Nicholas Pollak

A new client told me she has many issues, is depressed all of the time, and continually feels negative. Because of her poor self-image, she hoped used plastic surgery make an improvement. A good idea, except she did not like the outcome. Uncommonly curious, she wanted to know...

A clinical hypnotherapist cannot cure anything. However, we can help a client heal himself. Each person would want to accept responsibility for his or her own self-improvement. To them I say...

A new client recently asked if I could help him with insomnia. After three months, it was a major problem. He did not sleep for two nights but always was able to go four hours on the third night. For him, that is a deep sleep that refreshes him. He said nothing had changed in his...

Hypnosis is an amazing tool, especially regarding its effectiveness dealing with chronic and ongoing pain. A recent survey was taken of people who had been experiencing chronic pain for more than two years, and were taking pain medication. Divided into two groups, one was given pain meds. The second was taken off of them and sent to learn self-hypnosis. After two years they found those taking meds were...

My wife and I recently took a short but badly needed vacation in Las Vegas. It was cheap for us since we have a timeshare there. One item still on our bucket list was a helicopter flight to the Grand Canyon. Amazingly, neither of us had been to the Grand Canyon. We seized the opportunity on this trip. Three helicopters were flying the same tour, each with six passengers and a pilot. My wife and I are...

At the latest of three sessions with a certain client, she said she had been experiencing daily anxiety, particularly in the mornings. It began two years ago, shortly after her father’s death, when depression set in. She felt so alone. She became anxious about how she would survive. That, however, was resolved when...

Second of two parts. For those who are not somnambulists, learning not to smoke takes a little longer. Quitting, as many will testify, can be quite difficult. Once the client has figured out how many he smokes a day, when he smokes and why, stopping smoking becomes easier. The worst part is the withdrawal symptoms – sweating, dizziness, irritability, restlessness, tiredness and nervous energy – which can be uncomfortable. Hypnosis helps...

First of two parts. I received a call from a new client, asking if I could help her girlfriend, who would be visiting the United States, to quit smoking. I told her that hypnosis is effective 70 percent of the time and that I have an 85 percent success rate. The minor hitch was...

I am seeing more clients who have trouble letting go of past relationships. They are obsessed. They say they want to move beyond these relationships and negative thoughts. Interestingly, these are very outgoing persons who rely on...

I received a call recently from a woman my wife had met at a party. Her husband was suffering severe depression, allergies, rheumatism, a complete down-and-out attitude. When they had met, he was the opposite, a dynamic go-getter with an extremely positive attitude. Physical ailments were depressing him to the point that he had considered...