Highly recommend Dr Waaland! She's been a great support for our children and family throughout getting a diagnosis and treatment.

I would give this provider 0 stars if I could! I have a 9 year old family member who was supposed to be reunified with her mother. Dr. Waaland provided services for approximately 6 months with no progress toward reunification. She never interacted with the mother and refused to speak to her opting in favor of the dad who had custody and retained Dr. Waaland. Our family contacted other reunification specialists who all verified that Dr. Waaland was not a reunification specialist and the approach she was utilizing was not aligned to how family reunification is supposed to be conducted. Reunification involves all parties, parents and children, and in the least, separate sessions with family members until the family is able to progress to full reunification. Dr. Waaland refused to provide status reports on the child's progress despite there being a court order requiring them. The mother attempted to collaborate with Dr. Waaland, because she was under a court order that required her to do so. Dr. Waaland refused and eventually resigned from the case, with no progress, after 6 months of servicing the child, citing that the mother initiated contact to her which was unacceptable. How can reunification occur if refuse to speak with the mother? Coincidentally, Dr. Waaland's resignation was aligned to the same timeframe the dad was relocating to another state and thus she could not have provided services. Dr. Waaland, despite refusing to update my family member or her counsel, instead opted to report only to the dad's counsel that the child, my family member, had a long way to go. Then what was Dr. Waaland doing for 6 whole MONTHS? After the child stop seeing Dr. Waaland, the 9 year old even created a video expressing that she wanted to see her mother. SAD!!! But it will be presented in court. The custody case is still in session, and my family member has secured experts ready to testify that Dr. Waaland is not a family reunification specialist and did not take the proper approach. My family member, the family, and I contacted licensing authorities in VA regarding Dr. Waaland, and following the closure of the custody hearing, me along with my entire family will be pooling our resources together to pursue legal proceedings against Dr. Pamela Waaland and her negligent actions. She supported a dad who only cares about not paying child support and retaining a yearly tax deduction. A dad who gave the child to other people to provide care for over the course of months for several years, until he had no choice but to keep the child. A dad who refused to put the child in therapy for years, despite a judge ordering him to do so. That is more a vengeful parent than one who cares about his child. And Dr. Waaland violated several court orders that were explicitly provided to her. I DO NOT recommend this provider. She is biased, neglect in providing services, her only loyalty will be to the parent that retained her services, and more importantly she is a danger to children not a help. She not only hurt the child but she hurt my family as a whole. Do not expose your family or children. There are much better providers elsewhere. read more

I personally feel like "Dr." Pamela Waaland could be considered one of the worst human beings on the face of this planet. When going through a divorce with two young children, my ex wife with the help of her high priced attorneys brought in this woman, who, I believe can only be considered as a "hired hand" that uses her PHD to scare fathers to do the wife's and wife's attorney's bidding. As soon as I walked in the door of Ms. Waaland's office it felt like I was being gunned after and no matter what I said. I wasn't allowed to get a word in edge wise, any words that I did say were down played and I was belittled. It got to the point that I felt like I had to record the conversations in case this woman would ultimately try to incriminate me in court for things I did not say. Her reports were very derogatory against me even though I was on my best behavior. I ended up finding out over the internet this woman had worked in the past with my ex-wifes attorney where she was trying to get a man put away because they were trying to prove that he done REALLY BAD things to his own daughter which I believe that this was not proven in the end. "Dr." Waaland gets paid to keep good fathers away from their children. She helps to ruin lives of not only fathers but also young defenseless children. I hope she reads this and repents to her God for all the atrocities she's been a part of but if I was her God I would caste her away. Just my thoughts on the matter. If you are a father going through a divorce and your ex tries to get you in to see this woman, PLEASE tell your wife that you want a person that you both agree on. Go in the phone book and randomly pick one because if you use her, you will be very sorry you did. I'm with my kids now and I'm very happy but I had to go through 2 1/2 years of torment and anguish because of the help of this horrible person. read more

Dr. Waaland is a genuinely caring Doctor. She listens to her patients and gives them good advice and support. You can tell that she has a lot of experience in her field. I definitely recommend her. read more