Individual Counselling
Individual counseling takes place in person, on the telephone,
through email or a combination of all of three.
Through counseling I will work with you to:
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Identify your style of making changes |
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Assess your level of addiction to smoking, both physically and
emotionally |
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Identify situations, circumstances and issues that contribute to
your smoking |
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Prepare a realistic and achievable plan to reduce and quit
smoking |
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Coach and support you through each step of the process of
reducing and quitting smoking |
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Plan ahead for relapse prevention |
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Create strategies to permanently maintain your smoke free life |
Support Groups
In a support group setting you will benefit from:
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Up to date information on tobacco addiction and smoking
cessation strategies |
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Peer support which offers a common ground of sharing
smoking issues, challenges and the goal to stop smoking |
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Learning from each others' experiences and successes with reducing
and quitting smoking |
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Developing your own customized stop smoking plan |
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Learning about relapse and prevention strategies |
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Possible long term peer support after the group has ended |
Workplace Services
I offer individual and group smoking cessation counseling
onsite in workplaces.
The benefits of counseling for employees include:
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The convenience of workplace counselling makes quitting
smoking a greater possibility in their busy lives |
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The support of the counsellor and peers in the quitting
process provides an encouraging and motivating structure in which to stop
smoking |
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Increased states of health and well-being,
as smoking is reduced and stopped |
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Pride and satisfaction in the attainment of a life
goal |
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The joy of the freedom from smoking |
The benefits to the employer of providing workplace smoking
cessation counseling are:
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Increased health of employees |
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Reduction in employee use of sick leave |
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Reduction in the loss of employees due to life threatening illnesses
caused by smoking |
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Increased employee work effectiveness, productivity and
wellbeing |
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The bottom line – it pays off to have healthy employees! |
Program Development and
Training
My services include developing smoking cessation support
programs for organizations and groups. I will work with you to assess your
program needs and develop a customized program for your staff and clients. I am available
to travel in order to train people to facilitate support groups.
Employee Assistance Programs
Increasingly Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) are providing
smoking cessation counseling in their menu of services. Check with your organizations' EAP program
to see if it offers this service.
If you are an Employee Assistance Program provider, please
contact me to discuss how we can work together to serve your clients.
Why Me / Why Now?
Why should you contact me for help to stop smoking? Here are a few
good reasons:
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I am a former smoker and have gone through the process of
breaking free from smoking |
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As a certified tobacco addiction counselor I understand
the powerful hold smoking has on people and have the expertise to guide
you to the smoke-free life you desire and deserve |
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I am an experienced smoking cessation counselor and group
facilitator |
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I will not impose a smoking cessation plan on you, as do
many cessation programs |
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I will support you through each phase of stopping smoking
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√ setting the stage for quitting smoking
√ making a realistic and achievable plan using tools and resources
that fit for you
√ anticipating and planning for challenges (e.g. a job interview or a
social event)
Jreaching your goal of quitting smoking
Rmaintaining your smoke-free life |
A Message to Health
Care Professionals
Some of your clients may be struggling with tobacco addiction
and living with the constant pressure and desire to stop smoking. These clients
have probably made numerous attempts to stop smoking and are feeling both
desperate to quit and incapable of breaking their intense addiction to
cigarettes. Please let your clients know of my smoking cessation counselling
services, in order to increase their resources to stop smoking. If you are
interested in collaborating on a stop smoking service or program for your
clients, please call me to discuss your needs. Contact me.
Coaching
My services include personal and professional coaching. For
further information Click Here.
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