Quit smoking in Lancaster, PA
Quit smoking in Lancaster, PA, without fighting yourself every day
If you're reading this, you've probably tried before. Maybe more than once. You can still quit with the right method. The methods you tried were aimed at the wrong part of the problem.
The EPIC Quit Method uses hypnosis to go after the part that keeps pulling you back: the habit, the triggers, and the feelings that cigarettes have been handling for you. Sessions are private and one-on-one, in my office in Lancaster County or over Zoom.
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Quitting smoking in Lancaster: what you've probably already tried
Most people who come to me have already worked through the usual list. Patches. Gum. A prescription from their doctor. An app. Cold turkey on New Year's Day. Some of them have done all of it, more than once.
None of that means they did it wrong. Those methods are built around nicotine, and nicotine matters. But nicotine is largely out of your body in about 72 hours. If quitting were only about nicotine, three rough days would be the end of it.
But it isn't, and you already know that from experience. You made it past the first few days and something still pulled you back. A bad day at work. A drive home. A cup of coffee on the porch. Somebody at a cookout handing you one without thinking.
Failing to quit isn't a willpower problem. It's a subconscious problem.
Willpower lives in the conscious mind. Your smoking habit runs beneath that, on autopilot, the same way you don't think about which foot to lead with on the stairs. You can hold back autopilot with willpower for a while. But willpower gets tired, and the habit doesn't.
So if you've tried to quit and it didn't hold, it's not your fault. Most people have been there. You were just using a conscious tool on a subconscious problem.
What makes hypnosis different
Hypnosis works with the subconscious directly. That's where the habit lives, so that's where the change gets made.
When the change takes place, you stop having the "will I or won't I" argument every time a trigger shows up. The pull just isn't there the way it used to be.
The battle in your head goes quiet.
The four traps that keep people smoking
The EPIC Quit Method is built around the four smoking traps that keep pulling people back:
- Emotions. Cigarettes become the way you handle stress, boredom, frustration, or anxiety.
- Patterns. The morning coffee, the drive to work, after meals, the break at work. Your hand reaches for a cigarette before you've consciously decided anything.
- Identity. As long as you see yourself as a smoker who's trying to quit, one bad day is enough to pull you back.
- Cravings. The urge feels like a fire that has to be put out right now. It doesn't, once your subconscious stops treating it like an emergency.
Most quit methods work on one of these, usually the cravings. The program works on all four.
What it looks like when it works
A man came to see me after forty years of smoking. His surgeon had looked him in the eye and said, "Quit smoking, or I'm cancelling the surgery." So he called me and I got him in the hypnosis chair the next day. His wife came with him. She thought it might be weird. Came anyway.
We pulled his smoking life apart. Walking the dog. Getting in the truck. Between tasks. Every transition and quiet moment had a cigarette in it. And once we found the real driver, it wasn't stress. It was habit dressed up as stress. He couldn't imagine a single transition without a cigarette in his hand.
At the end of that first session, I tested to see if he wanted a cigarette.
"Nah," he said.
His wife was shocked. I wasn't. I see it all the time.
A week later he was back for session #2. He hadn't touched a cigarette, but he'd turned irritable enough that his wife and his coworkers noticed. Some of them were betting he wouldn't make it. That's the part people don't warn you about. Quitting the physical habit is one layer. The emotional layer underneath it is what most methods never touch, so that's what we worked on in session two.
When he came back for session three, I asked about the irritability.
"Gone," he said. "Everything is great."
Forty years.
Two sessions.
He didn't fight his way out of smoking. He just outgrew it.
How the EPIC Quit Method works
It starts with a free 30-minute consultation. I'll ask about your smoking history, what you've tried, and what's gotten in the way. Then you can ask me anything you want. If we're a good fit, we can get you started right there on the call. If it isn't a fit, I'll tell you, and point you toward a better fit.
From there, the program includes:
- Private, one-on-one hypnosis sessions, in my office or over Zoom, usually about a week apart
- Hypnosis recordings to listen to at home between sessions
- Techniques for cravings and stress you can use anytime, anywhere, without anyone noticing you're doing anything
- A way to reach me by text or email if something comes up between sessions.
