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SMOKING CESSATION THERAPY

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Smoking incurs huge human and financial costs with around 92,000 deaths per year and an annual loss of about 400,000 life years. Recent studies published by the Department of Health show that smoking costs the NHS in England around £1.7 billion each year.

Provides a detailed knowledge of the smoking habits, methods for cessation and communication skills within a one-to-one and group environment.

  SYLLABUS
  • The Disease of the Millennium
  • Mind & body - basic physiology & anatomy
  • 21st century living, Stress v. relaxation, Understanding the smoking habit
  • The effects of smoking - short & long term 
  • The nature of addiction, The desire to smoke, the need to smoke
  • Why smoking appears to help , The effects of nicotine on the body
  • Why people stop - the benefits of stopping
  • Stopping smoking 1 - motivation 
  • Stopping smoking 2 - nicotine replacement & other methods
  • Stopping smoking 3 - the stopping process
  • Evidence, verdicts & other methods
  • Changing minds - taking control , Understanding & encouraging
  • Rapport, maps & territories, The therapeutic environment
    Communication skills - one-to-one therapy , Client perceptions & reframing
  • Communication skills - group work 1 
  • Communication skills - group work 2
  • Coping strategies - succeeding mind & relapsing mind
  • Techniques, structures & boundaries

BY MAIL

$540

BY EMAIL

$490

Ecourse

Quit Smoking

 Course of 10 Lessons 

  AWARD: DIPLOMA 

This course is eligible for a Candian Personal Income Tax deduction
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