Dr. Brandenmihl is one of the most professional trustworthy psychiatrists I have ever been to. He…read moretruly cares about his patients and can never thank him enough for everything he has done for me! He has truly changed my life for the better!

I have seen so many psychiatrists in the past few months but after finding Dr. B on google and…read moreseeing all the good he's done I knew my search was over. My first visit was great. Dr. B is very professional and caring and great with my med management. I can't recommend Dr. B enough..

I went to Dr Gallagher because I to was referred to my my school district for a fitness for duty…read moreevaluation and I was a bit nervous because of the things I read online. My lawyer was concerned that I was not going to pass and that her report would be the death nail in my career. With that said, I just decided to go in and be as truthful and transparent as possible because you're going to be vulnerable. As much as I felt my situation did warrant some concern, I strongly felt that the way my district handled the situation was questionable. I found her to be extremely helpful but downright charming at times. She ended up giving me more insight to my problems in an hour than I've received in the past four years from my own psychiatrist. She really was able to surgically zero in on my issues and I felt that she was fair. It's not her job to hold your hand but to deliver an opinion and although I'm still not sure how the report will play out I felt strongly that she was very fair and that's all you can ask for. If she wasn't so far away I'd transfer my services to her. I felt she was very helpful and I know that going through these evaluations isn't fun, you simply have to own your mistakes and be willing to accept the consequences.

I was researching psychiatric nurses here in Eugene, Oregon after seeing the clinic on Psychology…read moreToday. They advertised as being in Oregon but this is actually an Ohio based clinic. I was ok with that as we are doing virtual appointments but I thought it was a little odd that they are advertised as being in Oregon. I go through the online forms and fill most of them out. Then I see that if you take any controlled substances that you will be drug tested and you will pay for them! I am 48 years old and have been med compliant my whole life. I am prescribed one controlled substance. I've been on it for years and all it takes is one look at my prescription history to show that I've always been compliant on it with no issues. I don't appreciate being treated like a criminal because my brain doesn't work correctly. I don't do drugs, I don't drink. But when a clinic called Gentle Psych treats us like criminals it's just not cool. I just want to warn people, especially folks in Oregon.

Highly recommend. The providers are well-versed in the practice of understanding and helping to…read moreimprove mental health. The entire office staff has been extremely punctual with communication and flexible on my appointment needs.

This is my experience trying to become a new patient…read more 4/28/17 - Called and asked about becoming a new patient with Dr. Peter Zafrirdes, and the guy who answered the phone was extremely rude in my conversation and corrected me in the pronunciation of Dr. Z's name. Sorry about that, my bad. Then he transferred me to the New Patient Line to leave a voicemail where I did as such. No returned call. 5/9/17 - left another VM on the new patient line. No returned call. 5/17/17 - Went to their website and sent an email stating that this was my third attempt at contacting them. 5/18/17 - Received a call from Darci that if I was "still interested" to contact them. Really....What do you think!!! I called Darci back immediately, upon which I was told that Dr. Z was not accepting new patients. I explained that my doctor had referred me to him. She explained of course, b/c Dr. Z is the best doctor and went on and on and him. I thought my doctor was the best myself and he was about to retire but I wasn't bragging. She recommended Dr. Julie Guthrie which I declined as she doesn't have good ratings. She explained that there were staffing issues....staff had left and the rest were having to pick up the slack. So I asked will Dr. Z be possibly take new patients later in the year? She said she didn't know. I asked if I could call back and check, yes. SOOO.... 10/23/17 - left VM on new patient line. Note the message states not to leave multiple messages as they are busy with patients or calling patients back. 10/30/17 - attempted to leave another VM but VM is FULL (see 10/23.....I believe if the office were actually calling patients back and deleting the VM messages, it wouldn't be full). Sent and email via their website contact page. 11/1/17 - @ 4:55pm....well, as of this writing, I have yet to receive a phone call. In my opinion, I truly believe the office staff are blocking and preventing patients from actually getting assistance from this facility. I believe the office staff are the gateway to the doctors and other medical professionals in this office and if they are picking and selecting who gets treated or not, that's sad and can become detrimental. This is very poor busy practices not returning phone calls back to potential clients. P.S. - Dr. Z may be a good doctor (I'm sure he is) but his office staff are not making him or the facility look very good. I wonder if Dr. Z, the other doctors, and other medical professionals really know what's going on in their office...that patients are trying to get in to seem them but the office staff are not allowing this to happen. Upon my research I found others have had issues with the office staff as well. Unless management take notice, this will continue to be a problem.

I called in to tell the nurse I was going to be late for an upcoming appointment, and the nurse…read moreconvinced me to do a "phone session". This was not covered by my insurance. When I called back to ask the receptionist why it wasn't, she said that insurance companies "never cover those", after several attempts to get a hold of someone in charge, I was told that they would remove the charge, but they never did. I refuse to pay it out of principal, and now I am getting rude calls from an aggressive debt collector who just told me to "be responsible; pay your bills", and hung up on me. I went here for therapy, and this is what I get... STAY AWAY!

