Austin Child Guidance Center provides a professional and caring atmosphere for children and…read morefamilies of all backgrounds to receive therapy. They accept insurance but also have a sliding scale pay option, which I really appreciate. I highly recommend their services!

Staff are knowledgeable, compassionate, and creative. ACGC is the cornerstone child and family…read moremental health organization of central Texas. They now serve young adults up to age 26!

My son attended here for a couple of months and it ended poorly due to issues with the owner,…read moreAngela. I wrote a review back when we were dealing with our situation but wanted to come back and provide an update. Angela was only concerned about my baby when she was having difficulty getting payment from our insurance. (Which was her fault, as my insurance informed her of a policy change and she kept submitted wrong information to them.) She has only reached out to us regarding payments and never tried to help us after delaying my child's services for months. She has no integrity, and has taken no accountability, and did not care about my baby at all. She has hood relationships with selective families and could care less about others. We've finally found a new speech therapy clinic and are hoping for a much better result. I just want parents to be extra cautious with this place. Parenting is hard enough without the extra stress of worrying whether your child is being fairly treated and respected at a THERAPY clinic. We've had a hard few months, financially and developmentally and it could have been avoided if the owner had not tried to hide her hand and end communication with us when problems arose. I've just never known an owner or manager to handle a situation so poorly, in any business setting.

We are so grateful for Inside Out Speech & Language Therapy. Angela took my 4-year-old daughter in…read morefor a speech evaluation and identified the areas we needed to work on in great detail. She worked with our schedule and educated us on how to incorporate the speech therapy at home. I saw a change in my daughter's speech and behavior within a few sessions with Angela. I have learned so much through this process. Thank you, Angela, for helping us get back on track.

Not super happy with my service because. they don't seem to be very LGBTQIA-competent. Had to be…read moredeadnamed pretty much the entire time though I gave a preferred name, and I got all my paperwork done 2 weeks after I was expecting it. Also wasn't the happiest that I reached out and initially didn't get a reply through their info line. After calling & emailing multiple times, I then got a reply. Suggestions for improvement would be to take a training, maybe have some kind of way for preferred name to take precedent over legal name, and be more communicative overall about how long things will take!

Horrible, horrible, horrible office staff. Dr Bunner is nice enough, but her office staff needs to…read morebe replaced. They not only don't know what they are doing, but will lie to your face about billing, insurance and payments. For that reason alone, I would run, not walk...

This is just regarding Diana Schaefer. The facility has been beyond kind and helpful, and I hope to…read morefind a therapist here that fits my needs. -- Years and years ago, a therapist told me I was a whore for kissing a boy on the first date. I thought that would forever be my worst story of therapy gone wrong, of a therapist superimposing their own beliefs and issues on me. Diana hit a new record. She "fired" me as a client and pulled wildly unethical moves before doing so. I wholly believe that there is a time to part ways when therapy isn't serving the client or when a client is rejecting help from the therapist to everyone's detriment. Therapists have just as much of a right to end the relationship as clients do. The reason I'm writing this has nothing to do with the farewell and everything to do with how it was handled. I have an eating disorder. I made it clear from the start that I didn't care that she didn't specialize in them. I'd had enough therapy around eating disorders and wanted to take a new approach. I also told her in our first session that if she thought it wasn't a fit to have open communication because I would be doing so. I've played the "suffer through a relationship that isn't working" game too much at this point in therapy. We had weekly sessions for months. I thought many of them were helping. But then I told her how many calories I consumed during the week. That was undeniably the point where she flipped. We talked for a month or so more. She started talking to my dietician more. That seemed logical to me. And then she started telling my therapist I needed to go to treatment. Asking her why she hadn't suggested it or wasn't pushing it on me. (She has.) I am in no way a high risk anorexic. Perhaps treatment wouldn't hurt but my life right now prioritizes above something that isn't necessary. She pressured me and I said no, several times. And then the day came where she let me tell her about my life before interrupting and starting the conversation of removal of services provided. Like I mentioned, that alone wasn't the issue. What WAS the issue was that she had also called my dietician and tried to pressure her into leaving me. To the point of my dietician's discomfort and recognition that abandonment on that level would be detrimental and more harmful that good. (How Diana didn't see that, I don't know.) She gave me an ULTIMATUM of treatment or no therapy. She told me I COULD NOT go to therapy ANYWHERE until I dealt with my eating disorder. (And no, this wasn't just in reference to being cognitively unable to proceed with EMDR.) She wouldn't give me referrals. She made fun of the shirt I was wearing that day that said, "Mental health is health," because I wouldn't go to treatment. I was in utter shock during that last session so I didn't really have responses beyond saying no to treatment and that I understood where she was coming from. But none of those things are okay and I should have said that to her then. I regret that. Fuck that. I deserve therapy. Everyone does. She clearly spooked when eating disorder stuff came up, was not educated on it, and chose to bully and threaten me instead of just saying, "I'm not qualified in this topic and don't feel comfortable proceeding." Period. Period. Period. If you don't fit in her little box of qualifications, stay away. And if you pick up any of her own anxieties, leave. It's not worth wasting your time.

