I was thinking about my life today, married for 33 years and have 2 children. Very happily married…read moreby my and my wife's account. If my wife followed Deborah's advise we would be divorced and not had our son. Most of our issues were with our very similar alcoholic parents. My wife was in a women's group with Deborah as well. I joking called it the we hate men group as when my wife came home from this group I wondered what I had done this time? Our first couple sessions with Deborah were normal, talking about what we thought was going on lasting about 45 minutes. The last session, Deborah ripped into me for an hour and 15 minutes. I was to blame for everything. Alcoholic, druggie for smoking pot. An alcoholic when I had been in Ala-non for 6 years already? On the way home my wife tells me that Deborah has recommended that she should divorce me and I should be checked into a rehab facility. I said, if that is how you feel, let's get a divorce and I meant it. She doesn't want to get a divorce and we went to another counselor. After a few sessions, the new counselor gave my wife a homework assignment, how many of the women in this group were married, not interested in men or in a happy marriage. Next session she reports that no one is in a happy marriage, most not interested in men and one was separated from her husband. The therapist says she thinks my wife should find a new counselor and stop going to this group. A few weeks later the counselor tells my wife if she does not stop going to this group and go to another counselor that she would recommend to me to move on. She said she sees allot of women in late forties to early fifties that determine through counseling that their husband is an alcoholic and divorces them. Only to find out that their husbands fair much better. That many of these women do not remarry and end up with financial issues. As soon as she started counseling with another lady and stopped the women's group we moved forward to a better marriage. My point is, how many marriages were destroyed because of her bad advise? How many individuals are wondering where they are now or could have been if had not come to such a hasty conclusion? How did they fair financially? I say a prayer everyday for my wife and son being in my life. It is an inside job, do the work first before you make big changes.

Meh. I remember this therapist in my shopping, and there's better options, hopefully still. I think…read moreshe does well with lightweights (ie where the initials 'MFT' come from) but complex cases will stump her. She has "analyst voice," sort of a pretension from 70s movies that somebody might find annoying. Also forgot simple but critical fundamental details about my life a little too frequently. Generally a mismatch, but what troubled me was that she didn't see the discord herself--which makes me believe she is not that insightful. A bit reluctant to leave a review here with my real name but think it's important, given the branding and self-promotion going on here, that others know what they might be getting into. Bottom line: okay for couples counseling or the odd startup employee dealing with mild depression or what have you. Short term coaching, maybe. Serious mental illness? Not likely. Given the lack of good therapists on insurance panels, you might be better off with a trained psychologist for counseling.

Mitch is a caring and knowledgeable therapist. He uses different methodologies and always comes up…read morewith interesting observations about me that I did not see before. He has helped me with my depression as well as big and small life events that are unavoidable. I highly recommend him!

Mitch is a great therapist. He truly cares for his patients and really helped me deal with daily…read morelife challenges from work related stress to relationships. You can tell he has much experience to offer with his approach to counseling. I trust him with my most honest feelings and always come out of the sessions with some progress in helping me live a happier life. I highly recommend Mitch!

Shellie is one of the most caring, insightful and knowledgeable therapists I've ever had the…read morepleasure of working with. She has a depth of wisdom that can only come from a great deal of experience. Shellie helped me on my journey of dealing with the "empty nest syndrome " and starting a new career path. I have also referred many of my patients to her and they have all reported positively on their experience. I can't say enough good things about Shellie- not only is she an intuitive therapist, but she's a wise and wonderful human being!

Ruth is amazing! She is an excellent therapist and I'm so happy I found her. She is caring and…read morerelatable and I feel completely comfortable with her. She is great for both individual therapy and couples therapy. My husband really likes her as well. She has guided me and my husband thru a very rough time and helped us strengthen our relationship and bring it back from a point where I felt all was lost. I am so grateful for her and I would recommend her to anyone!

She is a wonderful therapist (and person), I trust her, she listens, she really cares, and she's…read morehelped me accomplish things I never thought possible. I am also therapist and I go to her, and have been for years. I refer so many people to her too, they all say the same, because she's that good.

My son had behavioral issues, under certain circumstances. Unfortunately, after spending a lot of…read moretime and money, we didn't find the sessions with Karin very useful. The only tip we got out of the whole thing was to setup a star reward system, which worked for a little while - but after a few months it backfired so we had to stop it completely. It also didn't help with his behavioral issues. Upon Karin's (mis) diagnosis that my kid has sensory integration issues, I took him to an occupational therapist. OT didn't find any sensory integration issues with him, OT suggested that a social skills group might be better for him - since the behavioral issues were circumstantial. We stopped going to Karin, signed up our kid for a social skills group, 3 months later we have a totally different child! The sessions are pretty expensive - about $250 per session (which is a little bit on the pricier side, but I can understand still). However she also charges for any questions that you ask her (she refuses to answer questions by e-mail, only does phone sessions - so that she can explain things better it seems). In addition, she also wanted to talk to my child's teachers and also to the OT (all of which she of course charged us) I was expecting Karin to equip us as parents to deal with our child more efficiently, Karin clearly did not meet our expectations.

