Gregorios Pazionis

anonymous

This was my first time seeking therapy and it was just an awful experience. He was so uncaring, dismissive and unprofessional. He told me I didn't even qualify for a psychological disorder, despite how i've been feeling for the past 10 years. Instead he told me I need to just learn to live with my feelings. He just didn't seem to care. The worst part was, despite my chronic anxiety over health concerns, fear of having some disease, fear of dying etc. he actually told me that what i've come to recognize as anxiety symptoms really aren't psychological but the result of some undiagnosed disease. He spent the rest of the appointment searching for possible diseases on the internet. I left the appointment in tears, feeling like he had just undone all my personal efforts to feel better over the years.

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Mia

I met with this doctor and was totally unimpressed, he did not show any sign of listening and responding to my issues instead I got a lecture based on his experiences. I learne dmore about his experiences than he did about mine in the 45 minutes so when he made assumptions they were not valid as it was reaching and not based on our actual interaction. Lacking people skills and coming across as judgmental is not a very good introduction to a patient looking for help.

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After my first meeting with him, I felt worse than when I went in. He more or less "told" me what I should do, without even trying to understand what I was going through. I felt that within 45 minutes, there is NO way that he could have me figured out and KNOW, let alone UNDERSTAND how I was feeling or the factors that contributed to my feelings. I found him cold and unfeeling. I spent 2 hours with a friend after my session with him crying! To me this is not a doctor who wants to understand the circumstances of my situation and help me.

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MCS

I saw this guy a few years ago, and I remember quite clearly what turned me off. I've seen other therapists since, and I can honestly say, he was utterly unhelpful. - I seem to recall each session with him started late. And one of those sessions, he wasted time calling someone about his dry cleaning. I am not even kidding. - When he was introduced to me, he spent more time looking at my file and making assumptions than he did actually looking at me or talking to me or listening to any of the things coming out of my mouth. - He got very annoyed when he realized I'd already been introduced to the "wonders" of CBT and that my life hadn't been immediately transformed. (I tried CBT exercises many times over the years, and they did nothing for me except give me temporary relief. My anxiety issues have complicated roots and CBT doesn't work for me. CBT works for some people, but is NOT a one-size-fits-all approach) - He told me that I shouldn't confide in my friends, only in my husband. I think it was this remark that pretty much sealed it for me. - When he heard I'd spent some time in other types of talk therapy, he kept saying I AM NOT YOUR FATHER - He told me a story about making a guy who was afraid of wetting his pants sit out in the waiting room with a wet crotch. I said "Did it cure him of his fear?" and he said "Yes, but he replaced it with other ones..." - He acted like fixing my problems would be easy, until I told him that my "underlying assumption" was that I don't matter, and he just stared at me, stunned and was like "Oooh...that's much harder to change/work with." Some people have this attitude like just because he's blunt that he must know what he's talking about. Like it's some weird point of pride to not be "coddled" by your therapist. For people that are just having general life issues or crisis, he's probably fine. But for people in more complicated situations, recovering from trauma, etc... I'm not convinced he would be of help. It doesn't take a PhD or a medical license to tell someone to suck it up. I have relatives that will do that for free.

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