Smoking Cessation Using Anchors

By Sharon Boles

Patient Health History

Smoking patient enjoys two packs a day, over a thirty year stretch. The goal here is to achieve smoking cessation. Patient claims to have halitosis and emphysema. He chain smokes, and he desperately wants to stop his smoking habit. He smokes, causing a productive cough, and he has tried everything including patches, Nicotrol gum. He has a shortage of breath and a lack of energy.

Treatment Plan using the Client's Meta Program and Intervention

Pattern

Distortions (Mind reading) I can't quit!!

Response

How do you know?

Prediction

I guess not.

There is no such word as can't!

Generalizations (Universal Qualifiers)

Everyone I know smokes

Response

Everyone?

Prediction

I guess just where I work.

Deletions

Comparative Deletions

I have more or less tried everything.

Response

More or less everything?

Prediction

I guess you are right. How about hypnosis? This would be a technique that could help me quit.

Part Two: Treatment

Doing five anchors to the most energetic and healthy that he has ever been in his life. Then doing five anchors to visualize how people are reacting to him socially, and realizing other times in his life where he felt that cigarette smoking could be affecting his lungs, throat and other organs. Then collapsing all anchors so the patient no longer feels good about smoking. Then the second part. would be to future pace five anchors were he would feel healthy, energetic with positive frames as a non smoker. Then there would be five anchors future pacing him into a hospital with various diseases if he continued his smoking habit. Anchors are then collapsed giving the patient positive feelings of non smoking and negative feelings if he were to continue to smoke. The patient has such visualizations and a vivid imagination so that he felt smoking was not something he chose to continue. Ie: smoking cessation was accomplished.

 

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