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I have been going to the Growth Center for 2+ years. Stephanie Gillis is a wonderful counselor, and I would recommend her for someone who is in dire need of counseling. Also, Meghan Hopkins, my APRN is a very knowledgeable nurse who cares, understands, and works with patients to help them with current issues/situations. The office staff is great. Jacqueline and Kim have been absolutely great to me. This is a smaller office, but they do follow up with patients and try very hard to accommodate all the calls and questions coming in. I recommend this place to anyone seeking any type of counseling or help. I like the small atmosphere, and they are very understanding of schedule changes as long as you provide proper notice. I work for a small business, and it's common to have people write more negative than positive reviews out of spite for being upset/sent away. I don't know many people who take the time to write an awesome review, therefore I am. Sometimes a person or place isn't for everyone. That is truly understandable. I wanted to make sure to take my time to thank the office, staff, and everyone that has helped me through my journey. I am a veteran, and regular person who needed help. Everyone in that office sought to make sure I received the proper treatment. Please take the time to check the facility for yourself prior to judging the reviews. Every person's experience is different. Also, their are situations in which a patient and practitioner may not work out. That is why it's important to search for the person that is right for you. This place works for me, but it may not be for other people. It took me 5 years before I found the right place. Thanks everyone, as I hope this review is helpful for those who are seeking help.
I really don't want to write this review and my hands been hovering over the post button for about 10 minutes now. I feel guilty even talking about what happened and the treatment I received, but I think it's important that I get this out so that young girls like me can see a real therapist.
"Okay, I get that mental health is a soft science, and depression affects everyone differently. But are you honestly telling me that you have absolutely no idea how to treat me?"
"Then why am I hear?"
'Yes'
Been going here for over 3 years, and have been met with nothing but kindness, and professionalism. The doctors are caring, as is the staff. I am very particular about who I see, but I have to say I have complete trust in those who I have dealt with at the Growth Center. As far as prescriptions are concerned, I have found that the medication coordinator is beyond vigilant, and on several occasions has gone quite out of her way to resolve issues caused by my lousy online pharmacy (Express Scripts)... I wouldn't change to a different doctor if you paid me.
Love it there. Excellent care both by doctor and therapist. Price is very costly for non insured or insurance isn't accepted patients.
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The psychiatrist I saw gave me so many different pill regiments it was impossible to keep up, at any given time I was on 2-3 different sets of pills that had to be taken at different times, it was too much and I often ended up quitting usage mid-prescription. One time however she prescribed me Vyvanse, a drug I should have never been prescribed. It's a medicine for narcolepsy. I have chronic insomnia. I was up for over a hundred hours without realizing it. I was prescribed multiple medications for insomnia by her, there's no excuse for her to be unaware of this. Even worse, it effects your blood pressure, I have a blood disorder, which has been in my medical file since I was 14 and something I brought up to her multiple times. I ended up having a terrible reaction, my lip swelling up with blood clots to the point I couldn't speak without biting it and making it bleed. Apparently, this place has a terrible record with over-prescribing to the point where other clinics refuse to refer their outgoing patients to them, which matches my experience precisely.
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Saw two therapists and 1 psychiatrist here between the ages of 15-18.
I literally just got off the phone by the lady at the front desk whom screamed at me on the phone. This is after their phones were off since 9 til 4pm. She said that the lady that deals with refilling medications is gone for the day and I could go to her voicemail. My pharmacy has sent in 3 request and my husband came up and personally told them I needed it refilled. If the doctors knew that their license were in jeopardy by the way the front office is ran I feel they may want to find another job. No one has any idea how to treat patients especially ones with psych issues. It's amazing they still have a job.
One therapist, on my first session with him, told me the reason I was suicidal was that I didn't have a boyfriend or father figure in my life and that I needed to start engaging with specifically male teachers and other male authority figures, he intercut this dialogue with talks about me not having a boyfriend and while he never outright tried to say that I should attempt, at 15, to date a teacher, he certainly implied it. I even outright said during the session that it sounded like he was trying to get me to be in a relationship with a 30 year old man, I told him it scared me. He told me it shouldn't scare me and that I simply have a problem with authority I need to get over.
I requested a new therapist, I told this new one abt my last experience and she brushed it off. This therapist often shamed me for reaching out to people when I was suicidal saying it was manipulative. (After I started seeing a new therapist at a different place, she explained to me why I should most definitely reach out to people during a suicidal episode.) One time she said it was manipulative that one of my friends knew I was suicidal even though I had never told my friend that personally or pointed it out to her. Simply the fact that another person knew I was suicidal was abusive. I talked about wanting to kill myself often with her and she would always ignore it, saying that the only way for me to get better was to get a job. (I made two suicide attempts while seeing her so she had no reason to believe I was lying.) One time, during my worst in-session suicidal breakdown to date we had this exchange.
'You're the one that keeps deciding to come here, I can't answer that question'
The Growth Center For Counseling And Wellness is a US Doctor based in New Albany, Indiana. The Growth Center For Counseling And Wellness is located at 4925 Charlestown Rd, New Albany, IN 47150, USA.
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