1/5 Kris 4 years ago on Google • 3 reviews
Very
disappointed
that
this
place
is
the
only
public
mental
health
team
available
in
New
Westminster,
because
I
would
go
literally
anywhere
else
before
this,
but
need
to
be
followed
by
a
psych
team
so
I
can
be
referred
to
neuropsychiatrists
for
my
movement
disorder.
I
have
continually
gotten
terrible
service
and
unhelpful
counselling.
The
very
worst
of
it
all
occurred
yesterday
when
I
saw
a
new
psychiatrist
and
he
dismissed
literally
everything
I
told
him.
I
am
a
young
female
with
autism,
bipolar
2,
c-ptsd,
and
general
anxiety.
After
talking
with
me
for
about
fifteen
minutes
he
decided
that
I
don't
have
any
of
those,
and
instead
pushed
hard
that
I
have
borderline
personality
disorder,
which
I
am
100%
sure
I
do
not,
having
known
several
different
people
who
do.
But
he
would
not
listen
to
anything
I
told
him
or
allow
me
more
time
to
explain.
He
thought
that
my
bipolar
was
borderline
mood
swings
which
tend
to
happen
several
times
a
day,
even
after
I
told
him
they
are
phases
that
last
weeks
or
months.
He
said
that
my
pstd
flashbacks
were
probably
BPD
too,
for
some
reason.
He
would
not
drop
the
BPD
thing
even
after
we
went
through
a
checklist
and
I
answered
'no'
to
almost
all
the
questions.
He
did
not
care
at
all
what
I
had
to
say
about
my
own
experiences.
But
the
very
worst
of
all
was
about
my
autism.
My
diagnosis
somehow
did
not
end
up
in
my
medical
record
(I
got
it
in
April
2018),
so
he
felt
it
appropriate
to
tell
me
that
he
didn't
believe
I'm
autistic
after
being
with
me
for
only
15
minutes,
and
again,
it
didn't
matter
what
I
told
him.
He
had
the
gall
to
tell
me
that
my
autistic
shutdowns
could
have
just
been
dysphoria.
He
also
had
the
absolute
gall
to
try
to
explain
to
me
how
autism
diagnoses
work,
how
they
take
hours
and
not
a
few
minutes,
as
if
I
never
actually
had
one
and
had
been
lying.
This
reduced
me
to
tears
because
I
had
fought
so
hard
to
find
a
doctor
who
would
actually
take
me
seriously
and
talk
about
autism
so
I
could
get
on
my
way
to
a
diagnosis.
I
had
so
many
refuse
to
believe
me
or
even
talk
about
it,
when
all
I
needed
was
help.
Even
my
family
did
not
believe
me
at
that
point.
I
had
to
self-advocate
endlessly
for
2
years
to
get
my
diagnosis.
I
really
thought
I
was
done
with
doctors
trying
to
tell
me
I
don't
have
it.
Especially
ones
that
supposedly
know
the
diagnosis
takes
hours,
but
still
decide
they
know
better
after
15
minutes.
He
also
continually
asked
me
why
I'd
been
taking
my
medication
if
it
wasn't
working
properly,
as
if
it
was
my
fault.
I
left
the
office
feeling
shaken
and
abused.
I
would
not
be
surprised
if
he
refused
to
listen
to
me
because
I'm
female.
I
was
halfway
expecting
him
to
tell
me
that
I
didn't
actually
need
to
walk
with
a
cane,
and
my
functional
neurological
disorder
was
just
hysteria.
I
had
seen
a
different
psychiatrist
prior,
and
she
was
alright,
but
then
she
ditched
me
completely
to
go
on
maternity
leave
without
setting
me
up
with
a
replacement.
I've
seen
two
therapists,
one
who
just
showed
me
a
bunch
of
TED
talks
and
talked
philosophy
without
giving
me
an
inch,
and
another
who
was
sweet
but
very
inexperienced.
The
second
therapist
even
told
me
at
one
point
that
I
was
beyond
her
help
and
gave
me
a
number
to
call
for
trauma
therapists,
but
didn't
actually
do
any
research
because
the
place
did
not
do
public
counselling,
and
she
knew
I
could
not
afford
private.
This
mental
health
centre
is,
to
be
blunt,
garbage.
I
hate
that
I'm
stuck
with
it.
Would
not
recommend
it
to
anyone.
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