Your First Session 

Virtual hypnosis sessions are conducted once you have headphones or earbuds on (or perhaps you can connect your phone to a Bluetooth speaker that you can place on top of a pillow behind your head), a place to prop up your phone or laptop so that you don't have to hold it, a comfortable chair or sofa to lean back in and a very quiet room with no distractions, children screaming, phones ringing, or a loved one telling you dinner's ready.

Remember that you also have the opportunity to speak with me through text, email, or even a phone call if you prefer to talk instead of a virtual hypnosis session.

When scheduling a virtual hypnosis session, you must first make sure you have available a quiet room with no distractions. If your home is too noisy, then perhaps you have access to a friend's quiet home, an office or even a library that you can go to in order to find that quiet time. Many larger libraries have booths, like a small office with a closed door, that you can use for free. Remember to take your headphones or earbuds with you.

There's no such thing as a one visit cure-all for smoking, vaping, opiates, or any addiction for that matter. Most people will go back to their addictions if they only go to a hypnotist for one session. I recommend at least 6 sessions, one every other day for two weeks, if you're serious about quitting smoking, drugs or opiates for good. You should never wait too long in between each session.

I would like you to be very wary of commercially advertised therapy groups which claim you only pay let's say $29 out of pocket per session. First, the owners of these companies are not therapists, and therefore are not ethically bound to keep your personal information from third parties for personal gain.

Second, they charge insurance companies up to $350 per session along with your $29 for a therapy session alone, without using hypnosis. Regardless of where you live, an in person session with a therapist, who does not use hypnosis should never cost more than $100. This is why I don't join these charlatan groups who fleece insurance companies.

And third, when searching for a medical hypnotist, it is best to first look under psychologist and then for one who uses hypnosis within one's practice. For serious emotional, mental or physical ailments, never go to a hypnotist with no medical training. It would be like  giving a child a scalpel to operate on you.

I also don't kiss and tell, as the old saying goes. My clients, both individual and corporate, are kept strictly confidential. Not even my closest friends know who my clients are or their issues.

                          Michael Conrad (me)