Ripoff Report Needs Your Help!
X  |  CLOSE
Report: #941249

Complaint Review: PA Hypnosis Center - Dan Vitchoff - Pittsburgh (Warrendale) Pennsylvania

  • Submitted:
  • Updated:
  • Reported By: tailspin — Wexford Pennsylvania United States of America
  • Author Not Confirmed What's this?
  • Why?
  • PA Hypnosis Center - Dan Vitchoff 16085 Perry Highway, Warrendale PA 15086 Pittsburgh (Warrendale), Pennsylvania United States of America

PA Hypnosis Center - Dan Vitchoff Misrepresented service - lied about what was discuseed during consultation - refused to refund monies for services not rendered which I could not tolerate due to medical condition Pittsburgh ,Warrendale, Pennsylvania

*Consumer Comment: Dan Vitchoff helped me overcome anxiety and lose weight.

Show customers why they should trust your business over your competitors...

Is this
Report about YOU
listed on other sites?
Those sites steal
Ripoff Report's
content.
We can get those
removed for you!
Find out more here.
How to fix
Ripoff Report
If your business is
willing to make a
commitment to
customer satisfaction
Click here now..

Dan Vitchoff is a clever & enterprising businessman. He claims to offer hypnotherapy but leads you to a darkened room & puts headphones & blinking glasses on you, then subjects you to repeated playings of a generic recording for every session after he leaves the room. It is so irritating & absurd it becomes intolerable.

In my case, because I suffer from severe tinnitus (ringing of the ears), wearing headphones for extended periods is very agitating. His staff was told of this condition when I called for a consultation & ironically claimed to offer a remedy for it instead of exacerbating it. They also claimed to be able to address an anxiety related breathing disorder & alleviation of chronic pain.

When I politely declined to continue the treatments after 4 sessions, Mr. Vitchoff refused to refund my money for the remaining 4 prepaid sessions claiming he had already "prepared a personalized program" for me. This, of course, was nonsense since I began my 1st session the day following our initial consultation.

He was able to produce a signed credit card receipt which stated a "no refund" policy in small type, nearly impossible to read in his dimly lit office, after he had charged my credit card. Contrary to his claims, he never discussed this with me beforehand and, in fact, boldly displays a satisfaction guarantee commitment on his website.

The chairman of the ethics committee of the National Guild of Hypnotists who licensed Mr Vitchoff also disapproves of his use of repetitive recordings & refusal to offer refunds, and has advised that there may be a possibility of action against him if more complaints are received. I would urge any other dissatisfied victims of PA Hypnosis Center to log a comment at the following website: https://ngh.net/about/contact-us/

This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 09/14/2012 01:00 PM and is a permanent record located here: https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/pa-hypnosis-center-dan-vitchoff/pittsburgh-warrendale-pennsylvania-15086/pa-hypnosis-center-dan-vitchoff-misrepresented-service-lied-about-what-was-discuseed-941249. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year. Ripoff Report has an exclusive license to this report. It may not be copied without the written permission of Ripoff Report. READ: Foreign websites steal our content

Search for additional reports

If you would like to see more Rip-off Reports on this company/individual, search here:

Report & Rebuttal
Respond to this report!
What's this?
Also a victim?
What's this?
Repair Your Reputation!
What's this?

Updates & Rebuttals

REBUTTALS & REPLIES:
0Author
1Consumer
0Employee/Owner

#1 Consumer Comment

Dan Vitchoff helped me overcome anxiety and lose weight.

AUTHOR: csmith - (United States of America)

POSTED: Monday, October 08, 2012

I feel that the above report is unfair and biased.  I have had a personal experience at the PA Hypnosis Center and my experience was very positive.  First of all, Dan Vitchoff is a wonderful and caring man who has helped me and several of my friends and family overcome anxiety, lose weight and stop smoking. The consultation process is very thorough and he does explain everything in detail including the fact that he uses lights, sounds, music and direct suggestions in his hypnosis sessions.  He has coined this the 33 method which is the same method he used to help his Olympic athletes win Gold Medals at the Olympics.  He does lead you to a darkened room and use lights and headphones in his sessions but the person who wrote the above report used a negative spin to make the PA Hypnosis Center look bad.  The truth is that the room is darkened so that you can relax, any hypnotist you work with will dim the lights for a hypnosis session.  The lights in the glasses use a powerful form of brainwave technology that enables you to achieve a deeper state of hypnosis.  The headphones are noise cancelling headphones that eliminate any external noises or distractions that would take away from the process of hypnosis and lastly, the suggestions that Dan Vitchoff uses during his hypnosis sessions are designed with your specific needs in mind.  He is a leading expert in the world of hypnosis and mental training and his education is in Psychology and Education.  He provides hypnosis which is a professional service to help people make positive and permenant changes in their lives and I can personally attest to the fact that it works.  It doesn't sound like you gave the process a chance, too bad because it sounds like he really could have helped you. 

Respond to this report!
What's this?
Featured Reports

Advertisers above have met our
strict standards for business conduct.

X
What do hackers,
questionable attorneys and
fake court orders have in common?
...Dishonest Reputation Management Investigates Reputation Repair
Free speech rights compromised

WATCH News
Segment Now