1978
DOI: 10.1080/00207147808414460
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A One-Session Hypnotic Approach to Modifying Smoking Behavior

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“…This review shows that success is more likely if there are several hours of treatment, good rapport between therapist and client, suggestions under hypnosis are tailored to suit the individual, and there is support counselling or follow up by telephone; then at least half and frequently more than two-thirds of smokers who begin treatement will stop smoking and remain abstinent at six months (Holroyd 1980). The author's experience echoes this, and he agrees with Stanton (1977) that the sudden 'cut-off is more effective (and less time-consuming) than cutting down gradually; but Stanton used a mainly one-session routine which most workers have found to be insufficient for the average client, who needs at least three sessions and autohypnosis as well to decrease the chances of relapse.…”
Section: Dependencementioning
confidence: 68%
“…This review shows that success is more likely if there are several hours of treatment, good rapport between therapist and client, suggestions under hypnosis are tailored to suit the individual, and there is support counselling or follow up by telephone; then at least half and frequently more than two-thirds of smokers who begin treatement will stop smoking and remain abstinent at six months (Holroyd 1980). The author's experience echoes this, and he agrees with Stanton (1977) that the sudden 'cut-off is more effective (and less time-consuming) than cutting down gradually; but Stanton used a mainly one-session routine which most workers have found to be insufficient for the average client, who needs at least three sessions and autohypnosis as well to decrease the chances of relapse.…”
Section: Dependencementioning
confidence: 68%
“…More conservative results have been reported by Spiegel (1970) and Stanton (1978) both using a single treatment method. Spiegel reported a 20% success rate with 615 hard core smokers over a 6 month period.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 74%
“…17,18 They also use suggestions to encourage smokers to believe that they will lose the desire to smoke and cope well during withdrawal. 19,20 Most smokers come to treatment with the idea that hypnosis will obliterate their desire to smoke and often carry with them the hope that this will happen in one visit. A brief review of the published reports finds that the modal hypnosis intervention mirrors this wish.…”
Section: Hypnosis and Smoking Cessationmentioning
confidence: 99%