Reviews of Olney Counseling Center, LLC (Psychologist)

jennifer espinoza

Friendly staff

Mary Dowdell

I have four who go here and I love Heather, Rachel and Kim. They are all so amazing. My kids can be difficult and they have all seem to have break throughs with them.

Gray Otto

Unprofessional staff, poor quality services.

Rebecca Ross

Comforting environment, friendly staff, #helpandhope

Anon 1

My children see Kim Wells. They do not find her helpful. They are dealing with a very coercively controlling and punishing father who sees them as property, constantly puts them down and has subjected them to trauma after trauma. Kim has seen video evidence of this, yet, she went to CPS to assert the kids were not being honest about an abuse incident. She violated her duty of confidentiality to her clients, which is unethical IMHO. I even had a witness who saw the children after the abuse incident and who testified my son was shaken and crying. The children were not the ones being dishonest and there's no way Kim could not know this, given the father's rage, entitlement, and pattern of behavior. Instead, she discourages the children from even talking about their experiences and feelings in order to silence them. It's so wrong on so many levels. She has really harmed two wonderful, amazing and sweet kids. They went from happy and well adjusted to anxious, depressed and guarded with failing grades. Kim taught them they are to have no voice, no choice, they are not to be believed and they have no right to feel safe. Turns out Kim is a big believer in parental alienation, which isn't even recognized by the APA because the criteria for identifying alienation is faulty. PA experts encourage abuse victims to disclose abuse, then use it against them as evidence of alienation. It's a catch-22 trap. The abusive behavior never gets addressed and the victims, vulnerable children, end up in the custody of the abuser. Kim is "alienated" from her own daughter, which she did not disclose to me prior to me accepting her as the children's therapist and which I believe biased her therapy with the children. Kim should not be a therapist in such cases at all. My poor kids. To be abused by their father and then to learn so young that the people who are suppose to help them are not to be trusted. Kim also told me she was trauma informed and I relied on her claim in accepting her. She is not. No trauma informed therapist would tell a client to pretend to act happy and you will feel happy. If it were that easy, there would be no need for therapy. Kim not only failed to help my children, her therapy was abusive, IMHO. If anyone recommends her, run. I don't want anyone to go through what my children have gone through.