Dr. Richards has been treating my 10 year old son for 15 months. My son was in a very dark place…read morewhen he first went to see Dr. Richards and was not at all happy about having to go see a psychiatrist as he didn't want to share his personal thoughts and issues. Dr. Richards is relatively soft spoken, has a non-threatening manner and asked appropriate questions which helped my son open up without feeling that his innermost feelings were being violated. The medication Dr. Richards originally prescribed and tapered up over a 6 week period has made a world of difference in restoring my son to his old self. Dr. Richards has since needed to up the dosage on two different occasions and it has again brought my son back to who he was before the depression set in. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Dr. Richards to other parents whose children are facing depression.

Dr. Richards has really helped our son. Very knowledgeable on the impact of each medication and…read moreworked with us until we have just right.

I've been a patient with Emerald Psychiatry & TMS Center for about two years now and have had a…read morevery positive experience. I originally switched to Emerald in 2024 when my insurance changed, and they were recommended by my previous office. I'm really glad I made the transition. My psychiatrist has been wonderful to work with. She is thoughtful, attentive, and I always feel heard during our appointments. It's clear she truly cares about her patients and takes the time to make sure treatment plans are working. I've also worked with two therapists there. The first one just wasn't the right fit for me personally, which can happen anywhere, but the process of switching was smooth, and the second therapist has been a great match. We work very well together and I've found the sessions very helpful. All of my appointments have been virtual, and the process has been easy and reliable. I've never had issues with scheduling or the telehealth platform. Overall, I highly recommend Emerald Psychiatry & TMS Center. The providers are professional, compassionate, and the practice has made accessing mental health care straightforward and supportive.

This is for anyone who is considering care with Emerald or has just left care-- it is not normal to…read moreleave an intake feeling hopeless, horrible about yourself, and completely flooded with trauma you can't process alone. It is not normal to have your therapist rush you through the intake because she spent the first half of the session lecturing you about a topic she presumes you to know nothing about (automatically made a lot of assumptions about my disability). It is not normal to tell your therapist about this life changing rare disorder you were recently diagnosed with (the entire reason I moved to Ohio and have to completely restart all care with new providers) and for her to dismiss it and say many people on her caseload have this condition that she seemingly knows nothing about. I promise you- they don't and even if they did-- their experiences are not my own. It is not normal for the therapist to talk the majority of the intake (yet no introduction or explanation of services) and tell you you need to explain your trauma in 1 sentence or less, then act annoyed that some trauma can't be concisely explained in 1 sentence. Most of all, it's not normal for a therapist who barely got to know me, did zero assessments and offered no compassion, to then end the intake by attempting to diagnose me with a personality disorder. I'm going to be incredibly vulnerable in this review in the hopes of saving someone else from the horrible experience that I had, because truly it is downright dangerous and harmful for therapists to 1. Practice outside of their scope of competence and 2. Flood their clients asking about trauma with zero reassurance or empathy offered 3. Diagnose a personality disorder without getting to know my personality My therapist, Nichole Evans, claimed that the diagnosis was due to suicidal ideation at age 13 and the fact that I can't form relationships. She did not get background on what was happening at age 13 but said that the only explanation for suicidal ideation is a personality disorder. No idea where she got the impression that I don't have solid relationships. Prior to my move to Ohio, I had a great group of friends, a really healthy relationship with my therapist and psychiatrist. The reason I don't have relationships in ohio is I JUST moved here. I also had a working diagnosis of cPTSD, OCD, and social anxiety. She didn't explore any of those diagnoses and said she's not actually able to diagnose my personality disorder, just that I have one and in the meantime she'll diagnose major depression. No PHQ9, no actual assessments or questions to determine I'm depressed. The extent of my depression is just sleeping a lot due to pain from fibromyalgia and hypermobile Ehlers Danlos. Besides that, I'm not depressed and actually consider myself to be thriving despite the conditions. When I told her that I don't agree with the diagnosis, especially given what I know about the disorder, because I don't ever want attention, she said "REALLY? because I'm getting the opposite impression, you're just begging for attention this whole meeting." When I said, "really?" She replied, "you're barfing up your life story, it's too much." For those who can't see the irony or absolute idiocracy in this statement, a therapist telling a client they're barfing up their life story and begging for attention is DANGEROUS. I don't have a personality disorder but what if I did? And took those comments personally and felt hopeless, suicidal, etc. The diagnosis felt like a threat (claiming she's unable to actually legally make the diagnosis but that she'll get it on my record so it follows me everywhere). I canceled my following appointments and tried to speak with the office but it's impossible to get through. Furthermore, after emailing that I was upset with my experience, the therapy scheduling called to try to set me up with someone else. No one acknowledged the harm that was done, no one apologized and I had left a message that I'd be available all day to discuss my experience. Im writing this review hoping to save someone else the horrible, downright offensive experience I had. This is a vulnerable community when we are going to treatment and deserve to be treated with compassion, empathy, respect. I was rushed through my intake so quickly that it was less than an hour and most of that was Nichole lecturing me about the reasons she believes I didn't get disability (fyi, I just moved here and am establishing providers and getting genetic testing completed where I couldn't in my home state. Im fully aware of the process and the steps and did not ask for her input). If you are considering Emerald, please, go elsewhere. This is *not* normal nor is it ethical or competent care.

