This is a strange review to write, but the more I thought about it, I felt like I should write one…read more
Two years ago, my dad walked into his doctor's office and told him, point blank, that he'd been thinking about killing himself. It was the first time he'd ever talked to anyone about his problems with depression.
After he spent some time in emergency care, he was encouraged to start seeing one of the counselors at CounselorPlace.
She has, frankly, been incredible. I've been working with her as part of family therapy sessions, and I've watched the changes in my dad as she's worked to heal wounds that I never realized he was carrying.
My parents are Christian, but I really am not. Despite the label of "Christian Counseling" in this entry here on Yelp, they do not push any religious agenda or evangelize during the counseling. The counselor working with my family has focused entirely on helping my Dad recover and our family's health, nothing more, nothing less.
I firmly believe that CounselorPlace has helped to save my dad's life. After working with them, every week, for the past two years, I have nothing but good things to say about their skill, compassion, and professionalism.
I'm not writing this review for them, though.
I'm writing this review for my dad, and people like him, who carried a lot of pain with them but never admitted to anyone (or themselves) that they need serious help. If you're reading this and you feel like you're considering doing anything drastic, if you feel any kind of urge to hurt yourself or others, please, please consider calling your doctor, calling CounselorPlace or somewhere like it, or just calling someone you trust, and ask them to help you.