PREFERRED NO STARS AT ALL - HAS TO BE THE WORST COUNSELOR EVER
This is the poorest excuse of a counselor I've ever seen. No horror story could be like this
experience. I'm worse after seeing this counselor than before.
First visit she was trying to finish my sentences; I thought she was trying to rush me because
she had another appointment or she thought she knew me well enough to be able to do so. I
don't think so! I wanted to be fair so maybe she caught me on an "off" day and decided she deserved another chance. So I kept the second appointment.
Second visit, she was still trying to finish my sentences and wouldn't discuss what I felt was
my primary issue which is a very stressful work environment. She preferred to discuss my
40 yr marriage and sex life. Okay, this was a lot uncomfortable for me but if she thought this
was my issue, I'd see where it took us. Where you ask? She actually advised me to leave my
husband. After all these years, like that's even an option I'd entertain.
The important fact of my counseling was it's covered under the Employee Assistance Program.
my employer was covering my first 5 sessions. So you would think that when FMLA was
mentioned she seemed not to understand what that was. How can you participate in a
program and not know what it is? Anyway, it came time for the FMLA forms to be sent to my
employer's human resources and she said she wasn't comfortable sending the forms into
the company. Now understand, this was not for me to be paid for the hours missed while at
appointments with her but to keep me from getting occurrences for missing those hours
from work. Very simple actually. Well, she wanted to discuss it at our 3rd appointment which
was a day later than the forms expected in HR. I left her a voice mail letting her know that, as
well as letting her know if my FMLA wasn't approved then I wouldn't be able to miss work to make any more appointments. I got a voice mail saying she faxed the forms in and would see me the next day at my appointment. The next day she emailed me to tell me she wasn't
going to schedule any more appointments with me and there was no reason for us to have
any further communication. But wait....... she also went as far as literally calling both my work and the company who handles my employer's FMLA. She didn't say why she felt she needed
to do this but it was quite obvious it was meant to be vindictive. If she thought I was trying
to be sneaky about something, she should have asked me; there was no reason for her to
call either my employer or insurance company.
Now, I'm worse than I was before. I just hope she took notes so she can have unlimited
dinner conversations about me with her friends, if she has any. Yes, I felt her pushing conversations to my marriage and sex as giving her more stories for her dinner conversation.
I think her actions were totally unprofessional and will shout it from the rooftops of Grandin
Village if only I had a bullhorn. I was going to find another counselor for the next visit anyway,
however, this is not the way a professional counselor ends their "relationships". I tell
everyone who will lend me an ear about how terrible she is and hope that word of mouth
will soon end her career. No crazies, no money, no business. I know I'm a mental mess
but at least I know and take responsibility for my actions. I don't think she can say the same
about her actions towards me and my mental health.
If I knew any other place to could give her a review, I would, just to let others know not to
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