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Many people know that hypnotherapy can be used to stop smoking, and that it can work very quickly in as little as one session, however, there are other physical habits hypnosis can help with – such as nail biting.

In fact, physical habits are the behaviours that hypnotherapy is most successful at treating immediately and directly.  Other common areas include weight loss.  In a similar way, hypnotherapy is incredibly effective at stopping a nail biting habit.

It may surprise people to hear that nail biting has a lot in common with smoking as it is a physical, ritual habit.  There are usually deeply embedded reasons for a simple physical routine, sometimes even deep psychological reasons or causes.  Regardless of the cause, this sort of habit can be effectively stopped quite easily using hypnotherapy.

Uncovering and resolving deep psychological issues can require many sessions with a therapist, however, in the case of eliminating physical habits such as smoking or nail biting, it is not necessary for a hypnotherapist to work at more than the most basic physical level to stop the habit.  Many people have been amazed, not only at the results, but the speed in which they can be achieved.

Not all physical habits have a deeper psychological reason.  Sometimes it is just a habit for the sake of being a habit and it simply ‘feels good’ for the individual to participate in them.