Andrea Hawkins

Review of Mindful Behavioral Healthcare

Let me first start by saying that I am a nurse and...

Let me first start by saying that I am a nurse and was working towards my MD before my physical illness. So, I feel I am qualified to review this place's service as a client and from a medical perspective.
I would not wish this place on my worst enemy. My first appointment was a lady asking a lot of questions.
She never clarified her part, or her conclusions. She stated with whom she wanted me to meet, but did not tell me who they were (counselor, Doctor, etc).
So, I arrived to my second appointment, and it was with a student Physician Assistant. She gave me some medications. I questioned her many times because I knew two of them were the same medication. However, I have a physical problem and sometimes certain medications interact and I have to use multiple ones to achieve the same effect.
I went about life and within a short period of time I started to really struggle. Depressed, angry, and my moods were all over the place. I came back in to see someone because of these sudden issues. The Nurse Practitioner said I was not supposed to be on those two medications!!! She even said that the student P.A. should never have put me on both medications and that I was lucky it did not hurt me. That explained all the sudden mental changes. Well thank goodness I went back in to the office as quickly as I did.
From the start of this process there was no communication and direction. I kept asking what their process was, and what they diagnosed me with to give me the medications. No one answered my questions and worst of all they never scheduled me to see a counselor to talk to me about any of this. Just kept putting me with medical staff and throwing pills at me.
The last appointment that I had, the Nurse Practitioner, recommended I put magnets on my head and have electricity run through them to stimulate my brain. UMMMM NO FREAKING WAY!!!!
I have followed up with another establishment and asked them their opinion of what happened at Mindful Behavior. More than one of the counselors and psychiatrists said, in a professional way, that Mindful Behavior are a bunch of quacks! You are a number there and they do not care. They see so many people and throw pills at people instead of helping people. It is all about the money and seeing as many people as possible and treatments that are not needed, required, or even recommended. Hence, the brain stimulating treatment they tried to get me to do. My current therapist could not believe what happened to me at Mindful Behavior. I am also currently seeking legal counsel due to the medications that put me in danger that they prescribed. My current counselor does not believe any medications whatsoever.
Please BEWARE and do NOT go to Mindful Behavior. There are so many other places where you can get real help.