📍 California – Ken Guzzo, Certified Clinical Hypnotist – Concord and Sacramento
Contact him directly, or book a session on his website.
Sacramento Office
180 Promenade Circle, Suite 300
Sacramento, CA 95834
Concord Office
1320 Willow Pass Road, Suite 600
Concord, CA 94520
Phone: 📞800-635-8150
Appointments are required.
Also Available via Live Virtual Sessions 👩💻
Meet Ken Guzzo, Certified Clinical Hypnotist
Are You Ready to Stop Letting Nicotine Control Your Day?
You may be tired of planning your schedule around smoking, vaping, or another tobacco habit. Perhaps you have tried to quit before but found yourself pulled back by cravings, stress, routines, or automatic triggers.
Ken Guzzo is a Certified Clinical Hypnotist, Smoking Cessation Specialist, and founder of the Bay Area Non-Smoking Center. He offers an intensive, individualized program from offices in Sacramento and Concord, with live virtual sessions also available.
Smoking-Cessation Hypnosis
Change More Than the Habit
Smoking and vaping can become connected with driving, meals, work breaks, social situations, stress, and your sense of identity.
Ken’s program may help you:
- Recognize your personal nicotine triggers
- Change automatic associations and routines
- Respond differently to cravings
- Strengthen your motivation to become nicotine-free
- Prepare for stressful or challenging situations
- Begin seeing yourself as someone who no longer needs tobacco
- Reinforce change under the program’s stated support terms
The primary hypnosis work may be completed in one session, although individual experiences and outcomes vary.
Is This Program Right for You?
The program may be appropriate if you are a motivated adult who wants help stopping:
- Cigarette smoking
- Vaping
- Cigar use
- Chewing tobacco
- Another nicotine-related habit
During your initial conversation, you can discuss your tobacco history, previous attempts to quit, concerns about cravings, and the program structure.
Why Might You Choose Ken Guzzo?
If you are ready to stop smoking, vaping, or using another tobacco product and want to work with someone whose practice is strongly focused on nicotine-related habits, Ken Guzzo offers a specialized smoking-cessation program rather than general-purpose hypnosis.
Ken has practiced hypnosis for many years and reports helping more than 10,000 clients pursue a smoke-free life. He is also a hypnosis instructor and the founder of the Bay Area Non-Smoking Center and North American Academy of Hypnosis.
A Focused One-Session Program
Ken’s smoking and vaping program is designed around one comprehensive hypnosis session. This may appeal to you if you want a concentrated appointment rather than a long series of weekly sessions.
The program may help you:
- Identify routines and situations connected to tobacco use
- Examine emotional and environmental triggers
- Separate familiar activities from the expectation of smoking
- Strengthen your reasons for becoming nicotine-free
- Mentally prepare for stress and social situations
- Develop alternative responses to familiar urges
- Reinforce your identity and choices as a nonsmoker
The Guzzo Protocol
Ken describes the Guzzo Protocol as a combination of hypnosis and targeted tapping or somatic techniques. The goal is to address both subconscious associations and physical responses connected to an unwanted habit.
This may be a good fit if you want an active, direct approach rather than a session focused entirely on quiet relaxation and suggestion.
Credentials and Professional Experience
Ken’s qualifications:
- Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
- Certified Hypnosis Instructor
- Smoking Cessation Specialist
- Medical and Dental Hypnosis Specialist
- Certified NLP Practitioner
- Certified Miruspoint Facilitator
- Founder of the North American Academy of Hypnosis
- Creator of the Personal Break-through Workshop
Other Services
Ken also offers weight management, executive performance, athletic performance, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, and addiction-related programs.
Contact the Bay Area Non-Smoking Center
📍 Sacramento Office
180 Promenade Circle, Suite 300
Sacramento, CA 95834
📍 Concord Office
1320 Willow Pass Road, Suite 600
Concord, CA 94520
📞 Phone: 800-635-8150
✉️ Email: savinglives@nonsmokingcenter.com
🌐 Website: nonsmokingcenter.com
Take the First Step Toward Becoming Nicotine-Free
Contact Ken directly to ask questions, confirm whether the program may be appropriate for you, and then let him know when you’d like to get started.
Appointments are available in Sacramento, Concord, and through live virtual sessions. Confirm current fees, reinforcement terms, availability, and session format before scheduling.
The Bay Area Non-Smoking Center biography currently has an A+ BBB rating. A rating is not an endorsement or verification of treatment effectiveness. Better Business Bureau profile
The Bay Area Non-Smoking Center is independently owned and operated. Ken Guzzo is recommended by Healthy Life Centers but is not an employee, agent, or representative of Healthy Life Centers. All services, credentials, scheduling, fees, warranties, policies, and outcomes remain the independent responsibility of the practitioner.



