Aspiring Actress    Alisa - West Hollywood
     Nina, you deserve an Academy Award. You know how nervous I was about going on auditions. All those lines to remember while being looked at like a piece of flesh. I can't begin telling you how much those hypnosis sessions helped me. I don't think I'll ever like casting directors. The way some of them behave is just damned crappy. But now it's been a whole lot easier for me to not forget my lines. The relaxation steps you taught me are fantastic.
     A big thanks and lots of hugs to you!

Golf Performance and Nail Biting    George - Long Beach, Ca.
     If I could swing it, I would play golf every single day. Ever since I was a kid, I'd bite my nails when I got anxious. You don't even want to see what I used to do to my fingernails whenever I had to make a difficult putt.
     Nina, you are better for my long and short game than the best set of clubs I've ever owned. Sometimes putting still makes me crazy. But I haven't chewed on my nails since that time you hypnotized me and fixed that problem once and for all in just 2 sessions.
     When it comes to hypnotherapists, Nina Alicandro you are Tiger Woods and The Golden Bear all rolled up into one. I'll take you to the 19th hole or anywhere else you want to go, any day of the week.

Test Anxiety, Insomnia, & Stress    Name withheld
     Especially while I was in grad school, when a very important paper came due, my stomach would get all tied up in a Gordian Knot. Sometimes I suffered from bedeviling bouts of insomnia, if I had to take a critical test. Now that I am toiling for my daily bread out in the real world, either or both of these same debilitating maladies all too often have returned with the vengeance of hellfire and brimstone. This usually comes to pass, as the time draws near for the completion of a major project proposal or should it be requisite for me to do a presentation of some sort.
     No words of laudation will ever be sufficient to thank you, Nina, for all you have done for me. Your salutiferous hypnosis sessions continue to be one of the greatest boons I have ever received. Sympathetic, compassionate, intuitive, and highly skilled in your craft hardly begin to describe your personal demeanor and your professionalism.
     I have been, and shall be, much more than twice blessed by your efficacious ministrations of hypnotism. "Nina Alicandro, may the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, and the sun shine warm upon your countenance filled to overflowing with caring and creativity."

Actress and Businesswoman    Tiffany - Marina del Rey, Ca.
     Life as model has been quite good to me. Still, for some time I've wanted to start a business of my own. One problem is that a lot of the business and banking type people I deal with only think of me as a pretty face. It's really hard for me to get a lot of those men to take me seriously.
     Hypnotism has done a lot of good for me. The role playing I did while under hypnosis was really great. The motivational stuff we did together has helped me really focus on what I really want out of life.
     If my business takes off, you will be a big reason for my future success. Thanks loads!

Dental Anxiety    Name withheld
     I HATE! GOING TO THE DENTIST. IF ANYTHING SHOULD BE A 4 LETTER WORD, DENTIST SHOULD BE NUMERO UNO ON THE LIST. THE X-RAYS, THE FINGERS IN MY MOUTH, AND THE DRILLING AND THE PAIN. YUCK!!!
     I STILL DON'T LIKE GOING TO THE DENTIST. BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR HYPNOSIS TREATMENTS, AT LEAST I CAN GO THERE AND I DON'T WANT TO TORTURE MY DENTIST ANY MORE. WELL, MAYBE ONCE IN A WHILE I STILL WANT TO. THANKS, FOR EVERYTHING. XOXOXO

Building up Self-confidence    Laura - Cerritos, Ca.
     I grew up in an extremely loving, but very straight-laced family. I've always felt a bit uneasy about demonstrably expressing myself and my emotions.
     When I decided to satisfy my curiosity about hypnotism, I hoped it could help me build up my self-confidence. Well, things worked out better than I could possibly have imagined. The hypnosis sessions I had with you and what you taught me about self-hypnosis, has helped me to break out of my shell. Thanks to you, I feel and act like a moth that's been transformed into a monarch butterfly.
     Nina, you are a peach. Thanks for everything!

Emotional Expressiveness    Jarod - Santa Monica, Ca.
     I have never been very comfortable about expressing my emotions. Frankly, in my life experiences, unemotional people like me all too frequently have to clean up the messes made by those who are overly emotional.
     Still, human beings do possess an emotion-driven side and a logical one. For some time I've known, and been told by some of my friends, it would be a good idea for me to more fully develop my emotional expressiveness. That was one reason I came to you for some hypnosis sessions.
     Hypnosis wasn't anything like I usually see in the movies or on television. It just felt like I was only relaxing a little bit more than usually. Then, I relaxed a little more, and a little bit more. It was sort of a floaty, drowsy feeling.
     What happened while I was under was really wild. I'd have bet you almost anything you wouldn't be able to get that much emotionality out of me. To tell the truth, I didn't believe there was so much emotional stuff in me. I still don't have a clue how you did it. All I know is, you did one bang up job of drawing out my nonlogical part of my nature.
     I've never given two cents for all that mystical or metaphysical rotgut. But after how you handled me in hypnosis, I may have to change my opinions on all that sort of stuff.