Ratings for Sarah Avery-Leaf

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I was referred to Dr. Avery-Leaf for a full psychological exam. My insurance only covers ONE of these in my lifetime, and she completely wasted it. Seemed very uninterested and probed very little, seemed to make huge- and untrue- assumptions about things we never even had the chance to talk about, mostly asked questions that were irrelevant to the reasons she knew I was seeing her. Had me take a 300 question test on paper that took two hours to complete, only to throw it away. Offered absolutely no insight, and went so far as to tell me there was nothing wrong with me (despite every other doctor telling me otherwise, hence needing an exam like this in the first place). Very rude, unprofessional, and confidently ignorant. All the other negative reviews here are spot-on. Don't waste your time, money, or energy.

Submitted Oct. 31, 2020

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Dr. Avery-Leaf is the WORST psychgologist EVER!!! She wrote a report about my (now deceased) ex-husband without even speaking to his family or his psychiatrist. She admitted to "skimming" hundreds of pages of information about multiple domestic violence incidents and she shredded my file after I requested it back. I wanted a reputable psychologist to analyze the original test that she gave me and she knew it. Now the information is "conveniently" lost forever. Her excuse was that she mistakenly shredded it a year early because she mistakenly wrote the wrong year on the box. Total liar!!! She's a psychologist and couldn't even recognize that a Sociopath was harming his family!!! She had my journals, she had doctors notes where an ER doctor asked me to remove a weapon in our home due to my ex-husband's mental health issues. More people, including my ex-husband's own family were scammed out of thousands of dollars AFTER my divorce was over. I asked for my money back and I asked her to inform the judge that the GAL and the patient withheld the FACT that he had serious mental health issues and they withheld the FACT that he had a psychiatrist. She refused both requests. I'm filing a complaint with the Psychology Board. She is UNETHICAL, RUDE, BIASED, and PATHETIC!

Submitted Oct. 7, 2020

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Very Disappointed. Very Disappointed. Very Disappointed.

Submitted July 30, 2014

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very helpful. she gets right to the heart of the matter and is straightforward. she identifies underlying issues immediately. no time is wasted doing repetitive intake. extremely intelligent, helpful, however is not a "hand holder", which is good. focuses on the solution.

Submitted Dec. 31, 2009

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She lacks empathy and compassion for her clients' situations in life. Although she has some great techniques to change one's thinking, she is not at all concerned with the whole person, and whether sleep is challenging due to thoughts in one's head, or whether an anti-depressant is helping or not, etc. The info is of no use to her, which is rather strange.Sitting with her was sort of like sitting with god. If you're looking for a therapist who has a human side, then she is not the person for you.

Submitted Oct. 13, 2009

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