A while ago we discovered that our teenage daughter was severely depressed and engaging in…read moredestructive behaviors. Her life and grades were in a tailspin. Through a friends recommendation we brought in Karin and she saved the day. She leapt into full crisis-intervention mode, working with our daughter, us, and the school. The improvement was dramatic. We will forever be in her debt.

I have known Dr. Gottheiner since 1981. I am a recently retired Nephrology social worker and I am…read morequalified to attest to his character and integrity. One cannot find a more knowledgable, compassionate and devoted Nephrologist. He sets a high bar. We worked together over these many years, and thousands of patients have been thankful for his honesty, compassion and devotion. Dr. Gottheiner is also a wonderful teacher and role model. So many nurses, dietitians, social workers and dialysis personnel hold him in great esteem, for his intelligence, work-ethic and devotion to patients and the practice of medicine in its purest form. I am a better person for knowing him!

I was referred to Nephrologist dr. Toby Gottheiner because my urine has become foamy and colorless…read more Dr G learned my family's history of kidney disease, but was unconcerned. He assured me that there's 'nothing wrong' with my kidneys. He did not order any tests to clarify what's going on. I went back to my primary care doctor, who is really great. He ordered an additional test of urine osmolality with fluid restriction for 12-14 hours. That test came clearly abnormal: 372 mOsm/Kg with the normal reference of at least 850 mOsm/Kg. The test pointed to inability of my kidneys to concentrate urine, which is associated with kidney failure, or other significant kidney disease. Based on abnormal finding, I was asked by primary care to go back to see nephrologist. 3 months later I'm back to Dr. Gottheiner, reasonably expecting the differential work up on the cause of a problem. Instead the conversation turned different direction. Vaguely admitting abnormal finding, doctor started vigorously looking for an unusual dietary pattern in my eating habits. When that failed, because my diet is well balanced, contrary to his previous admission, he suddenly said that he doesn't see anything wrong(?) and honestly(?), doesn't know how to help me! Than he asked me, 'Why do you worry'? I tried to patiently explain that I've had both flanks pain, coupled with significant progressive changes in a urine. He said that my urine changes unrelated to flank pains (?). At this point it has become clear doctor wasn't interested in making any honest diagnosis. You don't have to be a nephrologist to know that flank pain indeed can be caused by kidney problems. I told him that both my urologist and primary care referred me to see him (nephrologist). He said that they referred me only because they 'didn't know what to do'!! Than he asked me again, 'why do you worry'? What was I supposed to say? It's like asking diabetes patient why would he/she worry so much about high glucose levels? And he is absolutely right in a sense: if doctor doesn't care, why should a patient get worry?? After first appointment, Dr. Gottheiner failed to order correct tests to evaluate the abnormal symptoms. At second appointment, when presented with abnormal findings (extremely low osmolality), dr G completely ignored them. Moreover, he ignored other significant changes (high lactic acid, anemia, peripheral neuropathy) which could be related to a kidney disease as well. Finally, Dr. G failed to order any workup on the abnormal findings to make a differential diagnosis, let alone any treatment. All in all, if you dare to 'worry' about your health, and need a diagnostic workup of your kidneys condition from a competent, intelligent doctor who cares, please don't waste your time and look somewhere else. Good luck!

Doctor Sugarman is an extraordinary doctor!!!!! He is from…read morethe old school where he takes the time to go over everything. He was my doctor for years until i moved. He is highly experienced with a great sense of humor. When you go and see him it is like seeing a doctor who is part of your family!!!!! Thank you Doctor Sugarman!!!!!

I am sadden that Dr. Sugarman is retiring. He is a caring physician that takes the time to listen…read moreand is concern with its patients. He will be dearly missed. He is an excellent doctor that has a wonderful personality and provides the great service. He will be dearly missed but I wish him the very best in retirement. Thank You, Dr. Sugarman. You are the "BEST". Edmund J.

Dr Singer took care of my husband when he had squamous cell carcinoma back a tongue they couldn't…read morehave been more skilled and he couldn't have been nicer Valerie Erickson

My only experience with Dr. Singer was a 60 second video call during which he told me I needed to…read moreget a hearing test before he could help me. My insurance was charged $550 for the privilege and I was charged my full co-pay. Not only was it frustrating to be charged so much for something that did not need a video visit at all, but it was also incredibly frustrating to simply schedule the first appointment (half a dozen phone calls) and later attempt to reverse the charges (another half a dozen phone calls, none of which have been successful). Between the frustrating administrative and billing departments and the lackluster medical experience, I cannot recommend Dr. Singer.