★ (out of five stars)
I had the worst panic attack I've ever had with any therapist upon our first meeting. Now I have anxiety, and have panic attacks when I do new things, but nothing like this. This was baaaaad. I almost thought I was going to have to get up and walk out. But I used my coping skills to calm myself down and got through the session. I found her to be dismissive of my life experiences. For one, she acted like I didn't have OCD or agoraphobia unless I was diagnosed by a clinician, which is absurd. I am almost 50 and I've been dealing with my issues since birth (longer than she's been alive) and I am very well educated on my own mental health. But she dismissed all that in an instant, and acted like I just read something and thought it applied to me LOL He demeanor and actions made me leave her office knowing I'd never be back. And I almost didn't go back to therapy at all, but my previous therapist let me come back to him, and boy did I regret that, too (see Patrick Oriedo).
I had the worst panic attack I've ever had with any therapist upon our first meeting. Now I have anxiety, and have panic attacks when I do new things, but nothing like this. This was baaaaad. I almost thought I was going to have to get up and walk out. But I used my coping skills to calm myself down and got through the session. I found her to be dismissive of my life experiences. For one, she acted like I didn't have OCD or agoraphobia unless I was diagnosed by a clinician, which is absurd. I am almost 50 and I've been dealing with my issues since birth (longer than she's been alive) and I am very well educated on my own mental health. But she dismissed all that in an instant, and acted like I just read something and thought it applied to me LOL He demeanor and actions made me leave her office knowing I'd never be back. And I almost didn't go back to therapy at all, but my previous therapist let me come back to him, and boy did I regret that, too (see Patrick Oriedo).
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