1/5 Zoe H. 2 years ago on Google
I
would
strongly
recommend
not
seeing
Dr.
Freedman
if
you're
seeking
mental
health
care.
I
was
diagnosed
with
OCD
a
year
ago
and
I
started
seeing
him
just
before,
during,
and
immediately
after
my
diagnosis.
Now
I'm
well
into
my
recovery
and
feeling
so
much
better,
but
looking
back
on
things,
Dr.
Freedman
was
belittling
and
gave
me
very
incorrect
and
actually
detrimental
advice
for
OCD
recovery.
He
told
me
to
avoid
my
OCD
triggers,
when
actually
avoidance
is
a
compulsion
and
it
just
fuels
the
cycle
of
OCD.
And
it
did
make
my
OCD
way
worse
for
the
time
that
I
was
seeing
him
and
he
was
mis-advising
me.
Additionally,
when
I
told
him
I
was
concerned
because
I
was
sleeping
about
12+
hours
a
night
(which
I
now
know
is
common
with
untreated
OCD
because
it's
mentally
exhausting)
he
laughed
and
said
he
supposed
my
classes
weren't
very
hard
if
I
was
sleeping
that
much.
He
never
acknowledged
that
symptom
or
help
me
increase
my
energy,
but
decided
to
just
tease
me
and
make
a
joke
out
of
it
instead.
Moreover,
my
body
wasn't
tolerating
SSRIs
well
and
Dr.
Freedman
shamed
me
for
not
sticking
to
mediation
trials
for
longer
than
a
couple
weeks
when
I
was
really
nauseous
and
sick
on
them.
He
said
I
needed
to
take
medication
to
get
better,
but
he
was
so
wrong.
ERP
therapy
is
the
gold
standard
treatment
for
OCD
(not
medication!)
and
Dr.
Freedman
did
not
mention
the
gold
standard
treatment
option
to
me
once.
ERP
worked
wonders
for
me
and
I
never
did
get
on
medication.
Now
I
have
many
friends
with
OCD
and
I
meet
people
with
OCD
weekly
in
my
support
group
and
it
turns
out
only
about
30%
of
people
with
OCD
who
I've
met
use
and
benefit
from
medication
(the
other
70%,
like
me,
are
in
recovery
and
doing
great
without
medication)!
Overall,
seeing
Dr.
Freedman
was
incredibly
invalidating
and
actually
made
my
OCD
worse
for
the
time
that
I
was
seeing
him.
What
made
it
worse
is
that
Dr.
Freedman
insisted
that
he
had
tons
of
mental
health
experience
so
I
believed
his
advice
at
the
time
and
my
OCD
got
worse
while
seeing
him;
I
assure
you
there's
no
way
Dr.
Freedman
has
tons
of
experience
effectively
treating
people
with
OCD.
If
you
are
newly
diagnosed
with
OCD
or
suspect
that
you
may
have
OCD,
I
think
you
would
get
a
lot
more
out
of
support
groups
(people
with
OCD
offer
real
strategies
that
are
actually
helpful
for
OCD
and
they
know
what
you're
going
through).
Support
groups
are
free
and
easy
to
start
right
away
with
no
waitlist
(check
out
NOCD
or
IOCDF)!
Moreover,
getting
an
OCD
therapist
(you
can
search
for
them
at
the
IOCDF
website)
will
be
really
helpful.
Good
luck
with
your
mental
health
recovery
journey!