Dr. Richards has been treating my 10 year old son for 15 months. My son was in a very dark place…read morewhen he first went to see Dr. Richards and was not at all happy about having to go see a psychiatrist as he didn't want to share his personal thoughts and issues. Dr. Richards is relatively soft spoken, has a non-threatening manner and asked appropriate questions which helped my son open up without feeling that his innermost feelings were being violated. The medication Dr. Richards originally prescribed and tapered up over a 6 week period has made a world of difference in restoring my son to his old self. Dr. Richards has since needed to up the dosage on two different occasions and it has again brought my son back to who he was before the depression set in. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Dr. Richards to other parents whose children are facing depression.

Dr. Richards has really helped our son. Very knowledgeable on the impact of each medication and…read moreworked with us until we have just right.

I was researching psychiatric nurses here in Eugene, Oregon after seeing the clinic on Psychology…read moreToday. They advertised as being in Oregon but this is actually an Ohio based clinic. I was ok with that as we are doing virtual appointments but I thought it was a little odd that they are advertised as being in Oregon. I go through the online forms and fill most of them out. Then I see that if you take any controlled substances that you will be drug tested and you will pay for them! I am 48 years old and have been med compliant my whole life. I am prescribed one controlled substance. I've been on it for years and all it takes is one look at my prescription history to show that I've always been compliant on it with no issues. I don't appreciate being treated like a criminal because my brain doesn't work correctly. I don't do drugs, I don't drink. But when a clinic called Gentle Psych treats us like criminals it's just not cool. I just want to warn people, especially folks in Oregon.

Highly recommend. The providers are well-versed in the practice of understanding and helping to…read moreimprove mental health. The entire office staff has been extremely punctual with communication and flexible on my appointment needs.

This is my experience trying to become a new patient…read more 4/28/17 - Called and asked about becoming a new patient with Dr. Peter Zafrirdes, and the guy who answered the phone was extremely rude in my conversation and corrected me in the pronunciation of Dr. Z's name. Sorry about that, my bad. Then he transferred me to the New Patient Line to leave a voicemail where I did as such. No returned call. 5/9/17 - left another VM on the new patient line. No returned call. 5/17/17 - Went to their website and sent an email stating that this was my third attempt at contacting them. 5/18/17 - Received a call from Darci that if I was "still interested" to contact them. Really....What do you think!!! I called Darci back immediately, upon which I was told that Dr. Z was not accepting new patients. I explained that my doctor had referred me to him. She explained of course, b/c Dr. Z is the best doctor and went on and on and him. I thought my doctor was the best myself and he was about to retire but I wasn't bragging. She recommended Dr. Julie Guthrie which I declined as she doesn't have good ratings. She explained that there were staffing issues....staff had left and the rest were having to pick up the slack. So I asked will Dr. Z be possibly take new patients later in the year? She said she didn't know. I asked if I could call back and check, yes. SOOO.... 10/23/17 - left VM on new patient line. Note the message states not to leave multiple messages as they are busy with patients or calling patients back. 10/30/17 - attempted to leave another VM but VM is FULL (see 10/23.....I believe if the office were actually calling patients back and deleting the VM messages, it wouldn't be full). Sent and email via their website contact page. 11/1/17 - @ 4:55pm....well, as of this writing, I have yet to receive a phone call. In my opinion, I truly believe the office staff are blocking and preventing patients from actually getting assistance from this facility. I believe the office staff are the gateway to the doctors and other medical professionals in this office and if they are picking and selecting who gets treated or not, that's sad and can become detrimental. This is very poor busy practices not returning phone calls back to potential clients. P.S. - Dr. Z may be a good doctor (I'm sure he is) but his office staff are not making him or the facility look very good. I wonder if Dr. Z, the other doctors, and other medical professionals really know what's going on in their office...that patients are trying to get in to seem them but the office staff are not allowing this to happen. Upon my research I found others have had issues with the office staff as well. Unless management take notice, this will continue to be a problem.

I called in to tell the nurse I was going to be late for an upcoming appointment, and the nurse…read moreconvinced me to do a "phone session". This was not covered by my insurance. When I called back to ask the receptionist why it wasn't, she said that insurance companies "never cover those", after several attempts to get a hold of someone in charge, I was told that they would remove the charge, but they never did. I refuse to pay it out of principal, and now I am getting rude calls from an aggressive debt collector who just told me to "be responsible; pay your bills", and hung up on me. I went here for therapy, and this is what I get... STAY AWAY!

I went to Dr Gallagher because I to was referred to my my school district for a fitness for duty…read moreevaluation and I was a bit nervous because of the things I read online. My lawyer was concerned that I was not going to pass and that her report would be the death nail in my career. With that said, I just decided to go in and be as truthful and transparent as possible because you're going to be vulnerable. As much as I felt my situation did warrant some concern, I strongly felt that the way my district handled the situation was questionable. I found her to be extremely helpful but downright charming at times. She ended up giving me more insight to my problems in an hour than I've received in the past four years from my own psychiatrist. She really was able to surgically zero in on my issues and I felt that she was fair. It's not her job to hold your hand but to deliver an opinion and although I'm still not sure how the report will play out I felt strongly that she was very fair and that's all you can ask for. If she wasn't so far away I'd transfer my services to her. I felt she was very helpful and I know that going through these evaluations isn't fun, you simply have to own your mistakes and be willing to accept the consequences.

