Learn a Strategy-Based Approach to Quit Smoking Hypnotherapy
A practical cessation course for hypnotherapists who want a clearer, more structured way to help smoking clients — without relying on generic scripts or guesswork.
Smoking cessation is one of the most valuable services a hypnotherapist can offer. But many practitioners still feel unsure about how to approach it.
They may have learned scripts, inductions, techniques, or general habit-change ideas, but not the underlying strategy that helps a smoking client make the shift from “trying to quit” to genuinely identifying as a non-smoker. That is the gap this course is designed to fill.
In the Strategy-Based Smoking Cessation Course, you will learn the structure, thinking, pre-talk, session strategy, scripts, and protocols Ernest uses in his own cessation work, so you can approach smoking clients with more clarity, confidence, and professionalism.
- Commences Tuesday 21 July 2026
- Strategy-based quit smoking hypnotherapy training
- 4 live video workshop sessions via Google Meet
- Recordings included
- Ernest’s exact session scripts and protocols
- Lifetime access and lifetime re-attendance
- 10 CPD points per AHA recognised course
- Certificate of completion included for each course
- 7-day money-back guarantee
Includes the Smoking, Gambling, and Vaping Cessation Courses.
Enrolment closes soon — secure access to all three courses for AUD $97.
Course at a Glance
| Enrolment | Strategy-Based Cessation Mastery |
| Focus of this page | Strategy-Based Smoking Cessation Course |
| Also included | Gambling and Vaping Cessation Courses |
| Start date | Tuesday 21 July 2026 |
| Time | 6:00 PM Sydney time — times in your timezone: worldtimebuddy.com |
| Format | 4 live video workshop sessions via Google Meet |
| Recordings | Included |
| Access | Lifetime access |
| Re-attendance | Lifetime re-attendance for all three courses |
| CPD | 10 CPD points recognised by AHA per course |
| Total CPD | 30 CPD points recognised by AHA |
| Certificates | Certificate of completion for each course |
| Investment | AUD $97 |
| Guarantee | 7-day money-back guarantee |
Live Course Dates
The Strategy-Based Smoking Cessation Course commences on Tuesday 21 July 2026. The 4 live video workshop sessions are scheduled for:
Session 1
Tuesday 21 July 2026
6:00 PM Sydney time
Session 2
Tuesday 28 July 2026
6:00 PM Sydney time
Session 3
Tuesday 4 August 2026
6:00 PM Sydney time
Session 4
Tuesday 11 August 2026
6:00 PM Sydney time
(9 AM London / 8 PM Auckland). Delivered via Google Meet. All sessions recorded — re-watch any time. Times in your timezone: worldtimebuddy.com
Enrolment closes soon
Enrol in Strategy-Based Cessation Mastery for AUD $97
Includes the Smoking, Gambling, and Vaping Cessation Courses.
Why Many Therapists Feel Unsure About Smoking Cessation
Smoking cessation can look simple from the outside. A client smokes. They want to stop. The hypnotherapist helps them become a non-smoker.
But in real practice, it can feel much more complex. A smoking client may arrive with fear, doubt, previous failed attempts, emotional attachment to cigarettes, identity conflict, and a belief that smoking has helped them cope for years.
That is why many therapists wonder:
- What do I actually need to cover before the hypnosis begins?
- How do I handle doubt before it undermines the session?
- How do I help the client separate from the smoker identity?
- What should happen in the pre-talk?
- What should happen during the session?
- What do I do if the client says they still enjoy smoking?
- How do I handle the emotional attachment to cigarettes?
- How do I structure the session so it feels confident and repeatable?
- How do I follow up without creating dependency?
- How do I explain the work in a way that makes sense to clients?
If you have ever felt that smoking cessation should be more structured than simply reading a script, this course is designed for you.
Smoking Cessation Is Not Just About Taking Cigarettes Away
Many smokers already know cigarettes are costing them money, health, energy, and confidence. That knowledge alone is usually not enough.