- A lifetime support guarantee when you complete all 3 sessions (details below)
Your first session starts on your triggers, the everyday moments that set off the urge. Each session builds upon the previous one so you develop everything you need to remain a non-smoker.
Quit smoking without trading it for snacking
A lot of people worry about gaining weight when they quit. It's a fair worry, and there's simple math behind it.
If you smoke a pack a day and each cigarette takes about five minutes, that's twenty cigarettes and around 100 minutes a day.
That's over an hour and a half.
When the cigarettes go, that time doesn't disappear. Leave it empty and it tends to fill up with other things, like snacking or mindlessly scrolling on your phone. So we plan for it. Part of the work is training your subconscious to fill those minutes with something genuinely satisfying instead of trading one automatic habit for another.
Quitting vaping with hypnosis
Vapers have come to me as well, and so have people who chew. The program works the same way, because the traps are the same: the emotions, the patterns, the identity, and the cravings.
Vaping has one difference. A cigarette burns down and ends. A vape doesn't. Without a natural stopping point, it tends to get woven into more of the day, a hit here and a hit there, often without noticing. That makes the pattern work even more important, and it's a big part of what we do in sessions.
What the research shows
In one small clinical study of a three-session hypnosis program, 81% of smokers were smoke-free when the program ended, and 48% still were a year later (Elkins & Rajab, 2004).
Hospital research points the same way. In a 2014 study of people hospitalized with heart and lung conditions, those who had a single hypnosis session were over three times more likely to be smoke-free at 26 weeks than those given nicotine replacement (Hasan et al., Complementary Therapies in Medicine).
Since 2015, more than a thousand smokers have come to me to quit. Most of them are still non-smokers. Not all of them. The people who follow the program completely are the ones who quit.
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Where to find me
My office is on Oregon Pike in Manheim Township, just north of the city of Lancaster. It's an easy drive from Lititz, Ephrata, Leola, Mount Joy, and most of Lancaster County.
Not close enough to drive? You can do the EPIC Quit Method over Zoom from anywhere in the US. The eyes-closed part of a session works the same way online as it does in the office.
Still have questions about what hypnosis is like, or whether it will work for you? The hypnosis FAQ answers the common ones, and what to expect walks through a first session.
About Justin Turpin
NGH and ICBCH certified, practicing out of Lancaster County, PA. I've been a hypnotist since 2013, and I've been helping people quit smoking since 2015. My work is helping people take back control of the habits, reactions, and emotions that seem to run on their own.
Quit-Smoking Success Stories
After the first session I felt a change
Though I doubted I could ever quit smoking, I tried hypnosis. After the first session I felt a change on my way home. I've been smoke free now for 9 days. With your help I was able to quit, not just for myself, but for my family. Thank you so much.
I have successfully quit smoking after 20+ years. Justin went above and beyond to make sure that I was getting all of the tools I needed to be successful, including addressing other issues such as anxiety and emotional eating. I wasn't really sure what to expect so you have definitely exceeded my expectations!
I came to quit smoking. First session I ran into a few road blocks and it was hard to deal with not fully understanding what set me off to smoke. After the second session it was easy to see what set me off and overcome it. The cravings were there and gone in seconds and it felt good not to have to have them nagging me.
Results naturally vary from client to client and are not guaranteed. As with anything in life, the more attention, care, and effort on your part, the better your results.
Ready to be done with it?
Doesn't matter if you've tried patches, gum, or willpower, or how many times. If you've smoked for years and you're ready to be done with it, I'd like to talk.
My lifetime support guarantee. After you complete all 3 sessions of the EPIC Quit Method, if weeks, months, or years go by and you ever light up again, come back. Future quit smoking sessions are free of charge, up to once a month, for as long as the practice is open. Very few clients ever need them. I give you everything you need so you don't. They're there so you're never on your own with it.
Your first 30-minute consultation is free. You'll get your questions answered, an honest read on whether hypnosis is right for your situation, and the pricing laid out plainly. If we both agree to move forward, we'll schedule your first session right on the call.
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