I've been a patient with Emerald Psychiatry & TMS Center for about two years now and have had a…read morevery positive experience. I originally switched to Emerald in 2024 when my insurance changed, and they were recommended by my previous office. I'm really glad I made the transition. My psychiatrist has been wonderful to work with. She is thoughtful, attentive, and I always feel heard during our appointments. It's clear she truly cares about her patients and takes the time to make sure treatment plans are working. I've also worked with two therapists there. The first one just wasn't the right fit for me personally, which can happen anywhere, but the process of switching was smooth, and the second therapist has been a great match. We work very well together and I've found the sessions very helpful. All of my appointments have been virtual, and the process has been easy and reliable. I've never had issues with scheduling or the telehealth platform. Overall, I highly recommend Emerald Psychiatry & TMS Center. The providers are professional, compassionate, and the practice has made accessing mental health care straightforward and supportive.

This is for anyone who is considering care with Emerald or has just left care-- it is not normal to…read moreleave an intake feeling hopeless, horrible about yourself, and completely flooded with trauma you can't process alone. It is not normal to have your therapist rush you through the intake because she spent the first half of the session lecturing you about a topic she presumes you to know nothing about (automatically made a lot of assumptions about my disability). It is not normal to tell your therapist about this life changing rare disorder you were recently diagnosed with (the entire reason I moved to Ohio and have to completely restart all care with new providers) and for her to dismiss it and say many people on her caseload have this condition that she seemingly knows nothing about. I promise you- they don't and even if they did-- their experiences are not my own. It is not normal for the therapist to talk the majority of the intake (yet no introduction or explanation of services) and tell you you need to explain your trauma in 1 sentence or less, then act annoyed that some trauma can't be concisely explained in 1 sentence. Most of all, it's not normal for a therapist who barely got to know me, did zero assessments and offered no compassion, to then end the intake by attempting to diagnose me with a personality disorder. I'm going to be incredibly vulnerable in this review in the hopes of saving someone else from the horrible experience that I had, because truly it is downright dangerous and harmful for therapists to 1. Practice outside of their scope of competence and 2. Flood their clients asking about trauma with zero reassurance or empathy offered 3. Diagnose a personality disorder without getting to know my personality My therapist, Nichole Evans, claimed that the diagnosis was due to suicidal ideation at age 13 and the fact that I can't form relationships. She did not get background on what was happening at age 13 but said that the only explanation for suicidal ideation is a personality disorder. No idea where she got the impression that I don't have solid relationships. Prior to my move to Ohio, I had a great group of friends, a really healthy relationship with my therapist and psychiatrist. The reason I don't have relationships in ohio is I JUST moved here. I also had a working diagnosis of cPTSD, OCD, and social anxiety. She didn't explore any of those diagnoses and said she's not actually able to diagnose my personality disorder, just that I have one and in the meantime she'll diagnose major depression. No PHQ9, no actual assessments or questions to determine I'm depressed. The extent of my depression is just sleeping a lot due to pain from fibromyalgia and hypermobile Ehlers Danlos. Besides that, I'm not depressed and actually consider myself to be thriving despite the conditions. When I told her that I don't agree with the diagnosis, especially given what I know about the disorder, because I don't ever want attention, she said "REALLY? because I'm getting the opposite impression, you're just begging for attention this whole meeting." When I said, "really?" She replied, "you're barfing up your life story, it's too much." For those who can't see the irony or absolute idiocracy in this statement, a therapist telling a client they're barfing up their life story and begging for attention is DANGEROUS. I don't have a personality disorder but what if I did? And took those comments personally and felt hopeless, suicidal, etc. The diagnosis felt like a threat (claiming she's unable to actually legally make the diagnosis but that she'll get it on my record so it follows me everywhere). I canceled my following appointments and tried to speak with the office but it's impossible to get through. Furthermore, after emailing that I was upset with my experience, the therapy scheduling called to try to set me up with someone else. No one acknowledged the harm that was done, no one apologized and I had left a message that I'd be available all day to discuss my experience. Im writing this review hoping to save someone else the horrible, downright offensive experience I had. This is a vulnerable community when we are going to treatment and deserve to be treated with compassion, empathy, respect. I was rushed through my intake so quickly that it was less than an hour and most of that was Nichole lecturing me about the reasons she believes I didn't get disability (fyi, I just moved here and am establishing providers and getting genetic testing completed where I couldn't in my home state. Im fully aware of the process and the steps and did not ask for her input). If you are considering Emerald, please, go elsewhere. This is *not* normal nor is it ethical or competent care.

This place is hard to reach even when they are supposed to be open....no emergency contact number…read more...no one calls you back....problems getting me education on time

Do not expect them to answer the phone, even during business hours. The turnover here is high, I…read morehave never been greeted by the same front desk person twice. My doctor left the practice in April and was really excited to be leaving. I was in the hospital and called to reschedule my last appointment. They did not return my call for 2 months. When they finally rescheduled me, they did not tell me the office had moved. None of my confirmation emails or texts included the new address as a courtesy. There was nothing on the door of the old office stating they moved, I had to get on the website to find out. I called them 6 times while I was driving to the new office to let them know I was still coming. No one answered the phone. On their voicemail it still states the Bradenton ave office address first even though they don't see psych patients there. They would not honor my appointment time and did not even offer to reschedule me. I asked to speak with the office manager and she was the least compassionate healthcare worker I have ever met. She started yelling at me in the waiting room in front of other patients and told me to "be an adult and accept consequences of my actions", how professional and compassionate of her! I will never be back, I told my PCP never to refer patients here, and if you are reading reviews trying to find a new practice, please do not come to this one. It's a total waste of your time.