Barbara Lee

I waited 4 months for an appointment with Barbara Lee. I made 3 appointments in a row so there would be continuity of care. There was a mixup with the scheduling on the initial appointment and she canceled the remaining appointments and refused to see me. This is an awful way to treat someone who is coming to you for mental health treatment, and frankly, this behavior falls below the standard of care for someone in her position.

I saw Barbara Lee for two years. I stopped going when I realized I was getting nothing but the same inpersonal generic advice week after week. In the end I dreaded having to waste my time seeing her. I saw her for two years and she never correctly diagnosed me with bipolar II. My new primary care doctor did a ten minute exam and correctly told me "undiagnosed bipolar." Barbara lee will brag at each session how its nice that she lives less than a mile from her work while I have to slog all the way to san marcos to see her. Incompetent.

Please don't see this doctor. She spent the entire session asking me the same questions 3-4 times, even though she'd written down the answers the first time. And then after that, she would repeat back the answers to me and they'd be wrong half the time. She also kept harping on the same ideas again and again, some of which were not relevant to my issues. To be completely honest, she's pretty old, and after a while, I started wondering whether she might be starting to get senile. I don't know if PCSD doesn't care or if they're locked into a contract with her, but regardless I would definitely advise not seeing her.

Listened carefully and made good observations and suggestions. Asked appropriate questions to clarify when needed, without dwelling too much on past issues. I felt that she heard and understood why I sought counseling, and her comments were direct and helpful. I felt relief even after my first appointment, and have felt stronger after each session.

I went in for crisis counseling and she was spending all the time trying to get family history. She kept getting confused. When I tried to get her back o track to what I was going through, she said that she needed to do that. She did not give me a crisis number or ask if I was safe. I told her my doctor wanted her to call him she said he could call her. When I pressed she said she would not. appointment are easy to get because I don't think she has anybody that goes back to her ineptitude.