April Smith, LCMHC

I recall April casually telling me she doesn't do ongoing sessions with people, and prefers to see it as a 'drop-in' service, since most of her patients schedule one session and then never return. (Look at the other reviews to get a sense of why.) I still think of that and laugh sometimes.

If you like spending $150 to be ridiculed and dismissed, this is your lady. Total waste of time.

I ended the session after 15 minutes because I felt attacked and judged. I enlisted this therapist to help with me crying at work due to overwhelming workload. She was cold and kept telling me it 'was my own fault'. She told me to purposely 'slow down' at work or my employer would never hire some help. She questioned me about 'why would you take a job doing 3 postions in the first place'. I asked for guidance on how to deal with crying on the job. Again, she kept saying this was my own fault. She charged me $80 for a 'cancelled' session - and I got my EAP folks involved. Therapist would not rescind on charging me. HORRIBLE experience. I felt worse than when I called.

Dismissive and made me feel bad for seeking counseling for my issue.

She immediately took the side of my partner. Did not even listen to me and anything I had to say, she was shaking her head as I was speaking rejecting everything j said. I just shut down and decided not to say anything else. I have had therapy before from Rula and the therapist did not act like that! This brought me down so much for days….. I felt like everything else she said was intended to separate us. She asked us why are we together multiple times and stated right away therapy is not going to help. I’m a firm believer this is not true. I felt even worse than before the only two sessions we had and now we are actually breaking up because she incorporated strong sense that we are so different that we don’t need to be together into our minds. Other reviews of her are true. Please, run from her.

I am the spouse of someone dealing with addiction. I needed tactics and direction on how to cope with my situation after all its a 20 year happy marriage untill 3 years ago. This woman was dismissive, judgemental and rude. I find it so hard to believe she is even a counselor. I was done with my therapy within 15 mins yet she charged for the hour. Please do your self a favor and find someone with experience who cares. She isn't it!

Unprofessional, rude, dismissive. This is not the person you want to see for any mental health needs. She had an attitude right off the bat. Judgy.