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Diploma in Smoking Cessation Therapy

With millions of smokers in each country of the world trying desperately to quit, the potential market for therapists specialising in smoking cessation work is almost limitless. This high quality course (over 200 pages long) includes background material, instructions on how to run both smoking cessation groups and one-to-one sessions, a Directory of Techniques and details of how to run a successful practice. Start learning tomorrow and earning soon after.

Train to become a Smoking Cessation Specialist

Detailed Course Menu

MODULE 1 – BACKGROUND AND HISTORY

INTRODUCTION

• Who will your clients be?

• Is there one successful method?

WHY SMOKING CESSATION WORK IS NECESSARY

• The role of support in smoking cessation

• The role as educator

• Forms of smoking cessation therapy

• The therapist as a non-smoker

• Personal attitude to smoking

• The therapist as a former smoker

• Smoking cessation and hypnotherapy

HISTORY OF SMOKING

• The rise and fall of the tobacco industry

• Smoking on the increase

• The arrival of nicotine replacement products

PEOPLE WHO STILL SMOKE

• Overview

• Worldwide statistics

• Regional variations

• Variations according to age group

• Variations according to socio-economic group

• Number of cigarettes smoked each day

MODULE 2 – CONTENTS OF CIGARETTES

OVERVIEW

• Mainstream, sidestream and environmental smoke

ADDITIVES

• Known carcinogens in cigarettes

• Gases

MOST WIDELY KNOWN COMPONENTS OF CIGARETTES

• Nicotine

• Tar

• Carbon monoxide

PASSIVE SMOKING

• The dangers of passive smoking

• Sidestream smoking and children

MODULE 3 – THE EFFECT ON HEALTH

PRESENTING YOUR CLIENT WITH MEDICAL EVIDENCE
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SMOKING
MEDICAL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKING

• Cancer

• Heart diisease

• The effect on non-smokers

• The effect on animals

• Extent of death and illnesses from smoking-related diseases

SMOKING AND THE UNBORN CHILD

• Pregnancy – a good time to quit

• Consequences linked to smoking during pregnancy

• How does smoking affect the unborn child?

• When should a pregnant woman stop smoking?

• What happens if the mother doesn’t stop smoking during pregnancy?

• Weight gain and stress in pregnancy caused by quitting

THE EFFECTS OF ADDICTION
SAFER CIGARETTES
DID YOU KNOW...

MODULE 4 – WHY PEOPLE SMOKE

IT’S MORE THAN A PHYSICAL ADDICTION
PROFILES OF SMOKERS

• The casual smoker

• Smokers on the brink

• The moderate smoker

• The hard-core smoker

• Categorising smokers

WHY PEOPLE SMOKE
THE PERCEPTION OF CIGARETTES

• Tapping into negative beliefs about the self

• Tapping into aspirations

• Negating these messages

THE THREE STAGES OF SMOKING

• The tactile elements

• The nicotine hit

• The social element

PEOPLE WHO STILL SMOKE

• Stress as an excuse

• Cigarettes as a stress coping mechanism

• What is stress?

• Cigarettes create stress

• The perception of cigarettes as a means of reducing stress

• The pain of cessation whilst stressed

• Stress, smoking cessation and stress management.

MODULE 5 - GIVING UP SMOKING: EXCUSES AND BENEFITS

EXCUSES MADE BY SMOKERS

• Typical excuses

THE ROLE OF WILL-POWER

• Will-power and character

• The role of negative thinking

• The psychology of failure

• Moving beyond failure

• Multiple attempts to quit

THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF WILL-POWER

• The Reward Centre

• Why this information is helpful

QUITTING IS UNNECESSARY BECAUSE...
WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS

• The withdrawal phase

• The importance of support

• Never minimise withdrawal symptoms

DEALING WITH WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
THE BENEFITS OF STOPPING SMOKING
METHODS OF QUITTING – USING ONE SYSTEM

• The illusory wonder cure

• Why do some systems work?