The real work is helping the client change their relationship with smoking. That includes:
- How they think about cigarettes
- What smoking has represented emotionally
- The memories and meanings connected to the behaviour
- The identity shift from smoker to non-smoker
- The doubt that may be sitting underneath the decision
- The client’s belief about whether they can really stop
- The strategy that prepares the mind before the formal hypnosis begins
This is why the Strategy-Based Smoking Cessation Course focuses on the complete process, not just the hypnosis script.
The Strategy-Based Approach
After more than 12 years of working with smoking clients, Ernest noticed something important.
The practitioners who became more confident with cessation work were not simply collecting more techniques. They were learning how to think strategically.
This course teaches that strategy through three core layers.
1. Memory Work
Learn how to identify and work with the memories, meanings, and emotional associations that can keep the smoking pattern active.
Without this step, later techniques can feel like they are sitting on top of an unresolved foundation.
2. Pre-Talk and Strategy
Before the formal hypnosis begins, the client needs to be guided into a new way of understanding smoking, quitting, identity, and change.
Done well, much of the transformation begins before the client closes their eyes.
3. Session Protocol
You will learn a structured, repeatable cessation session protocol that helps you work with more confidence and less improvisation.
The goal is not to memorise random techniques. The goal is to understand the sequence and strategy behind the work.
What You Will Learn
In the Strategy-Based Smoking Cessation Course, you will learn a structured approach to helping smoking clients.
You will learn how to:
- Understand smoking as a behavioural, emotional, and identity-based pattern
- Structure the pre-talk so the client is mentally prepared for change
- Work with doubt before it becomes resistance
- Help the client separate from the smoker identity
- Address the emotional attachment to cigarettes
- Use memory work as part of the cessation process
- Understand the role of habit, reward, routine, and meaning
- Deliver a structured smoking cessation session with more confidence
- Use Ernest’s exact session scripts and protocols
- Think through follow-up and client support
- Price and position smoking cessation more confidently in your practice
- Avoid relying on generic scripts without understanding the strategy behind them
Smoking Cessation Course Outline
Session 1: Memory Work and the 3-Step Smoking Cessation Framework
Learn the foundation of the strategy-based approach and how memory work fits into smoking cessation.
Session 2: Pre-Talk, Strategy, and the Emotional Components of Smoking
Learn how to prepare the client for change before the formal hypnosis begins, and how to work with the emotional meanings attached to smoking.
Session 3: The Smoking Cessation Session Protocol
Learn Ernest’s structured session process, including the sequence, scripts, and protocols used in the cessation session.
Session 4: Business Considerations, Pricing, Marketing, and Follow-Up
Learn how to position smoking cessation in your practice, explain the offer clearly, and support clients without creating unnecessary complexity.
What Ernest Sees in His Own Practice
In Ernest’s own practice, the strategy-based approach has been designed so that the majority of smoking and vaping clients can make the change in a single structured cessation session, with follow-up support used where appropriate.
These are Ernest’s own practice outcomes and experience. They are not a guarantee of what every practitioner will achieve, because client results depend on many factors, including client readiness, practitioner skill, suitability, and scope of practice.
What this course gives you is the structure, thinking, scripts, protocols, and strategic understanding behind Ernest’s approach, so you can develop greater confidence and clarity in your own cessation work.
Your Enrolment Includes the Full Strategy-Based Cessation Mastery Training
When you enrol through this page, you receive access to the full Strategy-Based Cessation Mastery training pathway. This includes all three courses.
1. Strategy-Based Smoking Cessation Course
Learn Ernest’s complete strategy-based approach to smoking cessation, including the structure, pre-talk, memory work, scripts, and protocols used to help clients move towards becoming non-smokers.
4 weeks · 4 live calls · 90 min each
2. Strategy-Based Gambling Cessation Course
Receive access to Ernest’s complete strategy-based approach to smoking cessation, including the structure, scripts, and protocols used to help clients move towards becoming non-smokers.
4 weeks · 4 live calls · 90 min each
3. Strategy-Based Vaping Cessation Course
Receive access to the vaping cessation course, designed to help you understand and work with vaping behaviour as its own distinct pattern, rather than simply treating it as smoking with a different device.
