Dr. Merzer is a wonderful, compassionate, and skilled therapist. I have worked with her for many…read moreyears and have grown in my understanding of myself in immeasurable ways. Edye is deeply knowledgeable in trauma, from how it lives in the body to what it does to the heart and mind. As a patient with complex PTSD, I have benefitted tremendously from her expertise. Dr. Merzer is warm, humorous, relatable, and kind. I would recommend her to anyone seeking a therapist to better their mental health, especially other trauma survivors. I have experienced many therapists throughout my life. Dr. Merzer is truly one of the good ones.

One of the most sweetest, understanding person I have ever had the chance to talk to. I felt very…read morecomfortable talking to her and she is very wise. She strongly believes in what she does and her love for it shows in her words. Thanks again! Till next time, Sindy

David is a thoughtful, caring therapist. He knows how to help you work on yourself and feel like…read moreyou've accomplished something, even if it's a small win. I've always felt our time together is time well spent. Meeting via video has been a lifesaver for me. I highly recommend David!

From the owner: My name is David Poles and I am the owner of Newton Counseling Center. I offer both individual and…read morecouples counseling, teaching my clients how to be more relational. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor since 2004, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor since 2003 and a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor in Massachusetts since 2008. The following is the current scope of my services: Individual psychotherapy for both adolescents and adult males Family meetings, providing psycho-education regarding codependency, enabling and having healthy boundaries with loved ones with addictions Couples counseling

Friendly and helpful. Gillian is psychiatrist and a psychologist and prefer to do talk therapy in…read moreaddition to medication, which I think works better for me. She has done a good job of listening and able to sort out my communication to get to the base of matters. When I asked a few months ago she said she had very few openings.

Helpful, patient, competent, level-headed, and understanding. I've gained some wonderful insights…read moreand support from working with Dr. Wies!

Sirry is the Best of the Best. She is a phenomenal teacher. I have taken a few classes with Sirry…read moreand also had the privilege in participating in her group meditation and mediumship practice. WOW!! The power of her presence as a teacher and mentor expands your consciousness and truly brings you to another level. As a teacher, Sirry is dedicated, kind, generous, tuned in! and so knowledgeable. She brings out the very best in you and her classes are fun and fascinating. I felt my own abilities opening and growing stronger just being in her class and it felt so natural. That's what it's like to be in the presence of a true medium and a true teacher. You will be inspired and filled with love working with Sirry ! Sirry is a gifted and natural born medium. I feel so lucky to have found her in the Boston area. I always feel like I am in the presence of someone from a different realm when I am in Sirry's class. I have taken a few mediumship classes in my life with famous mediums but nothing compares to the way Sirry imparts her wisdom and guides you. She IS a rare Gem and the real deal. I highly recommend Sirry's services.

I have had two sessions with Sirry, and I would categorize them both as five star! She is warm,…read morefriendly, engaging, and incredibly accurate! I refer back to my sessions and even years later, I'm astounded to see how many things she mentioned have been right on the nose and accurate. I enjoy speaking with her so very much and I am already looking forward to my next session with her!!

Dr. Frank is great; she's helped me in so many ways, I don't know where to begin. Working with Dr…read more Frank gave me my life back and enabled me to create a future I was not able to imagine when I began working with her. I came to Dr. Frank years ago, in the midst of crisis which was preventing me from being present in my own life. In a relatively short period, I was able to recognize my self-destructive actions and move forward in my life. With her help, I didn't just get back to where I was before, but I found myself in a better, more secure, and accepting place. Dr. Frank has been instrumental in my ability to accomplish so much - personally and professionally. I am deeply grateful for her.

From the owner: Dr. Frank provides individual and couples psychotherapy for men and women, ages 15 and above. She…read morespecializes in relationship issues, anxiety, depression, stress management, grief and loss, family of origin issues, mindfulness-based stress reduction and the emotional aspects of medical illnesses (e.g. cancer, chronic pain, infertility, fibromyalgia, GI distress).

