I am very pleased with my doctor we work together to reach my treatment goals…read more Before dealing with Mindpath, I called close to 20 doctors offices and no one could get me in right away other than Mindpath and I'm very thankful for their help! I would recommend them to anyone. Especially busy professionals or mothers, people needing efficient care.

Ariel Lucci, truly listens and makes you feel heard. She integrates treatment plans that move at a…read morepace patient is comfortable with, asks questions without judgement, and follows up appropriately. Finding Ariel has changed my life and brought me a lightness I did not know possible. Thank you.

Dr. Fitzgerald treated me with medication for depression and anxiety for many years. He was very…read moreapproachable and open to questions. He impressed me with his broad knowledge of the interrelatedness of systems of the human body, not just his specialization in psychiatry. The office was open only four days but a telephone answering service was available and responses were prompt.

I saw Dr Fitzgerald for increasingly severe depression in 2011. Based on a 10mn intake he diagnosed…read moreme with ADD (his specialty) and started adding ADD meds to my treatment. Week after week I got worse and our follow up appointments were about 5mn long with him literally standing on the doorstep trying to walk out while I tried asking for medication adjustment and re-evaluation. He'd announce we'd just increase it for bit and see how that went. He couldn't get out of the room fast enough. There was always an air of condescendance to him which is isolating to a patient. Bedside manners during depression flare up, while not a cure-all, help a patient gain trust in the Doctor and help ease the anxiety that comes with the enormous mental turmoil. He certainly provided none of that. It was especially frightening because we were new to the area and this was the Dr I needed to help me combat my illness. Things got really bad and I had to find a new Dr. (DR Lurie in Charlotte is fantastic and works WITH me and i have been perfectly well now for 6 years). I would never, ever recommend Dr Fitzgerald.

Dr. Chepke is the only psychiatrist that I have ever seen who takes lots of time with his patients,…read moreaddressing his clients' concerns by formulating a custom plan for them, instead of my previous experience of psychiatrists who just keep trying standard meds, adding more to counteract others, regardless of their clients' specific needs and concerns. Dr. Chepke researches each and every medication and therapy that he prescribes and recommends, AND he figures out a way to get that medication to you if you are, like I was, with inadequate or non-existent health insurance. His staff not only researched my insurance to see whether my medications were covered, THEY applied for financial assistance programs through the pharmaceutical companies on MY behalf. When I suddenly started having an inexplicable response to a medication I had been taking, Dr. Chepke listened to my concerns and acted on them. He suggested a test that would determine how my body metabolizes certain meds to better understand my body's tolerances. He let me make the decision about it, since I was a bit cautious. After I decided to have the test, his staff again contacted my insurance company to see what my co-pay would be, and then applied for financial assistance on MY behalf. I am now on one daily med that has quite literally been a life-saver, and doesn't cause the fatigue that's exacerbated by my neurological condition. With every previous psychiatrist, it seemed that prescribing meds was just guesswork. Dr. Chepke checks in with me, he answers questions immediately, he can always make time for me in his schedule, and when I was without the means to pay for his services and without health insurance, he reduced his (already reasonable) fee without my even asking for a discount. Because of this, I could always see him, even when I found myself without adequate work. I cannot recommend Excel Psychiatric strongly enough. A friend of mine raved about their services and sent me their way. She was absolutely right. I'm never going anywhere else for psychiatric care.

Dr. Craig Cheptke is an extraordinary doctor. He identified DNA issues that have been at the root…read moreof my depression and coordinated care with pain management with my PCP. He questioned whether sleep apnea could be the underlying reason for an overall feeling of malaise. He treats me like an adult. I find our conversations very helpful and generally positive in helping me test the ground under my feet. We all want to know we are "okay," and sometimes you get the feeling from doctors that you have to do X, Y, and Z to get to their definition of OK. Dr. Craig helps me get there faster, supports my own awareness of how I feel, and helps me find ways to measure it in everyday life.

If you or anyone you know goes to Center For Emotional Health, I'd suggest you change as quick as…read morepossible. Here's the back story: I've been a client of this place for over four years now. Over the past four years, I've almost never been able to reach their office, left without my psychiatric medicine which has caused me to go into withdrawal, and put on medicines which weren't supposed to be combined which caused me to hallucinate and become suicidal. The only reason I continued to come there was because it has the only psychiatrist in my area. When I went to my appointment on June 13th, I arrived at 4:20. My appointment was at 4:15 but the doors were locked and no one would answer when I knocked. I wasn't considered late either, because they have a 7-minute late policy. After calling their office, being transferred to another locations, and then being told it was closed, we left. Today I was told that I had to pay a "no show" fee of nearly $80, on top of the bill for today. We simply did not have the money on us to pay for that, and it wasn't our fault the office was closed when we came. I was also told that since I cannot pay the fee, the psychiatrist is "refusing" (their words) to refill any of my medications or even see me. I told them I cannot go without my medications because its known to be dangerous and damaging. The manager simply shrugged. And we had to leave. I'm not sure what kind of sick service this is that's being offered, but now I am refused psychiatric medication and service. What kind of place is this? P.S. I posted this exact review on Google review, and they removed it. Suspicious much?

Horrible. I would not recommend Center for Emotional Health to anyone. The office staff is…read moredisorganized, discourteous, and Dr. Stoudmire cancels appointments without concern for the health or wellbeing of patients. I stopped going to this center due to gross incompetence and negligence. I would recommend finding someone else