16 year old - quit smoking

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Date May 14th, 2009 09:31 16 year old - quit smoking

A 16 year old boy and his mother have came to see me regarding the boy giving up smoking, he is smoking around 20 per day and has been doing so for about 2 years. The mum is desperate for him to stop and the boy insists he really wants to stop. I have never worked with someone of this age to stop smoking before, any advice would be really appreciated. Thanks

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Date May 17th, 2009 02:32 Re: 16 year old - quit smoking

Hi, as with any client who wishes to stop smoking it is essential that they really do want to stop and are not just doing it because someone else is pressurizing them. Im sure youll find which is the case when you meet him. If does genuinely want to stop then at 16 he should be mature enough to use the same sort of techniques as you would with an adult. If you can find out what hes interested in (hobbies, sport, etc) you could incorporate this into the visualization. (i.e. if hes into football then have him imagine himself running around the field, scoring goals and anchor that to the good feelings he has about being a non-smoker, or if hes interested in computers then talk about the software of the mind and re-programming etc.). Hope this helps.

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Date May 18th, 2009 11:23 Re: 16 year old - quit smoking

Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it.

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