Sometimes you need context to understand the content of this program. Is it nicer than most…read morefacilities? Yes. Do they offer flatscreen televisions in the room? It's actually two. Do the tv's function correctly? That depends. Do you get a set of temu wireless headphones? Are they configured to your room? That's a leap of faith. Do you receive three meals a day prepared by a dedicated staff? Yes. Are the beds spacious? Surprisingly so. Are the rooms cleaned daily by a dutiful third party? That's a definite yes. Turn down service if you're paying attention in the afternoon and they are quietly dedicated to removing an almost insurmountable amount of detritus. The kitchen and the cleaning staff are the backbone of Hillside. Will you be able to use your beloved cellphone? Last I heard this was still in place. Do I think it's necessary for people on a detox unit to have access to the outside world? Your mileage may vary. Is the staff caring? For the most part. Are there some people who seem to just exist? In my head there are. Do you form a bond with people who overlap your 28 to 32 days in recovery? If you're human and doing it correctly you try. Mostly though you realize that almost everyone is going to fall and that day trips outside of the protective walls are mostly fantasy. This applies to all facilities and programs. It's like Verizon telling you they'll give you a new phone for free and you'll save money doing it. That's not how profitable businesses work. Does Hillside occasionally catch lightning in a bottle? Yep. When it happens four out of five dentists will say you're fucking nuts, but it does actually happen. Well how about the nursing staff? Let's put it this way. I would let any of them borrow my truck for the weekend and bank on the fact that it comes back clean and with a topped off tank. Follow the golden rule and you'll be able to figure out the rest. Most of their days are filled with unending lines and acute muscle memory. If they look like they're in an another place they're probably dreaming about a beach without people. They are some of the nicest, most professional people I have had the privilege to meet and they come from all walks of life. Now we get to the staff. People who work the floor can vary widely. Some of them you immediately gravitate towards and some of them you keep at arms length. The overnight shift is the most underrated group because they're trying to make sure people are sleeping without waking them. If you happen to catch them with their eyes closed there's generally someone nearby taking a rotation. It's teamwork out of necessity and most of them are either dedicated to the program or younger kids trying to work two jobs. The clinical staff and those who run regularly scheduled weekly groups are hit or miss. This is where content and context are relevant. If you're relating to the individual then you are in luck. I don't care if it's meeting based, rehab pottery or you're listening to that one peculiar weirdo who loves PowerPoint and the brain. If you're learning something it's relevant, if you're enjoying something it's relevant and if you're relating to something it's therapeutic. I won't single out any particular weekly meeting that I think is unnecessary, even the "Hunger Games" meeting where everyone puts forth a wishlist of various items is lowkey hilarious. I have had three very specific requests during my time there. Raisins (no one eats raisins), skinny pop (because I'm fancy) and hand soap in the men's residential bathroom. I don't know if this is gender specific, but body wash and hand soap are not one and the same. I'm currently 0-3, but I will be taking notes when I come back for a commitment meeting. Sorry ladies, boys are gross. I'm still surprised no one else has noticed this. If you've made it this far you're either one of ten current users who turn to Yelp! when seeking out information or you're Tyreek. I'm definitely not spelling that correctly, but here is your honest, no rush assessment of the program and the staff. Feel free to copy and paste. Would I send a loved one here? Yeah, but it still comes down to context and content. I have eternal gratitude for Hillside. It's not perfect, it's occasionally held together by gumption and duct tape and the second elevator might as well be turned into a "safe space for people who love out of order people movers" but at the end of the day they make it work and that has nothing to do with the amenities and everything to do with the spirit of the program.

