Hypnotherapy for Addiction

Defined as a psychological and/ or physiological dependance on a substance, process, or thing, addiction destroys your ability to enjoy life in a healthy way. The most common addictions are to alcohol, cigarettes, illegal drugs and gambling. Addiction causes dysfunction in parts of the brain responsible for motivation, desire, reward and impulse control.

Addiction to anything can seriously disrupt your life, over time leading to terrible outcomes such as health problems, relationship breakdowns, bankruptcy and a loss of control of one’s life. Addiction can be caused by trauma, repeated exposure to addictive substances when young, lack of healthy coping mechanisms, and feeling unsupported.

Hypnotherapy can help by providing healthy coping skills, addressing the unconscious beliefs about yourself that drive you to a substance/ behaviour, updating any faulty and negative self beliefs with more realistic and helpful beliefs, creating a strong image of your future without the addiction, and creating a roadmap to get there.

Hypnotherapy can help you to feel supported, and encourage you to seek out more support, in the form of people and behaviours that have your best interest.

Hypnotherapy can also provide you with tools to stop cravings, increase your motivation to stop the harmful behaviour, develop healthy habits, and help you discover other ways to feel rewarded and satisfied in your life.

For more about Cognitive Hypnotherapy for addiction, click here.

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