Smoking Cessation
Stop Smoking with Hypnotherapy — Effective, Lasting, and Kinder Than You Think
Many of Mary’s clients stop smoking in just one or two sessions. Find out how hypnotherapy makes quitting feel natural rather than a battle.
Why Stopping Smoking Is So Difficult
Most smokers have tried to quit — often more than once. Patches, gum, apps, sheer willpower — none of them quite work, or if they do, the relief is temporary. The cigarettes come back, usually at the first sign of stress or a moment of emotional difficulty. And with each failed attempt, stopping starts to feel less and less possible.
The reason smoking is so hard to give up is that it works on two levels simultaneously. On the surface, there is the physical nicotine dependency — real, but actually relatively short lived once you stop. What is far more powerful and persistent is the psychological dependency: the deep association between cigarettes and relief, calm, reward, comfort, or social belonging. These associations are held in the subconscious mind — and that is precisely where hypnotherapy works.
How Hypnotherapy Helps You Stop Smoking
Hypnotherapy for smoking cessation is one of the most well-established applications of the therapy, and one of the areas where Mary Nathan has seen some of the most remarkable results in her twenty years of practice. Many clients come to Mary having tried everything else — and find that hypnotherapy achieves what nothing else could.
In a deeply relaxed hypnotic state, Mary works with your subconscious mind to gently dissolve the psychological associations that keep you reaching for a cigarette. The link between smoking and stress relief, for example — or between a cigarette and a moment of reward or social connection — can be identified, explored, and replaced with healthier, more supportive associations that serve you far better.
The result, for many clients, is that the desire to smoke simply fades. Not through gritted teeth and white-knuckled resistance, but through a genuine shift in how the mind relates to cigarettes. Many clients describe feeling indifferent to smoking after just one or two sessions — as though it was someone else’s habit, not theirs.
What About the Physical Cravings?
Physical nicotine withdrawal is real, but it is also shorter and more manageable than most smokers expect. The physical symptoms of withdrawal — restlessness, irritability, difficulty concentrating — typically peak within 48 to 72 hours and subside significantly within two weeks.
Mary’s hypnotherapy sessions also include suggestions specifically designed to help you manage and minimise withdrawal symptoms, making the physical side of stopping considerably easier to navigate. Many clients are surprised by how little difficulty they experience compared to previous attempts to quit.
How Many Sessions Will I Need?
Every person is different, and Mary will always discuss this with you during your initial consultation. Many clients achieve lasting freedom from smoking in a single session, particularly when their motivation is strong and their relationship with smoking is relatively straightforward. Others benefit from two or three sessions, especially if there are deeper emotional drivers — stress, anxiety, or long-standing habitual associations — that benefit from additional work.
Mary will always be honest with you about what to expect, and the initial consultation is completely free and carries no obligation.
What Mary's Clients Say
Over twenty years of helping people stop smoking, Mary has worked with clients who smoked five cigarettes a day and those who smoked forty. She has worked with people who had tried to quit dozens of times, and people who were attempting it for the first time. The common thread in the feedback she receives is not just that it worked — but that it felt different from anything else they had tried. Easier. More natural. More permanent.
Ready to Be Free of Smoking?
If you are ready to stop smoking — not just to try to stop, but to actually become a non smoker — Mary would love to help. The free initial consultation is a relaxed, confidential conversation with no pressure and no obligation. Sessions are available in person in Peel, Isle of Man, and online via Zoom or FaceTime for clients worldwide.
Call: (+44) 7624 326 041 | Email: setantahypnotherapy@gmail.com
Ready to take the first step?
Book a free, no-obligation consultation with Mary today and discover how hypnotherapy can help you.