Excellent collection of mental health professionals. Depression, social anxiety, spousal abuse,…read moreobsessive procrastination, anorexia, grief, et al. They provide tools to help clients grapple with all of these issues. If I could offer more than five stars, I would attach as many as possible to this review. Outside of their counseling expertise, they have great administrative staff. Many payment options available. I needed receipts to submit last minute before my FSA money was deleted. They mailed them the day I called and I got them the very next day!!! No charge to me for the postage, which was greatly appreciated. Seriously. A lot of other offices would have been like, "You can drive over and pick them up at our front desk."

Dr. Hammel is the consummate professional and a leading expert in the field. Austin's lucky to have…read morehim! His neuropsychological and psychological assessments are on point, with treatment recommendations that include practical suggestions for teachers and families to use in real world settings. He's also a great therapist. Office staff are great, always ready to help with scheduling issues, paperwork, insurance questions, and the like. Just a really nice group of people overall. Tip of the hat to the Neurobehavioral Institute of Austin in general and Dr. Hammel in particular for providing much needed services for children, teens, and adults in the area.

Don't be fooled by Dr. Hammel's charm. He has extremely poor boundaries. He is chronically late,…read morehas little respect for his patients' time, and will turn a session into a personal chat about himself. He seems to have a need to be admired and found attractive. He started dropping hints that I should be attracted to him and told me stories about patients who had been attracted to him in the past. He also shared stories about him and his wife being approached by swingers. Do not trust this psychologist, for your own safety. If he's ever been inappropriate with you, report it. You are not alone.

Repeat customer: After a break we noticed a few things cropping up that seemed more than just "he…read morewill figure it out" so we are back to Capital Area Speech for insights. They are responsive via email, detailed, and specific. Love it.

The therapist work their own hours and I think they just share the staff for our OT therapists…read moreMegan she is great the office front staff is just ok but not coming here for front staff so I'm giving my therapist 5 star. My kid has mild behavior issue and just coke here to have therapist work with him

After my son kept getting in trouble at school, a friend told me that he sounded like a 'sensory…read morekid'. I didn't know what that meant, but she suggested that he have an OT evaluation. After having an evaluation at kidventures, the OT took the time to explain Sensory processing disorder and she gave me lots of resources that my husband and I could implement at home. My son loves going to "play" there and he talks about the "big gym" all the time! His OT did a school visit and kept in contact with his teacher to help her understand his behaviors and sensory needs. It's amazing that he can sit still through circle time now and is much better at following directions. He is even more coordinated and able to keep up with his friends during sports activities. The best part has been that his confidence has grown and we are so grateful for the services here.

Attending therapy services at Kidventures has been a game-changer for our family. I had been at…read moreanother therapy center for several months, with no noticable improvements in my daughter. I was starting to doubt the value of occupational therapy when someone referred me to Kidventures. From the initial evaluation, I could tell that they GOT my daughter. They REALLY SAW HER, so the plan that was developed was specific to her needs/goals. They knew what/when/how to tackle the issues to help her develop. I was included every step of the way and encouraged to participate. I received valuable feedback after every session and was given suggestions for things I could do at home to further help. My daughter is now a different little girl-she's mastered so many skills and continues to amaze me with her progress! Her physical abilities, as well as the ease with which we now move though our lives (those difficult transitions are sooo much easier!) make for happier days immediately and long term hope for a bright future. I can't thank Jen, Angie and the staff at Kidventures enough. If you are a fellow parent of a child with special needs, I know you want to trust your child to capable AND caring hands. That's what you'll find at Kidventures!

Holly Leoni at Austin Area Speech and Language Services was wonderful to work with. Levi felt…read morecomfortable with her right away and genuinely enjoyed his time in sessions. She not only engaged him in a fun, supportive way, but also gave me practical tips to help expand his language and encourage more speaking at home. Overall, it was a great experience and I'm very grateful for her help.

My son saw Susanne for about 2 years to help with his speech development after he stopped sucking…read morehis thumb. Honestly, cannot say enough good things about her. She made sure that we had the info we needed to work with him at home, and worked with his teacher so that he could get additional support in his classroom. She always went above and beyond, and was such an amazing support and resource for us during some challenging times and transitions. My son formed a genuine bond with her, and he actually teared up when he "graduated"! You can really tell she cares about the kids she helps! She is so knowledgeable and warm - it is rare to find someone who is experienced, excellent at what they do, and still can make your kid laugh and enjoy the session! She helped build my sons confidence and we are so grateful to her for all her care and consideration! She is AMAZING!!