4 weeks · 4 live calls · 90 min each
Also Included
- 4 live video workshop sessions for the Smoking Cessation Course, commencing Tuesday 21 July 2026
- Delivered via Google Meet
- Recordings of all sessions
- Course materials
- Ernest’s exact session scripts and protocols
- Certificates of completion
- 10 CPD points recognised by AHA per course
- 30 CPD points recognised by AHA across the full Strategy-Based Cessation Mastery training
- Lifetime access
- Lifetime re-attendance privilege for all three courses
- Email access for questions if you cannot attend live
- 7-day money-back guarantee
Attendance Bonus
Attend 3 or more live sessions and receive a complimentary 30-minute strategy call with Ernest.
Value: AUD $175
Investment
AUD $97
Includes the Smoking, Gambling, and Vaping Cessation Courses.
Lifetime Re-Attendance Privilege
When you enrol, you receive lifetime re-attendance privilege for all three Strategy-Based Cessation Courses:
- Strategy-Based Smoking Cessation Course
- Strategy-Based Gambling Cessation Course
- Strategy-Based Vaping Cessation Course
That means you can attend future live rounds again at no extra cost, refresh the material, ask new questions, and continue strengthening your confidence as the work evolves.
For Practitioners in the US and Canada
Because the live workshop sessions are based around Australian scheduling, many practitioners in the US and Canada prefer to watch the recordings rather than attend live.
That is completely fine. You will still receive access to the recordings, and you can email questions if you are unable to attend the live video workshop sessions.
So even if the live time does not suit your time zone, you can still complete the course and work through the material at a time that suits you.
Who This Course Is For
This course is for you if you are a hypnotherapist or therapeutic practitioner who wants to feel more confident offering smoking cessation.
It is especially suitable if:
- You already work with habit change clients
- You want to add or improve smoking cessation in your practice
- You have tried script-based cessation training but still want more structure
- You want to understand the strategy behind the session
- You want a clearer pre-talk process
- You want access to Ernest’s exact session scripts and protocols
- You want to work more confidently with smoking and vaping clients
- You want to position cessation as a stronger offer in your practice
- You prefer practical, structured training over vague theory
Who This Course Is Not For
This course is not designed for people looking for a magic script without understanding the strategy behind it.
It is also not designed to replace medical advice, mental health care, or other professional support when those are required.
As a practitioner, your role is to work within your training, experience, professional requirements, and local laws.
This course will help you think more clearly about smoking cessation work, but it does not encourage you to work outside your scope of practice.
Working Safely and Ethically
Smoking cessation can be a powerful and valuable area of hypnotherapy practice. At the same time, every practitioner should work within their training, experience, professional requirements, and local laws.
This course is designed to help you work with more structure, clarity, and confidence. You will be encouraged to consider:
- Whether the client is suitable for hypnotherapy support
- Whether additional professional advice or support may be appropriate
- How to work within your own training and competence
- How to avoid overpromising outcomes
- How to explain the work clearly and responsibly
- How to approach cessation with care, professionalism, and structure
This is about becoming a more capable and thoughtful cessation practitioner, not making guarantees or working beyond your scope.
About Ernest McLeod
Ernest McLeod is an experienced clinical hypnotherapist, business coach, trainer, and founder of The Hypno Coach.
He has spent more than 12 years helping smoking clients quit and has trained hypnotherapists in his strategy-based cessation approach for several years.
Ernest’s approach is practical, direct, and designed for real-world client work. Rather than teaching hypnotherapists to simply read scripts, Ernest focuses on helping practitioners understand the strategy behind the behaviour, so they can work with more confidence and clarity.
The Strategy-Based Smoking Cessation Course has been created for hypnotherapists who want a deeper, more structured, and more practical approach to helping clients become non-smokers.
What Past Attendees Say
Greg
Hypnotherapist, Victoria
“I’ve seen a lot of courses on stop smoking, but not one that actually I think is from an expert. It is just a miracle for smokers.”
Helena
Hypnotherapist, NZ
“If you’re thinking about doing this course, make sure you do it. You will be able to help people become non-smokers.”
Maureen
Hypnotherapist, Australia
“I’ve probably done about four others besides yours, possibly more. Out of all of the smoking courses that I’ve done, I actually like yours the best.”
