June Schwartz, LCSW

I started seeing her originally after my mother died in summer 2019 bc I was in a dark place. At the time she helped me find my way and improve until the end of 2020. Then I felt a lack of understanding and structure from her following that. I had went through a lot of mental issues with my mother. And I have aspergers, so I was not very well equipped or mentally strong to handle myself on my own and I felt I needed people around me at that time to prove to me I’m a good person and that whatever happened in my past with people affecting me and telling me how I won’t be anything in life because of how I am and I don’t improve but anyway starting in 2021, i wanted her to me help me just to give me some kind of structure and direction in my mind to be able to do things on my own and to build my own finances and life and do things on my own build trust and understand people better and she did the complete opposite and made me think into that “people from the past can affect you then to now” almost her exact words and I started To feel helpless and feel alone mentally to hold onto people and do what they want me to do to “earn there friendships and respect” I opened up to much about my past and she didn’t make me feel Comfortable overcoming and handling that either. She just went with me trying to hold onto people and understanding them and not comparing them to others without giving me structure and a base to follow for more self esteem and better personal strength and I wound up with her guidance or lack of falling for peoples scams and giving away so much money in 2021, that I’m still recovering it more now. I have gotten a lot better doing CBT with someone else and others in the future, but what’s Even worse then what I’ve said already, is that she actually told me during the last session when I told her her advice backfired and she wasn’t letting me explain how they were mentally affecting me and they used me, she just took again what I said about wanting to learn how to live on my own and not need peoples re assurance to make me feel I can be more in life and learn how to work and save money and build my life and continue to do that. She just asked me if I still wanted to meet new friends and when I yelled “no! I just explained and told you what I don’t want to do that and what I want to do” she just turned around and lastly said something similar to “oh ok, we’ll have a good day, I’ll end the session now and just charge you what I normally do, you can pay me within the next two weeks, bye now” and cut the session short 25 min in just like that. And she didn’t even ask me if I was doing ok in the few weeks following hearing what happened and how depressed I was. I wound up telling her I started CBT. She Really fell apart Starting in 2021 and I only found my way despite all she mentally did to set me back. After that with someone different. Absolutely avoid and head my warning. Read what I said carefully

The appointment felt a little too informal. We did it over the phone, which is fine, but she had me call her which I didn't love. Then during the appointment, she asked me a couple questions about myself and would ask me very surface level questions about what I was going through. We ran out of the things to talk about after 30 minutes. For the last 15 minutes of the appointment, she gave me "strategies" to get my mind in a better place, which was just breathing in and breathing out and pretending like there was an angel and devil on my shoulder. I did not feel like was well equipped to explore my problems and help me reach solutions. She interrupted and cut me off a lot when I was speaking. I would not recommend her to anyone.