I saw Kelsey Snavely nearly a year, much longer than I should have…read more.. During EMDR sessions, Kelsey did not give me time to process. She would always interrupt me while I was still in the EMDR meditative state. Even when I asked her to wait longer to talk, she was impatient & couldn't do it. Eventually, I gave up on EMDR with her & just tried to do talk therapy. I found it troubling that she would ask me about my finances and want to know how much money I had and how much money my other family members have. I finally told her I felt uncomfortable sharing that information and she backed off a little bit but then a couple sessions later, asked about my money situation again. Very intrusive & inappropriate. I should've asked about her financial situation. Probably the biggest issue that I have with Kelsey is that when I told her that I was beginning to forgive people, she said, "I have a real problem with forgiving when [person] did so many evil things!" She rambled on telling me why I shouldn't forgive. She went on to say, "Forgiveness is for THEM (perpetrators), right?" (Obviously, she got it backward because forgiveness is for the victim.) I'm using direct quotes because I haven't forgotten her words. I'm not sure why she would say something contradicting traditional therapy, but it seemed she wanted me to hate the person & see them as evil. This was the antithesis of healing therapy. Early on, she mentioned she's had EMDR & I couldn't help but think she was projecting, allowing her own feelings to cloud the therapy she was supposed to be providing. Whenever I'd share a memory with her she'd say, "Oooh! He was so EVIL!" She said this regularly. When therapists are supposed to be objective, Kelsey freely shared her personal feelings every single session. In the end, I felt like maybe Kelsey wanted to help, but her judgmental comments toward me and others, as well as intrusive questions (money), and terrible impatience with EMDR made the experience, as a whole, unpleasant and not at all healing.

I have been seeing Kelsey Snavely for 3 months for help with managing my anxiety, depression, and…read moreCPTSD. She has helped me SO much! She's kind, down to earth, incredibly empathetic, and somehow knows just how much or little to push and encourage me in a given session. I would recommend her highly.

After being in the ER until 2a, I was exhausted. So, I didn't hear my phone ring at 9a the next…read moreday. I missed the call from my awesomely concerned family doctor who had already reviewed my ER records despite the fact that it was a holiday and she was supposed to be relaxing. She wanted to have me come in for a follow-up exam. Since I didn't recognize the number and my voicemail box was jammed full, I didn't know I was supposed to go in. But on Thanksgiving, in the evening, when I relapsed into that toxic pain and shaking, my family called Dr. Rentel. She was there, and she had advice. She got me through the night and saw me first thing Monday. This is the most compassionate doctor. I love her to pieces. She has her patients' best interest in mind. She really cares about your health. And she's funny and easy to talk to. I have high praise for Dr. Rentel. If you're looking for a new family doctor, definitely try to get in with her. It will be tough. Since she's so amazing, she's always booked full. But if you happen to call the office when they're taking new patients, you musn't undervalue the opportunity. Jump on it! Dr. Rentel is the best.

After spending a couple weeks not feeling like I could breath so well, and getting kind of nervous…read moreabout it, I went to the ER desperate for relief in the middle of the night. They sent me away with anxiety meds. Needless to say, I didn't take them and went to see Dr. Rentel the following Monday. By chance, I was assigned to her when I was a student at OSU in the student health department. She asked me if I had allergies, to which I replied NO. She took a good look at me and said, "Yes you do." She gave me oral steroids and within 24 hours my breathing issues were totally resolved. Turns out, I have a severe grass pollen allergy that developed as an adult and procudes asthma. I'm now taking allergy shots to help build a tolerance to my allergies and symptoms. I wasn't crazy afterall!

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.