For the best CPD experience, this session requires a minimum of 5 bookings and has a maximum capacity of 25 attendees. Please check the “Places Remaining” section for the latest availability. If the minimum number of bookings is not reached by 6pm the day before the CPD, the session will be cancelled and a full refund will be issued within 3–5 working days. Unfortunately, bookings cannot be transferred to another date or alternative CPD session.

This half-day CPD is designed to help you feel confident, flexible, and well-equipped when working with clients who want to stop smoking or vaping.

The training begins with a brief refresher of the CPHT smoking cessation protocol, reinforcing the brain-based explanation and overall structure of an approach that we know works. Particular attention is given to areas that can feel unfamiliar or intimidating when compared to standard Solution Focused Hypnotherapy sessions, helping therapists feel grounded and confident in its delivery.

Building on this foundation, the CPD introduces a range of practical techniques drawn from NLP, CBT, and Ericksonian language patterns. These include solution-focused questioning to increase motivation and help clients anticipate future challenges, CBT-informed “self-binding” strategies to reduce triggers and create distance from old habits, and NLP techniques such as anchoring, six-step reframe & future pacing. The training will also touch on how to naturally integrate Ericksonian language patterns both conversationally and during hypnosis to subtly strengthen commitment and behavioural change.

Whilst the session is focused on Smoking and Vaping, we also explore how these approaches can be adapted to support clients reducing or stopping cannabis use alongside the SFH protocol.

By the end of the training, you should feel more confident, better resourced, and more prepared to support successful and lasting smoking and vaping cessation outcomes for your clients.

Brian Noon
Website: www.theanxietypractice.co.uk

Brian is an experienced Solution Focused Hypnotherapist, CPHT Lecturer, and CEO of the Association for Solution Focused Hypnotherapy (AfSFH). One of Brian’s key passions is helping people to quit smoking and vaping. He has seen first-hand the devastating impact smoking can have, having lost his father to smoking-related lung cancer and COPD.

Brian says: “Helping someone to quit when they are ready always feels like a huge gift – not just to the client, but to their family too, who gain more time with someone they love.”

This passion was quickly recognised, leading to Brian being invited to guest lecture on smoking cessation at multiple CPHT sites across the UK. He was later asked to update and revitalise the smoking cessation training for all CPHT students as part of a wider course refresh.

Alongside his work as a Solution Focused Hypnotherapist, Brian is also an NLP Master Practitioner. He integrates the most effective solution-focused elements from both modalities to help his smoking and vaping clients successfully kick the habit.

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