Major Red Flag

Warning: many individuals who go into becoming therapists themselves primarily go in the field to help themselves primarily as they are mentally sick themselves. This is definitely a classic example I’ve seen in this profession with this individual.

I’ve seen Ms. Phillips off and on for about a year or two. Only towards the end of our time this year did I finally ask her what diagnosis she had given me. When she told me what she had decided, I realized that it was the incorrect diagnosis of me which also contradicted the diagnosis that my psychiatrist had given prior to me even beginning to see her. Even when I had multiple conversations with her about how important it is for her as a professional to be on the same page as my psychiatrist from the very beginning seeing her two years earlier, she still refused to change the diagnosis to that of my psychiatrist’s diagnosis.

It’s unfortunate I had to go through what I went through with this individual. But, On the larger scheme of things, I am concerned that this woman is continuing to misdiagnose other people she is seeing and being intellectually inflexible about it if/when people find out. This is a major red flag in any therapist who would not be recommended to see. Choose someone else to do therapy with, if you wish to go the therapy route. Hi his person violates your trust on several different levels, which is very unacceptable in any therapist.

Additionally, I find really interesting that I was the first to review this individual ten months ago originally. The other reviews of her were written all exactly five months after mine. It’s not surprising to me that some of these individuals like this woman put some of her patients up to writing reviews about her after the fact to try to offset my honest and accurate review about her...

Ms. Philips was also very unprofessional on many other accounts and levels, which was another reason I did never see her on a regular basis. She often would cut me off mid-sentence, and would do most of the talking nonstop for 15 minutes at a time! Right?!? Unbelievable. On a few occasions she also acted like she was a nutrition expert, and this is not even what her degree is in in the first place. I even have the text messages to prove this where she would constantly insist on pushing the keto diet on me, despite the warning signs I would give her for stepping out of her scope of practice. (For the record, I have my masters in nutrition and am at a healthy muscle mass and percent body weight already).

I would go see another therapist who listens a lot better and actually diagnoses correctly. Lots of red flags in this individual.

Submitted June 8, 2019

Major Red Flag

I’ve seen Ms. Phillips off and on for about a year or two. I didn’t go to her consistently for a multitude of reasons, mainly one being that she did the majority of the talking and would cut me off in the middle of all of my sentences. I confirmed with the medical board that the therapist is the one that needs to be doing most of the listening to the patient. This was definitely not the case with Ms. Phillips. As an obvious result, I learned a lot about her yet she did not know me at all.

Ms. Philips also misdiagnosed me. Only towards the end of our time this year did I finally ask her what diagnosis she had given me. When she told me what she had diagnosed, I realized that it was the incorrect diagnosis of me which also contradicted the diagnosis that my psychiatrist had given. Even when I had multiple conversations with her about how important it is for her as a professional to be on the same page as my psychiatrist, she still refused to change the diagnosis to that of my psychiatrist’s diagnosis.

It’s unfortunate I had to go through what I went through with this individual. But, On the larger scheme of things, I am concerned that this woman is continuing to misdiagnose other people she is seeing and being intellectually inflexible about it if/when people find out. It is also equally concerning that she fails to listen to you and she cuts you off all the time when you’re talking and does most of the talking about herself and her own personal experiences. This is a major red flag in any therapist who would not be recommended to see. Choose someone else to do therapy with, if you wish to go the therapy route with anything.

Submitted Aug. 25, 2018