Believe all the 1 star ratings. She treated me like garbage. Took sides. Believed whatever my ex said, grilled me and put me through hell. She should have been fired a long time ago. read more

Just from my initial call to Amy to find out rates, I would not want to go to her. She wasn't freindly at all, didn't give me helpful info and felt like she didn't even care so why would I want to talk to her about my problems. read more

Amy has been my therapist for years, is very receptive and has offered me very helpful ideas in dealing with my family issues. She is very knowledgeable and professional and she has my best interests at heart at all times. She truly cares about me, my family and my future. I am very happy with Amy and can always be very open with her, and at times, she doesn't always agree with me but tells me what I need to hear instead to better help my understanding of situations and thought process. She is honest and i appreciate that. read more

My experience with this mediator was in 2000. We didn't have yelp or anything like this at the time. So during my past experience it was horrible. We were assigned to her because my ex and I couldn't agree on anything. We were both very young, 19 at the time. But once we got in her office both he and i hated dealing with her. We both agreed that she didn't help keep us on track. In fact, it seemed she loved to see us fight and dig into our past love life rather than help us set goals for visitation for our child. To this day, he and i get along great and we still both agree how horrible she was back than. I'm sorry for anyone that does have to go through an already difficult situation, but more sorry if the mediator isn't helping to properly facilitate the transition. read more

I must agree with the reviews from Fremont and Stockton, CA. It is amazing that these two women have similar situations as me. Amy is a true discredit to the Psyc and LMFT prof. She continues to lie, manipulate, fabricate, review evidence or do any legal research necessary to protect the child and also for the best interest of the child. As a mother I am appalled at the way Ms. Velasquez handled our case. She was told by the Mediator to do a full evaluation on all members of the family, which wasn't done. She also didn't follow-up on any matters regarding hearsay accusations towards me, etc. as well as comments our son made against his father, such as; "Do you remember daddy hitting mommy and that Travis lies", which is directly in her report. Also, as a victim of domestic violence for both my son and myself she ignored this fact and termed it differently as "Situational Couples Violence" and stated that there wasn't any domestic violence as well as not afraid. In other words, She was very biased from the beginning and treated me awful from the first time she met me and as proof my ex made a statement to me that he did also notice this factor. Therefore, as a result of the outcome, my son was taken from me and given to his father. Let it be known that I was and still continue to be an awesome mother and person. There is no evidence that shown against me I was anything less. Ms. Velaquez also gave me 32 wks of parenting counseling, which is quite extreme and excessive for a fabulous mother as myself with no problems to deem me as a bad mother and father who is a two time abuser within CA law of five years didn't have to go through any parenting classes. I followed the law, told the truth, and they and it took my son away from me after having him with me for 6yrs before he was taken. I can go on but it is best to contact me directly as to join me in a civil and/or criminal lawsuit against her to get our children back. The more victims of Ms. Velasquez as well as the legal system must and should come forward the better this will help the case become stronger. Stop her from committing more injustice of turning the cheek. By the way, I am forced to give a rating...I think it should be a negative not a damn star!! Thank you. MyBryce2@yahoo.com or Facebook me. [A Barboa] Thank you. read more