Reviews of Thomas Bien, Ph.D. (Psychologist)

Cheta Powell

My husband and I went for marriage counseling with Dr. Bien. On our 5th visit he said to use time outs to handle upsets, which we thought would be helpful. He said after you say time out, then set a time the next day to talk to eachother. I told Dr. Bien that I would take his coaching. And that setting an exact time the next day might be difficult while in an upset. It felt easier to just say, let's talk tomorrow. My husband agreed that saying we'll talk tomorrow, was workable for him as well. Then Dr. Bien said, if you don't do it the way I'm telling you to, then you can go find another therapist. I have been trained in counseling, and have a psych degree. My Mom was a counselor for 35 years. I was sharing my thinking, and willing to take his coaching. Counselors know that we're all different individuals. What may work for one couple may not for another, and in the therapist client relationship, sharing your thinking and feelings is to be encouraged. Dr Bien wanted me to obey, and then threatened to stop working with us if we didn't. He was so quick to threaten. We were just sharing our thoughts. My heart jumped into my throat, his reaction was shocking, and felt kind of scary. After he threatened us with discontinuing, we didn't want to stay. This was our experience, and thought it was important to share. On the positive side, we did some mindful breathing!

Edward Brewer

Thomas Bien is an amazing psychologist and has helped me through a lot the past couple of years. I’ve seen a lot of growth in my life ever since I started going to him for therapy. I would recommend him to anyone looking for help. He’s genuine, smart, intuitive, compassionate and humble.