This Is a Test – and You Can Pass

Nicholas PollakOP-ED

Recently I have been seeing several clients who are experiencing exam anxiety. They are trying to relax and recall the information the needed information. One client had to take an oral exam after failing the standard test three years in a row. The oral terrified him because…

Changing Directions. She Is Flying High After Flying Low

Nicholas PollakOP-ED

I received a call recently from a young lady I last saw four years ago to help her to resolve a fear of flying and panic/anxiety attacks. It took seven sessions. Her problem was so thoroughly resolved that when her flight crash-landed in a football field in Turkey, she…

Remember, Chasing Change Can Be a Precise Art

Nicholas PollakOP-ED

How many of you already have broken the wonderful new year’s resolutions you made when you realized that you are still smoking, still fat, still tired, still lazy, still unmotivated?

Making Panic Vanish Is Not Magic. Common Sense Works

Nicholas PollakOP-ED

A new client called me recently to an appointment about his panic and anxiety. As an engineer, he is sent to sites requiring him to drive on the freeway alone. Unfortunately, five years ago, when he was on a freeway on-ramp, he suffered a massive panic attack. Ever since, he has not been able to…

Advantages of Allowing Yourself to be Hypnotized

Nicholas PollakOP-ED

Clinical hypnotherapy helps you to overcome so many challenges – stress, anxiety, nervousness, fears, phobias, panic attacks, overeating causing unwanted weight gain, smoking, insomnia, lack of self-confidence and self-esteem, shyness, sadness, anguish, grief. Hypnotherapy may also assist you with…

Write This Down if You Want to Make Changes

Nicholas PollakOP-ED

When a new client comes in, I ask the person to write, in cursive, what he or she is hoping to achieve through hypnosis. After the paperwork has been completed, we talk about what the person wants to do and how best to set about it. At first, I use the handwriting to help me gain…

When Stress Temporarily Defeats Serene Feelings

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First of two parts

As the days grow busier with the arrival of the holidays, I sense a difference in how I feel each day. What used to be calm and serenity interspersed with clients has become stressed.

Responsibility Key to Successful Hypnotic Experience

Nicholas PollakOP-ED

A new client has just told me he is suffering severe panic and anxiety. Before our first visit, he emailed several times to let me know about his condition and troubles he was undergoing. He had been to a psychiatrist and a medical doctor. They prescribed drugs. The medication made him worse. Elaborately, he explained…

Secrets About Why Relationships Flounder or Fly

Nicholas PollakOP-ED

Several recent clients are having problems with their relationships. Mainly, they are out of a relationship and either want to go back to it or want to involve themselves in the same kind of destructive connection again. Such clients turn out to be fairly high on the “physical” percentage, around 65 percent. I will explain.