignores your mind.
The patch doesn’t know that you always want a cigarette when you drive your car. It doesn’t know that you want a cigarette when you get stressed at work. The patch only treats the chemical—it does not treat the habit.
Why My Practice Focuses on the Mind
That is exactly why my hypnosis sessions are different. Your desire to quit is the engine, and hypnosis is the steering wheel.
Science actually proves how much easier it is when you use your mind instead of just trying to use raw willpower. For instance, a clinical study on hypnosis success rates looked at smokers who used a specific hypnosis program. The researchers discovered that 81% of those people successfully stopped smoking after their sessions.
But the fact is: Without your willingness to become a non-smoker even a dozen of hypnosis sessions will be useless for you. That is why I very carefully select my clients during a free consultation over the phone.
Once you visit my office to be free from smoking, we use a deeply relaxed trance state to talk directly to your subconscious mind. This is the part of your brain where your daily habits live. Together, we rewire the old mental triggers so you no longer associate stress or driving with reaching for a cigarette.
If you have the true desire to become a non-smoker, your mind is ready. Let’s fix the habit where it actually lives.
My name is Alexander Ivlev. As a certified hypnotist in NYC, I help people stop smoking esily and quickly.