30 Hypnotherapy Intake Questions for Cannabis Dependence

1. Your Relationship with Cannabis

• When did you first start using cannabis regularly?
• How often do you currently use it?
• What time of day do you typically use cannabis?
• What role does cannabis play in your daily routine?
• What do you believe cannabis gives you (e.g., relaxation, escape, focus)?

2. Triggers & Situational Patterns

• What situations most often lead you to use cannabis?
• Are there specific people or environments associated with your use?
• Do certain times (evenings, weekends) increase your urge?
• What are your strongest craving triggers?
• What thoughts typically come up just before you use?

3. Emotional Drivers

• What feelings are you usually trying to change or avoid?
• Do you use cannabis to cope with stress, anxiety, boredom, or something else?
• How do you feel emotionally before and after using?
• Are there unresolved emotional experiences connected to your use?
• What emotions feel hardest for you to sit with without cannabis?

4. Patterns, Habits & Control

• Do you feel in control of your cannabis use? Why or why not?
• Have you tried to cut down or stop before? What happened?
• What tends to trigger relapse or returning to use?
• What routines or habits reinforce your cannabis use?
• How automatic does your use feel (e.g., conscious choice vs habit)?

5. Beliefs & Identity

• What do you believe about cannabis and its impact on your life?
• How do you see yourself as a cannabis user?
• What identity would you prefer to have instead?
• Do you believe you can change? Why or why not?
• What limiting beliefs might be holding you back?

6. Impact on Life & Performance

• How has cannabis affected your energy, focus, or productivity?
• What areas of your life have been negatively impacted?
• What improvements would you expect if you reduced or stopped?
• How does cannabis affect your motivation and goals?
• What would your ideal life look like without dependence?

How These Questions Inform Hypnotherapy

This intake allows the hypnotherapist to:

• Identify subconscious triggers and emotional associations
• Reframe beliefs around cannabis use
• Interrupt habitual patterns
• Build personalized hypnotic suggestions
• Strengthen a new identity and future vision

Clinical Insight

Cannabis dependence is often less about the substance itself and more about:

Hypnotherapy works by addressing these deeper layers.

• Emotional regulation strategies
• Conditioned routines and environments
• Identity-level beliefs (“this is who I am”)