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Is the Weisbrod Cigarette Smoking Elimination Program for you?
For
30 years this program was the treatment of choice for many physicians
throughout Hawaii. For a time, it was offered as an evening course in a
large Honolulu Clinic, in partnership with the principle pulmonologist.As a private session in the 1980s and 1990s, it was a $250 program. In its present form, it includes three telephone sessions, the workbook and audio program (in HTML and mp3). It's now a $90 program. In the mid-1990s, I retired my private practice and converted the program into mail order. In 2007, I updated the workbook into a digital format and converted the five audio cassettes into mp3 files. This allows participation with the program from your computer screen--similar to the private session for which it was designed. This program will not adapt to a portable device such as an iPod--you will need to read the workbook while listening to the audio portion of the program. It was designed to be conducted in a clinical setting over three uninterupted hours--alterations to the format will reduce the effectiveness. As with the private session program, it's important that I'm standing-by throughout the three hours. This requires that we coordinate our schedules. During these three hours, we will need to talk by telephone, typically three separate times (or as needed). The workbook and mp3 recordings are complete in themselves, but Psychological Defense Mechanisms tend to pop up to "protect" you from the unfamiliar identity of the non-smoker. PDMs are human behavior traits that maintain the status quo. I have decades of experience at isolation these PDMs and I know how to warn you away. Without this support, the PDMs will often sabotage your success. You can review this program for an idea of how PDMs can destroy even life & death goals. The first session will help us both decide if the program will support your non-smoking goals--there is no charge or obligation for this initial session. There is also a free e-book and several audio recordings that will help you decide if this program will work for you. Feel free to contact me any time--I'm here to help. Carl Weisbrod wdslibrary@gmail.com |