Presented by Andy Workman
NHTA Senior Lecturer & Specialist CPD Trainer

Smoking cessation has long been associated with hypnotherapy, but supporting someone to stop smoking – or vaping – involves far more than simply reading a standard script and hoping that one approach will work for everyone.

The way people use nicotine has changed considerably. Alongside traditional cigarette smoking, practitioners are now increasingly meeting clients who vape, use both cigarettes and vapes, have moved from smoking to vaping, or find themselves using a vape almost automatically throughout the day.

And, of course, no two clients arrive with exactly the same story.

One person may associate smoking with stress or relaxation. Another may light a cigarette almost entirely through habit and routine. For someone else, vaping may have become something they barely notice themselves doing. Previous attempts to stop, beliefs about nicotine, emotional triggers, social situations, confidence, motivation and fear of life without the habit can all play a part.

This practical 3½-hour CPD with Andy Workman will explore how hypnotherapists can move beyond a one-size-fits-all approach and work more flexibly with the individual person in front of them.

Andy’s work has its foundations in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy, while his many years in practice have led him to develop a broader, integrative way of working. This workshop will reflect that approach, bringing together Solution Focused principles with a range of therapeutic ideas and techniques that can be adapted to the needs, patterns and motivations of each client.

During the workshop, Andy will explore:

• what may sit behind an individual client’s smoking or vaping pattern
• the relationship between nicotine dependence, habit, routine and learned associations
• some of the important differences between smoking and vaping
• how vaping can create different patterns of use from traditional cigarette smoking
• carrying out a useful smoking or vaping consultation
• exploring what the behaviour appears to provide for the client
• identifying triggers, routines, associations and automatic behaviours
• understanding previous attempts to stop and what can be learnt from them
• motivation, readiness for change and strengthening the client’s own reasons for stopping
• using Solution Focused questioning within cessation work
• integrative therapeutic approaches for changing established patterns
• reframing beliefs and associations around smoking and vaping
• practical ways of approaching cravings and urges
• helping clients prepare for situations they previously associated with smoking or vaping
• the role of hypnosis within an individualised cessation approach
• future pacing and helping the client develop a clear picture of life beyond the habit
• supporting confidence in becoming and remaining smoke-free or vape-free
• understanding slips and relapse without turning them into failure
• helping clients build strategies for maintaining change
• working responsibly, ethically and within our professional scope.

The emphasis throughout the morning will be on practical therapeutic thinking – helping practitioners understand not simply what technique to use, but how to decide what may be most useful for the particular client sitting in front of them.

Whether you already offer smoking cessation work and would like to refresh and broaden your approach, or you have previously felt unsure about working with smoking and vaping, this CPD is designed to help you develop greater confidence, flexibility and understanding.

About Andy Workman

Andy Workman is a Senior Lecturer and Specialist CPD Trainer with New Horizon Training Academy. A highly experienced Solution Focused and Integrative Hypnotherapist Andy brings many years of practical therapeutic experience to his teaching. Although Solution Focused principles remain an important foundation to his work, Andy now works in a much more integrative way, drawing upon different therapeutic approaches according to the needs of the individual client.

Alongside his clinical work, Andy is a qualified Therapy Supervisor, author, motivational speaker and broadcaster, and is also a Fellow of the Association for Solution Focused Hypnotherapy (AfSFH) – recognition of his experience and contribution to the profession. His relaxed and engaging teaching style combines extensive practical experience with an understanding of what it is actually like to work with clients in everyday therapeutic practice.

Andy is also a valued member of the New Horizon Training Academy senior teaching team, contributing his experience to both practitioner training and specialist continuing professional development.

Who is this workshop for?
This CPD is suitable for qualified hypnotherapists and hypnotherapy practitioners who would like to:

• begin offering smoking and vaping cessation work
• update an older smoking cessation approach
• develop greater confidence in working with vaping
• move beyond standardised scripts and protocols
• add more flexibility and individualisation to their existing cessation work
• explore smoking and vaping through a broader integrative therapeutic framework.

All attendees will receive an accredited CPD attendance certificate following the workshop.

About New Horizon Training Academy
New Horizon Training Academy is an NCH Accredited School, providing professional hypnotherapy practitioner training and continuing professional development for hypnotherapists, therapists and helping professionals.

Our CPD programme brings together experienced practitioners, trainers and specialist lecturers to provide training that is practical, relevant and grounded in the realities of therapeutic practice.

We believe continuing professional development should do more than simply provide information. Our aim is to create training that encourages practitioners to think, develop, broaden their skills and return to their practice feeling better equipped to work confidently and responsibly with the people who come to them for help.

New Horizon Training Academy
NCH Accredited School | APHP Accredited CPD Provider