Smoking & Weight Loss Client Intake Form
In order to help you understand why you smoke/eat and how smoking/eatting effects you, please answer the following questions carefully. Although your initial responses might be yes to all of them, please take the time to consider each question carefully. Your session will be customized to fit your specific needs and we will spend time finding alternatives for each emotional and habitual need.
I smoke/eat: Yes or No
To elevate my mood _____
To feel comforted _____
For companionship _____
To relieve stress, ease tension ____
To give myself a break _____
To relax ______
To punish myself _______
To feel comfortable socially _____
To break boredom ______
To relieve loneliness _____
To soothe frustration ______
To curb my appetite ______
To bribe myself into action _____
To celebrate ______
To rebel, be different ______
To show my independence ______
To irritate someone in my life ______
To stimulate my creativity ______
To focus and concentrate ______
To organize my thoughts ______
I smoke/eat when: Yes or No
I知 angry ______
I want a reward ______
I知 happy ______
I知 unhappy ______
I知 arguing or after a fight ______
I知 feeling insecure ______
I知 nervous ______
I知 afraid ______
I知 feeling left out ______
I知 driving ______
I知 watching TV ______
I知 working ______
I知 drinking alcohol ______
I知 drinking coffee ______
I知 talking on the phone ______
After eating ______
My body wants nicotine ______
I smoke purely out of habit, _____
Have no emotional attachment ____
Meeting the Need While Dismissing the Habit
Think about the above reasons. Each of them has a positive function; that is, it isn稚 wrong to be nurtured, to feel less stressed, to feel comfortable in social situations, or to control your weight. What you are accomplishing with smoking/food has value. It痴 just that the habit that has been established to meet the need is one that ultimately destroys, rather than supports. You know there is nothing that can be said about the ill effects of smoking/being over weight that you have not already heard more than once. Further, the suggestion that you can meet the same needs while employing a new behavior or a new habit may seem outright preposterous. But it isn稚, if you池e willing to rely on the power of your subconscious. Your subconscious can provide you with specific, constructive alternatives to smoking/overeatting that will be genuinely desirable.
In Addition, please fill out the 1st client intake form.