Allen Winebarger, PHD

“We brought our daughter to see Dr. Al. for behavior therapy. After 4 or 5 visits, she had a melt down in his lobby just as we were arriving for our appointment. He came out of his office with a funny look on his face and says "oooooo, do we need to reschedule"? I was confused by his reaction. I replied "no, this is why we are here". We made it into his office and after telling him how things have been going for the last 2 weeks the first thing out of his mouth was to ask who her pediatrician is so he can write a referral for medication. I asked "medication for what"? He said "well her impulsiveness and this behavior". I was also confused by this because my husband and I told him at our very first apt that if at some point she did in fact get a diagnosis of adhd or something else that we would try everything else first before medication. Then when it was time for my daughter to have therapy with him she started crying and didnt want me to leave. Instead of engaging with her directly and trying to encourage her to participate in therapy, he said " we aren't going to do a power struggle today". So after pulling her out of school for therapy and driving 30 minutes to his office where she preceded to have another meltdown, instead of getting guidance and having therapy, I sat in the lobby holding my daughter and crying until I felt calm enough to drive us home. Such a disappointment. I really just felt like he did not really have a desire to help us. I felt as though he was just there to collect a paycheck. Finding a therapist is hard to begin with so to have this happen after 4 or 5 visits out of the blue is disappointing after already being established. It is also disappointing that after I cancelled all future visits, nobody reached out to me to inquire why.”

“We Love seeing Dr Al. He’s the best. He’s been helping my kids for over 10 years. He’s caring, funny and the kids just love him. They both enjoy visits with Dr. Al and feel very supported. He helps with iep testing and recommendations and genuinely cares about kids.”

“My experience with Dr. ALLEN has been nothing but positive experiences. He has been supportive and has made things much better for my family. Thank you so much Dr. Allen! You have been a blessing to my family. I hope people with children let him work with them. I saw progress and he helped direct and guide me.”

“Arrogant and Dismissive If the marriage counselor begins with "Most of the time marriage counseling doesn't work"...I suggest you get up and leave immediately. This was our experience and we hoped it would get better, unfortunately it did not. Instead he decided to jump into very personal questions followed by insulting assumptions and accusations without bothering to establish any kind of rapport with us or even background context to base his aggressive accusations on. We left feeling attacked. To add insult to injury, we just received a bill that is 3x's the cost of the person we are happily seeing now. THIS GUY IS A CLOWN.”