Archive for September, 2010

Well I have just finished teaching 6 Hypnosis weekend almost back to back and have certified over 180 people in Hypnosis since July. One of the interesting conversations I had was about a program called quit cigarettes in 60min. I had a number of people, about 15 that had completed this program so they could start using hypnosis with people. What was shocking to find out was that this was a 3 day course at a cost of $9000. Now I am all for giving a good course but if I paid $9000 for a 3 day course I would like to at least have the confidence to see clients and know that the program would work.

Out of that 15 people about 1 had a business that was up and running yet still had a lot of people not being able to stop smoking with hypnosis.

It’s great to get fantastic feedback from people but i did feel a little embarrassed when at a training in Melbourne when I had a graduate of the quit cigarettes program stand up and tell my class that she got more value and felt more confidant using hypnosis from my $795 course than her $9000.

Furthermore only yesterday I had a conversation with another lady that was so excited about having her first client book a $450 session to use Hypnosis to stop smoking. Her concerns about the session had only came about because all her friends that she met at the $9000 program all had 100% failure in stopping their clients from smoking.
So what to do? Is this going to affect Hypnosis long term? If we have lots of people seeing hypnotherapist to stop smoking and it does not work will that mean people will begin to think hypnosis does not work?

These are very valid questions so I think it is very prudent to have a good think about how you use hypnosis and if you are looking at using hypnosis to stop smoking find out who and what programs the hypnotherapist has completed before you part with any cash!