Buwalda Psychological Services

Witchinghour1692 

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2 months ago

⭐ I’m extremely frustrated with my experience trying to get a copy of my own evaluation from Buwalda Psychological Services. I called simply requesting my records, and was told they “don’t own the rights” to them and couldn’t provide them. When I asked if I could come pick them up in person, I was told no and that I’d have to go through vocational rehabilitation. That would be one thing if vocational rehabilitation was actually responsive or helpful, but I’ve been involved with them for years with little to no communication ... read more

Karla Duran 

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2 years ago

I don’t recommend doing therapy with interns here; you won’t get to work on treatment before the therapist leaves and then you have to start over. I Started therapy with an intern named Mara here. I was pretty excited as she was talking about more long term treatment and I was looking forward to it. I knew she probably wouldn’t be there forever but I figured at least enough time to help me with treatment. She assured me by saying she was under Dr. Buwalda’s supervision. It was a lie. She created a treatment plan and it neede... read more

Anonymous 

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2 years ago

I don’t recommend doing therapy with interns here; you won’t get to work on treatment before the therapist leaves and then you have to start over. I Started therapy with an intern named Mara here. I was pretty excited as she was talking about more long term treatment and I was looking forward to it. I knew she probably wouldn’t be there forever but I figured at least enough time to help me with treatment. She assured me by saying she was under Dr. Buwalda’s supervision. It was a lie. She created a treatment plan and it neede... read more

Kira Semanas 

on Google

2 years ago

If you are ordered to do a bonding assessment here, it will be highly biased. Find another place to do this, as there is no way that a biased psychologist who works with a biased lawyer will be fair. she's more concerned over the trauma that happens from taking a child away from foster parents than she is about the trauma that happens from ripping a child away from it's extended family forever. If I could give this place negative ratings, I would.