Christian
Newer hypnotherapist, Adelaide
“It really will expand your skills, but it will also give you insights into lots of other areas of your business as well.”
Dana
Clinical Hypnotherapist, 20+ years, Adelaide
“I would highly recommend it if someone wants to specialize in this area. It’s very, very effective.”
Pauline
Newer hypnotherapist, Perth
“I feel a boost of confidence and I feel that I can set my clients up for success now.”
7-Day Money-Back Guarantee
You are covered by a 7-day money-back guarantee. Enrol in the course, review the material, and make sure it is the right fit for you.
If you decide it is not suitable, simply request a refund within 7 days in line with the refund policy.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does the course start?
The Strategy-Based Smoking Cessation Course commences on Tuesday 21 July 2026. This is also the commencement date for Strategy-Based Cessation Mastery.
How many live sessions are included?
The Strategy-Based Smoking Cessation Course includes 4 live video workshop sessions delivered via Google Meet. The sessions are scheduled for:
- Tuesday 21 July 2026
- Tuesday 28 July 2026
- Tuesday 4 August 2026
- Tuesday 11 August 2026
Each session is at 6:00 PM Sydney time. (9 AM London / 8 PM Auckland). Times in your timezone: worldtimebuddy.com
Are the sessions recorded?
Yes. Recordings are included, so you can watch the training later if you cannot attend live.
I am in the US or Canada. Can I still enrol?
Yes. Many practitioners in the US and Canada watch the recordings rather than attend live because of the time zone difference. You can also email questions if you are unable to attend the live video workshop sessions.
Is this only for Australian hypnotherapists?
No. The course is suitable for hypnotherapists in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the US, and Canada. However, you should always work within your own local laws, professional requirements, training, and scope of practice.
Are CPD points included?
Yes. Each course includes 10 CPD points recognised by AHA. Because your enrolment includes the Smoking, Gambling, and Vaping Cessation Courses, you receive access to 30 CPD points recognised by AHA across the full Strategy-Based Cessation Mastery training.
Do I receive a certificate?
Yes. A certificate of completion is included for each course.
What exactly do I receive?
Your enrolment includes:
- Strategy-Based Smoking Cessation Course
- Strategy-Based Gambling Cessation Course
- Strategy-Based Vaping Cessation Course
- Recordings
- Course materials
- Ernest’s exact session scripts and protocols
- Certificates of completion
- 10 CPD points recognised by AHA per course
- 30 CPD points recognised by AHA across all three courses
- Lifetime access
- Lifetime re-attendance privilege for all three courses
- 7-day money-back guarantee
Is this a script course?
No. This is a strategy-based cessation course. You will receive Ernest’s exact session scripts and protocols, but the focus is not simply reading a script. The focus is helping you understand the structure behind the behaviour so you can work with more confidence and clarity.
Do I need to already offer smoking cessation?
No. This course is suitable if you already offer smoking cessation, or if you would like to feel more prepared before adding it to your practice.
Does this guarantee client results?
No. This course does not guarantee client outcomes. It teaches Ernest’s strategy-based approach, scripts, protocols, and professional thinking so you can develop greater confidence and structure in your own smoking cessation work.
Can I use this with clients straight away?
You can apply what you learn within your existing training, experience, professional scope, and local requirements. The course is designed to give you a clearer framework, not to encourage you to work beyond your competence.
What is the refund policy?
The course includes a 7-day money-back guarantee. Please review the full refund policy here: Refund Policy
Learn the Strategy Behind Effective Smoking Cessation Work
If you have ever wanted to feel more confident helping smoking clients, this course gives you a clearer structure to follow.
You will learn the thinking, pre-talk, memory work, scripts, protocols, and session strategy behind Ernest’s approach to smoking cessation.
You do not need another generic script. You need a framework that helps you understand what is really happening and how to work with it more clearly.
Enrol in Strategy-Based Cessation Mastery for AUD $97
Includes the Smoking, Gambling, and Vaping Cessation Courses.
About
Ernest McLeod is an award-winning hypnotherapist specialising in helping therapists help more people such as through cessation work. He trains other hypnotherapists in the strategy-based protocols he uses with his own clients.
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