• Groups versus individual smoking cessation sessions

METHODS OF QUITTING – TRIED AND TESTED METHODS

MODULE 6 – WORKING WITH CLIENTS

RAPPORT

• Techniques for achieving rapport

• What kind of people will come and see you

WORDS AND BODY LANGUAGE AS A SKILL
WORDS AND PHRASES

• Your own speech patterns

PERCEPTION

• Distortion

• Distortions and the words we use

• What does this have to do with language?

• Matching language

• Mirroring and matching

• Pacing and leading

LISTENING TO CLIENTS

• Constructive listening

• Other potential reasons for misunderstanding language

• Active listening

GOOD QUESTIONING
SUMMING UP

MODULE 7 – RUNNING A SMOKING CESSATION GROUP

GROUP MANAGEMENT

• What is a group

• The need to belong to a group

• Acceptance

• Non-acceptance

ROLE AS GROUP LEADER

• Running a group for the first time

CONTROLLING A GROUP

• The smoking cessation therapist as group leader

A CHALLENGE TO THE ROLE OF GROUP LEADER

• The mechanics of control

• Degree of participation

FEAR OF RUNNING A GROUP

• Keeping the group together

AWARENESS OF GROUP DYNAMICS

• Group formation stage

• Opening up

• Cohesion stage

• Termination stage

• The wrong way to run a group

PERSONAL INPUT

• The leader as a non-smoker

• The leader as an ex-smoker

GROUP MEMBERS

• The outsiders

• The mouse

• The loud-mouth

DEALING WITH DESTRUCTIVE ELEMENTS

• Emotionally disturbed

• The organisational side of running a group

DESIGNING A GROUP SESSION – THE PRACTICALITIES
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY SAY TO YOUR GROUP

• Planning the session

• What a session should include

MODULE 8 – RUNNING ONE-TO-ONE SESSIONS

THE NUMBER OF SESSIONS

• Factors to consider when designing a treatment plan

THE FIVE ELEMENTS OF A SESSION

• Rapport Building

• Information gathering

• Goal setting

• Accessing resources

• Establishing a strategy for change

REDIRECTING THE CLIENT TO THE FUTURE

• Changing the perception of cigarettes

• Your client as a healthier person

• Your client as a non-smoker

THE INFORMATION YOU REQUIRE

• Health information

• The motivation to start smoking in the first place

WHY THE SECOND CIGARETTE?
THE "WHY, WHEN, WHERE" QUESTION SET

• Extending the Question Set

• Using the results of the Question Sets

• Changing habits

PREPARATION FOR SMOKING CESSATION
QUITTING BEFORE THE FIRST SESSION

• Quitting after the first session

• Directory of Techniques

The fee for this Course "Diploma in Smoking Cessation Therapy" is Option One:  £125 for a hard copy, printed and mailed to your home   Option Two:  £105 for a downloadable e-manual which you print off yourself (WinZip or compatible program required) (Cheques must be in pound Sterling and payable through a UK Bank.) To enrol on this course simply forward your details together with payment to us at: The College of Integrated Therapies 285 Hoxton Street London N1 5JX United Kingdom info@health-concern.com To make payments on-line using PayPal click the button below Career Development Loan - Learning Provider Number: 12299 Option One:  £125 hard copy, printed and mailed to your home.  Use the PayPal link to enrol Now! Option Two:  £105 for a downloadable e-manual which you print off yourself Payment by instalments is available - Electronic (downloadable) version only - total cost £108 Modules 1 & 2 - £27 Modules 3 & 4 - £27 Modules 5 & 6 - £27 Modules 7 & 8 - £27 If you do not already have a PayPal account setting one up is easy - just follow the instructions that you will see when you click on the link above.  However, you no longer need a PayPal account to use the service, simply follow the payment instructions from the PayPal welcome page... xe.com   The Universal Currency Converter ®

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