This is one of the worst counseling experiences I've ever encountered. The office staff was kind and polite, but that is where it ended. From a paperwork standpoint they are light years behind the times.
I saw Harry Smith for 3 years and seriously what a used car salesman this man was. First of all my family was being treated for substance abuse issues, come to find out he was never even licensed to provide this service and his experience with it was more on a personal level only.
How in good conscience do you continue providing a service to someone when you see your service is not working? I would sit in sessions with him and he would tinker with stuff never making me feell like I got his undivided attention. In 3 years the only thing I took from him of value was the fact I could not control what decisions others make? Duh. How do you empower an adiction over common sence Harry? My situation was a bad one, that only progressively got more severe under his treetment. This man is an oportunist that took his time devicivly making things much worse then they were when I started seeing him. Eventually it finally made me so angry that he was flat out refusing to recognize the elephant standing right in front of him when I realized what a joke he really was. I am certain anyone with any literary level of competency whan it came to substance abuse would have told him his approach or lack of was irresponsible and dangerous.
I began seeing someone else someware else that has a PHD, 27 years experience and a extremely diverse backround in the human psyche with regards to relationships, they could not believe how careless this man was with regards to this situation completely overlooking his ethical obligation. I wasted literally thousands, worst of all lost 3 years of invaluable time attempting to work through issues with NO resolve whatsoever. I wish I was able to elaborate in more detail as to the extent of his recklessness to color a clear picture although I can't. I don't want this review to speak for all the therapists here as I cannot contend on their level of competency, but in my opinion you cant get much worse then this. It's only made me feel like a fool for sticking with him as long as I did and allowing him to woo me with his snake oil BS.