While he had some useful information, his knowledge base seemed to be fragmented and unable to see the whole picture, not able to see the multitude of factors beyond the musculoskeletal system that have meaningful impacts on the state and health of the musculoskeletal system. To his credit he has a few skills as a chiropractor, the adjustments he made were helpful. However, I experienced him to have a derisive and arrogant demeanor toward me throughout the session, almost as if he was competing against me, his client. I felt persistent judgement and did not feel welcome. One of the first things he said to me was that he takes me to be a person that stays in his head to much, is it really appropriate for a chiropractor that doesn't know me to give me a psychoanalysis with no knowledge of the context of my life and history? I asked him what makes you think that? He told me "I observe people and things". It sounds like he is making interpretations based on what he sees externally in people, I don't expect him to realize that this tendency will always be filtered through a person's undone trauma work which obscures accurate vision. His practice isn't individualized. I tried to explain what brought me in and as I was trying to communicate to him, he would talk over me with small talk which made me feel unheard, before I could finish explaining my circumstances, he started giving me advice and seemed to present as if he had heard enough. His advice was to do exactly what has worked for him in the past. The problem is I'm not him, I'm a unique individual like anyone else. He started prescribing me with all sorts of new practices. He never considered that I already have practices or whether I have any incongruities to the practices he strongly advised. Dr. Yost made no effort to tailor his approach in helping me in my unique circumstances that led me to look for chiropractic support in the first place. Later on I explained that I have psychological conditions, which he dismissed by saying "don't we all". I noticed him pause and then he said, I'm not here to judge anybody, which is weird given the psychoanalysis of me he started our session with, I felt very judged. As he was giving me advice, multiple times I asked him why and how this practice would help me. His responce was something along the lines of "It just is." Is he hiding behind his honorifics? After my appointment with Dr. Yost I'm not convinced he knows what he's talking about or cares about his clients. His practice is not trauma informed and he appears to be completely disconnected to any compassion for his clients, a hallmark sign of a lot of undone trauma work. Later on in the session he presented to me what sounded like a well rehearsed rhyme, "No pecks no sex." This is a disgusting thing to say to your client, especially since he asked about my sex life on the intake form. First of all this remark is coming from one of his limiting beliefs he acquired through trauma and is now projecting onto his client. Secondly what he said is flat out not true. Toward the end of our session he pulled up a YouTube video of a woman doing a yoga move, he proceeded to talk to me about how she is so good at this position and what is happening is she is pulling energy into her body through her anus. It seems like a weird thing to talk about. I suspect he is in a perpetual state of spiritual bypass which disconnects one from their humanity and is profoundly irresponsible given he is a father of a young child, in a position of social power, and a white man. It's selfish, cowardly and harmful. He is, likely with no awareness, blowing his lived and ancestral trauma through the bodies of his clients instead of being accountable for it. Unfortunately, his child will inherit all of the undone work, I'm saddened by this because it will surely have a detrimental impact on their health and quality of life as they grow up. His profession is in the field of caregiving/healing, a person like him should see his position to be that of service, compassion and understanding for his clients. Our body, our being, is a sacred thing. It saddens me that this is the kind of person that has a spacious bougie office, street level in downtown Olympia, prime location. Dr. Yost is clearly a piece of work and doesn't seem to be doing personal psychotherapy to work though what is causing him to behave so inappropriately despite it being his responsibility to do so. I suspect that he scores high on the narcissistic personality spectrum, which again would be a result of undone personal trauma work. I will never work with him again and wouldn't recommend him to you unless you are in a perpetual state of spiritual bypass, deny trauma, don't need individualized care, don't want to be cared for with compassion as his client, and are okay with being subordinated by an ignorant so called expert. If you look at his glimmering photo, you can almost see a child in there that desperately needs to heal. read more
