A NEW York City hypnotist has been accused of sexually assaulting a teenage patient over a period of two years, allegedly telling her “this is what doctors do” as he abused her during sessions, a lawsuit obtained by The U.S. Sun claims.

Dr. Errol Gluck, founder of the Manhattan-based hypnosis and life coaching firm Gluck Solutions, was accused of historical sexual abuse in a lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of New York on Monday.

His accuser – who The U.S. Sun is declining to name at this time – claims the abuse began in June 2008 when she was 18 years old, shortly after she began visiting Gluck for $300-per-hour hypnotherapy sessions to overcome insecurities about her body.

In their initial sessions, per the lawsuit, Gluck allegedly preyed on the accuser’s insecurities in an attempt to “break down her self-esteem and create a riff between [her] and her parents.”

After a few weeks of sessions, Gluck’s behavior allegedly escalated from emotionally tormenting the teen to physically assaulting her.

The alleged physical abuse began with Gluck ordering the high schooler to lay on a mat on the floor of his office so he could perform “body adjustments” that he claimed would assist in the hypnosis session, the lawsuit states.

During these body adjustment and hypnosis sessions, he allegedly would order the teen to remove all of her clothing, claiming it was “in the way” and interfering with his practice.

“Although [the accuser] expressed to Dr. Gluck that removing her clothing made her uncomfortable, Dr. Gluck forged forward, firmly directing [the accuser] to remove her bra, which was also ‘in his way,'” reads the suit.

“Dr. Gluck would then kneel next to [the accuser] and would repeatedly fondle her breasts, while [the accuser] laid there paralyzed in shock and disbelief.”

Weeks of “grooming” would follow, the suit claims, after which time Gluck apparently began re-scheduling her appointments very late into the evening, sometimes as late as 9 pm, to ensure there were no witnesses who could observe his alleged misconduct.

“During these late-night appointments, Dr. Gluck would lock his office door and would again instruct [the accuser] to disrobe and lay down on a mat on the office floor in order to perform hypnosis,” the suit continues.

“Dr. Gluck then began offering gynecological ‘services’ – services that he was not licensed to provide, and that were not medically necessary – and would have [the accuser] to allow him to inspect her vagina, calling it ‘beautiful.'”

On at least one occasion, it’s alleged that Dr. Gluck inserted his fingers into the accuser’s vagina without her consent.

The alleged violation prompted the teen to jump up immediately, it’s claimed in the suit, to which Dr. Gluck is accused of having remarked: “It’s OK, this is what doctors do.”

DISTURBING ALLEGATIONS

The woman, who is now in her early 30s, claims the abuse continued over a period of two years before she began canceling her appointments sometime in late 2010.

In response, Gluck reportedly began calling her at “all hours” of the night, begging her to return and telling her “I miss you.”

“Despite Dr. Gluck’s best efforts, [the accuser] never saw Dr. Gluck again, though his actions caused her to continue to suffer throughout her adult life,” reads the suit.

“As a direct consequence of Defendant’s actions, Plaintiff has suffered severe emotional distress and continues to suffer from severe depression and anxiety to this day.”

The civil action was brought against Errol Gluck under the Adult Survivors Act, a special New York law suspending the statute of limitations to sue for an alleged sexual assault for one year. The law is due to expire on Thanksgiving Day.

Errol Gluck has not yet responded to a request for comment concerning the allegations made against him in Monday’s suit.

He is also the subject of a second lawsuit, filed in March by a former employee, who accused him of rampant sexual harassment and inappropriate touching across a period of two years, beginning in February 2021.

Among other allegations, Gluck was accused in that suit of groping his employee’s breasts, lifting up her shirt, and peppering her with “wet and sloppy kisses,” the suit claims.

“On one occasion, in or around the fall of 2021, Dr. Gluck invited [the employee] into his office and closed the door,” reads the suit.

“Under the pretext of teaching her self-defense techniques and without warning, Dr. Gluck lifted Ms. Boesen’s shirt to ‘check’ her bare abdomen.

“Next, while leering at her naked midsection, Dr. Gluck touched her stomach to purportedly assess her core strength as he remarked: ‘You must have a 23-inch waist.'”

The employee was reportedly so distressed about the encounter that she confided in a healthcare provider, who encouraged her to leave her employment, per the suit.

But unable to go without her primary source of income, she “decided to remain in her position, hopeful that Dr. Gluck would cease his improper behavior,” the filing adds.

The inappropriate behavior reportedly continued, allegedly with lengthy hugs that Gluck is accused of using as a guise to grope the claimant.