I was consistently in contact with arista concerning belongings of mine that were not returned to…read moreme upon my release. a staff member named Rachel told me on the phone that she personally thought i was lying [ calling me a lier ]. she accused me of trying to extort them for money and was as rude and very disrespectful. she constantly stringed me along. when i first sought treatment i thought i was calling freedom recovery but somehow i ended up at arista. when i got there they were understaffed and unorganized. in my desperation for treatment they had me sign papers under distress and. arista used to be Evoke wellness. while evoke they had been found guilty of putting the wrong information on the internet that shifted calls to their call center and had clients brought to their facility in hillard. They also had an ex employee who was stealing clients information and sold it to outside organizations. i am in a programs who if not every client here from arista has things missing from arista, majority of us have rthings missing from arista. i have a sentimental jesus missing from his cross. Thats the thing i miss the most. i have the cross but no jesus. i just want it made aware that if you value anything DO NOT TAKE IT THERE. And if you have any issues DO NOT SPEALK WITH RACHEL ABOUT IT. Sincerly man missing his Jesus Kenji Harris.

I recently escaped this place, and thank God I did. I was able to breathe fresh air, instead of…read moreinhaling smoke everywhere--whether it be cigs, vapes or the residual smell on people's clothing as they passed me by. I ended up with laryngitis by the time I got home, barely able to speak, coughing, etc. I am a non-smoker, and literally found no one else at the facility who was one, too. I was put in a room with three other females, all of whom smoked. Talk about fun. There is no option to stay away from the smokers, nor was I offered an alternate route from this. When I first arrived I sauntered into the "living room" where they have a big couch and some board games stashed away. I immediately heard loud music outside and a bunch of people chain smoking. Eventually I tried to go outside, but was smacked with a thick fog of smoke. I was nauseous, and had to go back inside. The music was way too loud, as well. It's basically like a bar out there, just without the alcohol. Feeling alone, I didn't have many people to talk to, since 90% smoked and only cared about vaping and lighting up cigs. Even the staff would get out of their seat to smoke outside with the residents! I finally had enough, and wanted to leave. Of course, they bounced me from employee to employee, trying to keep me there. I stood firm and explained I was not feeling well (I had a mask on at that point). Additionally, my mother just had cancer removed from her face, and when I tried to call her (good luck trying to use your phone; they play run-around with letting you call someone, and even then I was only allowed to use THEIR phone), there was no answer. I was naturally concerned for my 80-year-old mother, so this was a secondary reason I wanted to get out of there. Lastly, the money. I was worried about the cost, deductible, etc. Being new at it all, this was a growing concern for me. I could tell everyone I spoke to thought I was making excuses, when everything was a valid reason, namely the stupid smoke. Naturally, since all of them smoked, they're going to get defensive. One staff member told me there were pockets of time I could go outside when no one is around. When? Four in the morning when I'm sleeping? Every time I tried to go out there, a crew of people were present, smoking as usual. They have a weight room, but I never got to try it, since they're VERY specific on when you can use it. Plus, someone has to let you in and be present. Funny how they allow smokers to inhale to their heart's content, keeping that ol' addiction alive and well, yet the weight room--which is a healthy habit--is super-restricted. Gotta love the contradiction. While the food is decent, and they always have snacks, the place is boring. Only thing people did was pace and smoke, pace and smoke, pace and smoke. You're allowed to vape inside the facility, too, which is crazy. Also, they have grocery day, and you provide them a list of what you need. But guess what? Their first stop is to the Hippie Hut Vape Shop--NOT a grocery store. That's the prioritizing the facility runs. The rooms you stay in? Well, small cot for a bed, the pillows are horrible (better bring your own) and the bathroom is tiny with no fan. Also, the sink has zero room to lay out stuff. I had to put a couple of items on the edge of the dresser nearby, only for the female using the bed next to it, to start whining and complaining about it. The air is super-dry in there, too. No doubt a result of the vaping day and night. The female near me would pass out with the vape clung in her hand, like a pacifier. Place is supposedly trying to remove addiction, yet promotes just another addiction. It's pointless going there. Oh, and another thing to note: They allowed a lady with a supposed "emotional support" dog to roam around. It was an 80-lb German shepherd, too. What if someone was afraid of dogs? Or had allergies? Or all kinds of other BS that could've gone wrong? How is this OK to lug around a huge dog like that? I decided to leave early, and the one guy tells me he's going to have to put me down as ADA (against doctor's advice). Wonderful. And whose fault is this? And now my deductible will get eaten alive because, through no fault of my own, I had to leave. Thanks, Evoke, for making my stay garbage.