Ria's expertise in multiple therapy modalities has been instrumental in helping me uncover,…read morediscover and heal childhood trauma related to neglect and abandonment as well as ptsd from abusive relationships. Her gentle personable manner allowed me to let down walls and become vulnerable at my own pace. I am very grateful I found Ria and highly recommend her!

Ria is a very knowledgable and proficient practitioner who has helped guide my healing journey in a…read morenew and very helpful direction. I have been to other therapists and hands down Ria's techniques and experience are far above any others I have seen. The progress I've made in just 3 sessions has far exceeded any previous progress I've made with other therapists. Very grateful and very happy, thank you Ria

* Compassionate and caring * A great listener…read more* Nonjudgmental * Empathetic and understanding * Patient and supportive * Trustworthy and dependable * Professional and knowledgeable * Encouraging and motivating * Respectful of others' perspectives * Easy to talk to * Creates a safe and welcoming environment * Helps people feel heard and valued * Gives thoughtful, practical guidance * Communicates clearly * Inspires confidence and growth WOULD TOTALLY RECOMMEND

I give it a low star simply for the one counselor that I have dealt with who is extremely…read moreinappropriate, inefficient and ineffectiv. Latoria, although a nice woman is not a good counselor. class is often run poorly, very little is accomplished and/or learned. It is sad for the simple fact that these courses are required by the state and cost money, but fail to provide service. It feels like a money grab and another ploy by the system to make money off of broken people. T.O. Lestat

I have been seeing Dr. Lipson for over 5 years and she is amazing, compassionate and professional…read more Over the years I have seen a lot of doctors and no one compares to her. I appreciate everything she's ever done for me and still doing.

I was put on her waiting list for a month out. She was late to my first appointment and never…read morecalled me back to confirm.. I had called back the same day after making the appointment with her cuz I had a question and never got a return call. I called 3 more times the week of my appointment to confirm and still didn't hear back. The morning of she called me saying she was late cuz of her new puppy. When she arrived I was trying to openly communicate about what had happened. She then said "YOU'RE CLEARLY UNHAPPY" and I left.. GREAT SESSION. I was looking forward to meeting with her. She has a lot of great reviews but my experience was very unprofessional.

Changed my review based on new experiences here. Someone reached out to me and asked me about what…read moreI experienced. He apologized which meant a lot. He also assured me that I did nothing wrong and therapist aren't allowed to reserve unscheduled spots here. That has also been my experience in the past with my old therapist. If I didn't schedule out far enough, then another client could schedule and I'd just have to miss out or schedule the next available day that that time was open. It's first come first serve so what Stacy did was wrong. I was then paired with Dr. D whom I saw for a few months and definitely felt much safer. Then due to availability, I switched to Sally and wow. She is the perfect therapist for me. I don't plan on leaving Desert Sage while they have a gem like Sally there. Thank you all for reaching out to me.

I'm pretty sure this practice just hires "C" students who majored in psyche because it sounded cool…read moreand they thought they'd somehow make money from this. My husband and I both briefly saw practitioners from Desert Sage last year. I worked with Kristin a few times over the phone and I found her to be incredibly impassionate, if not a bit stuffy. She didn't seem interested when I expressed specific concerns, nor did she seem interested in committing to some sort of a diagnosis. I realize that may sound strange, but I've struggled with my mental health for basically my entire life. At this point, I can guarantee I'm not neurotypical. It took a lot to actually see a practitioner. Perhaps I should have been clear of this when I walked into the room (or, um, answered her Zoom), but I wanted professional feedback so I could truly identify some problems, and then work on them. She was happy to try medicating me after a single, brief conversation, but wasn't willing to try diagnosing after 4 sessions or so. I finally figured seeing her just wasn't worth the stress, and have gone back to sweeping things under the rug and playing doctor with myself. Not ideal, but I've found more benefit in doing that than continuing to work with her. My husband, on the other hand, worked with Daniel for substance abuse. Of course my husband liked him at the time, considering I found Daniel to be incredibly unprofessional and generally removed anytime I sat in for their sessions. There was never any talk of trying to identify a diagnosis or triggers when working with Daniel, which I figured could be helpful when it comes to substance abuse. Maybe that's not unusual in psychiatry, I honestly don't know. Regardless, seeing him always felt like a waste of time. I felt like Daniel wasn't interested in his work (IE helping people, which is kind of shitty on him). Though he was happy to bring up his own poor life choices during one session, like not setting himself up for retirement. Super professional, Kirsten and Daniel. Desert Sage. Thanks for the help. Our lives have been changed. (Not really. I'm quite obviously being sarcastic here. I really wish I could have those copays back. We've had to figure things out on our own, and you wanna know something funny? The military has helped by husband get his head screwed on more than these pompous lazy asses. Kind of an ironic, perhaps even unoriginal twist when it comes to tacking addiction, but the government managed to get more positive results from him than this practice did. The government? Helping someone? Results? Now, isn't that saying something.)

Never returns your calls. I needed refills on my medications but they never return your calls.read more

Worst PA in the world I have had him as my therapist for 2 years and the only reason I stayed is…read morebecause he gave me my Adderall although it was never on time I didn't really wanna look for another therapist. This dude has prescribed me like 15 different medications that I don't need that I don't even take. I'm pretty sure he is out of business now but if ever comes back unless you want 45 different medication prescribed to you or late prescription orders I wouldn't recommend him.

In-person appointment for my child. No temp checks, which every other health-related office I've…read morebeen to is doing religiously. There's a sign on the door that says masks must be worn on the premises at all times but a woman standing behind the desk in the receptionist area had her mask down around her neck, talking away while we checked in and paid. The therapist took her mask off and told us we could take our masks off as soon as we got into her office and then proceeded to complain about wearing masks and talk about how ridiculous it was that many schools were still virtual. Totally inappropriate. This place is supposed to be about mental health, but they could care less if they're passing COVID around to everyone who enters. I'm trying to find a new therapist for my child.

The office does not cheese to protect their clients. If you choose to mask, you do not have a space…read moreaway from those who choose not to. You are told you can wait outside. The counselor had an attitude about masking. The counselor also made the appointment about him and his agenda, rather than listening and finding out what the issue is. The office staff was extremely rude over the phone and in person. Horrible waste of time.

My wife and I spent six and a half hours in our initial session with Michelle. It was helpful, but…read moredid not address a major concern (which had been presented to her prior to our first meeting). Within a week of our counseling session our marriage was worse than before. I contacted Michelle and she said that my wife is very guarded about her issues and the likelihood is that she doesn't want to work on herself. Michelle was correct. In hindsight I regret we agreed to such a long initial session. I think we should have limited our initial session to an hour or two. It could have flushed out my wife's lack of willingness and commitment to counseling and saved us an enormous amount of money with no positive result.

Michelle is uniquely talented at discovering the core issues in a marriage and articulating it in a…read moreway that is easy to understand and follow. She provides practical advice based on the information she gathers in her session. My wife and I value a no nonsense approach to improving our marriage and Michelle provided that. She was carrying , thoughtful, and inspiring. We walked out of her office feeling reborn in our marriage.