“Gluck would also randomly pepper [the employee] with unsolicited wet and sloppy kisses, which left [her], on at least one occasion, with the need to sanitize her face,” reads the suit.

“On yet another occasion, after again ensuring the two were alone, Dr. Gluck approached [the employee] and commented that her shoulders looked tense.

“Dr. Gluck then designated himself as the office masseuse, reached under her clothing, and liberally massaged her shoulder and clavicle, while allowing his hands to roam within inches of her breasts.”

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The employee who filed the suit worked for another of Gluck’s businesses, Platinum Poire, a celebrity matchmaking website.

In a statement to the New York Post at the time, Gluck called the allegations “pure fiction,” adding “there is not an ounce of truth” in the suit.

‘WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING’

In an interview with The U.S. Sun, Erica Meyer, the attorney for Gluck’s latest accuser, called Gluck a predator who masquerades as a caring, supportive doctor.

Her firm, Norinsberg Law, is overseeing both complaints against Gluck.

“It’s very disturbing,” said Meyer of the allegations made in Monday’s suit.

“I’m a woman of a similar age to her, and so when women of my age come to me with allegations of this nature, I feel particularly passionate about them.

“And with Mr. Gluck, this is somebody who has utilized his position of power to sexually assault and harass at least two women that I know of.

“It’s somebody who has taken advantage, certainly in [the teenager accuser’s] case, a situation of a vulnerable woman who is coming to him for help about her insecurities about her body, and unfortunately was faced with somebody who was clearly not there to help her.”

Dr. Gluck then began offering gynecological ‘services’ – services that he was not licensed to provide, and that were not medically necessary – and would have [the accuser] to allow him to inspect her vagina, calling it ‘beautiful.’

Meyer urged anyone else who may have shared similar experiences with Dr. Gluck to come forward as soon as possible, citing the looming Adult Survivors Act deadline.

More than 2,500 historic sexual abuse lawsuits have been filed in New York since the act was signed into law last November.

On his website, Gluck claims to be the “preeminent clinical hypnotist and life coach in the country” who has amassed the most “powerful and diverse clientele of any other hypnotist with over 120,000 clinical hours.”

But reams of negative reviews posted online paint a very different picture of his practices, with many calling him a “fraud” and a “charlatan.”

Others also outright accuse him of inappropriate behavior.

‘FRAUD, CHARLATAN, PREDATOR’

In one such chain posted on the Complaints Board in 2016, a mother claimed Gluck spoke to her teenage daughter sexually and accused him of being predatory.

After a few sessions, the woman claims she felt uneasy about Gluck but decided to allow her daughter to continue seeing him because, at the time, the teen felt comfortable doing so.

As their sessions continued, Gluck allegedly told the teen she needed to “get laid” and made other sexual remarks.

“My daughter shared with Dr. Gluck how I felt about him during their 3rd session, and he told her he did not give a crap what I thought he only cares about her. He continued to undermine me to her to the point that he was creating a rift between her and I,” claimed the author of the post, mirroring allegations made in Monday’s suit.

“Along with this, he was talking to my daughter very sexually and she was only a teenager. He told her point-blank that she needed to get laid.

“My daughter told me this because she felt it was a bit creepy but then defended Dr. Gluck, saying he tries to be her friend and maybe he is just trying to be cool and on her age group level.”

After months of treatment, the woman claims she canceled her appointments with Gluck, calling him a “scam artist.”

“I can go on and on about all that he did to where I think he is a scam artist, fraud criminal, sexual predator, a liar and a whole lot more,” wrote the woman, identified only as Jennifer.

“This guy is actually sick in the head. He knows what he is doing,” alleged Jennifer.

“He preys on the desperate and vulnerable. He makes promises and holds the carrot of wellness in front of their nose. He figured out just how to get vulnerable people to spend $325 for a 50 minute session week after week after week. He is a master manipulator. He needs to be in prison…hard core prison.”

In a Google review of Gluck Solutions posted in 2014, a woman by the name of Victoria Crown also claimed Gluck acted inappropriately during their sessions.

“I didn’t know that hypnosis meditation Dr. has rights touching patient giving them complements in therapy while trying to hypnosis,” wrote Crown.

“Its sad that just because you or varneble [sic] someone takes advantage of you and then says that you are hallucinating.

“Maybe I’m naive but I am not crazy I was not hynosised [sic] I remember everything…”

The U.S. Sun has reached out to the authors of the reviews listed.

It’s unclear if Gluck has any legal representation at this time.

This story will be updated upon receipt of a response from him or his legal team.