Despite my client, his family and myself requesting the client's care team reach out to me, as an…read moreexternal provider, Hillside was intentionally deceitful. His case manager, Dan C, claims that I "never tried to reach him." This was laughable because I spoke to many other staff members there who can vouch that not only have I tried to reach him at least 4 different times, but that he was doing a very poor job providing adequate care to a client. I had a bed lined up for my client after discharged, but unfortunately, Hillside likes to use "attached referrals" meaning that despite the best interest on the client, they were going to send him back to the original referral source, Advanced Recovery, an outpatient program that has already NOT worked for him, and resulted in him returning to inpatient. So, instead of properly coordinating with the client's care team (when there was permission to communicate), Dan C decided to ignore my calls until he could sneakily discharge the client TO THE STREET because he wanted to send him back to the Advanced PHP. They sent him to a sober home, but with no plan as to how this client would begin to pay for it, but of course, that wasn't an issue for Hillside, but they got their "points' for returning my clt to the program that "scratched their back first." I attempted to speak to Dan C's supervisor, who was probably the only helpful person there, aside from all of the clinicians and case managers who explained that Dan C's work ethic is not admirable. He of course apologized and connected me to HIS supervisor, Kyle Medeiros. I'm not sure if Kyle or more or less helpful than Dan C. I guess more, since he actually picked up his phone, only to tell me that they "don't help with sober home funding" and when I asked if it was normal practice to just discharge people to be homeless, he maintained that "they can't help him." I'm not sure how this place is still open. This is NOT the first awful experience I have had with them. We are also moving forward with a formal complaint through the state.

Like Anna, I found Sara Payne very unprofessional and I could never recommend her to anyone. Her…read morebehavior was really odd and like nothing I've encountered at other practices. At our first appointment, she claimed that she had emailed me some intake paperwork and was very upset I had not provided it. I searched my inbox multiple times in front of her, and could not find this email. Her level of upset would have been over-the-top even if I had overlooked an email, but it was truly bizarre considering that I had not. In hindsight, this was a big red flag and I should not have returned. At the time, I seriously wondered if it was a test to gauge my reaction to stress. At our last appointment, I mentioned some worry about planning for future financial costs (e.g., parents' long-term care needs, that sort of thing). Instead of listening, she immediately launched into an angry lecture about my use of the term "assisted living facility" (claiming that I was really talking about something different, a "skilled nursing facility"). Again, this could have been clarified in a helpful way but was instead vitriolic. I left that session in shock and never went back.

Great experience, very professional and kind. Helping me to sort out some issues, and this has…read morealready greatly improved my quality of life. If you don't like your therapist, find another that you click with. But I really, really like mine, and the practice in general seems pretty typical, in terms of payment, etc.

This is my first visit to Dr Arnold. She offers EMDR…read moretherapy, which I found extremely helpful for the PTSD I acquired from the Boston Marathon in 2001370.

This place SUCKS. I was referred here by my PCP because I am looking for a new psychiatrist. After…read morespending 45 minutes on the phone with them doing an intake, they called me two days later to say "they couldn't take my case because I'm too complicated medically." I have a VERY common hormonal disorder (read: effects 1 in 10 women and likely closer to 20% of women including women who are undiagnosed) and this is treated by my PCP but Commonwealth Psychology claimed they couldn't see me for psychiatric medication management because of this. That is just a load of crap. Don't waste your time here. Honestly reading these other reviews I'm kinda glad they rejected me but still it was ridiculous and they're terrible.

After weeks of doing groundwork research on behalf of my son, very disappointed in this group which…read moreinitially informed me they had opening for my son and even gave me doctor's name for him to request when he did his intake. We were very hopeful and they were convenient location for him. However, the intake person told my son they had no openings available after all. When I called to confirm this, thinking he misunderstood, I was informed this was true. When I asked why I had been told differently, I was told there's a disconnect between the general reception office and intake office. Not a compassionate way to run a mental health group nor helpful for those in need who then have to start all over again. .

Dr. Hickey is absolutely amazing. I'm not going to get to lengthy with this testimonial, but he is…read morefantastic. He's very calm, perceptive, inciteful and I've never felt the least bit uncomfortable around him. I highly recommend him.

Dr. Hickey is a conscientious, intelligent therapist who asks the necessary, difficult questions…read moreand exhibits kindness and empathy when you struggle through answering them. I'm always surprised by the details and history he remembers about my life, and I always feel safe knowing I'm in the hands of a dedicated professional.