Bridges Psychiatry Associates

“I can't recommend this office enough. From the second I walk in, the front desk team makes me feel welcome—they’ve been so helpful with the insurance and scheduling. I’ve been seeing Haylee for a while now, and she is truly wonderful. She always takes the time to actually listen, and I walk out feeling heard and genuinely cared for. If you're looking for a supportive environment, this is it!”

“Part 1...It started off well as the practice is open and light. Everyone seemed nice and friendly. They were accommodating with virtual and in person appointments. I opted to switch my psychiatrist to their practice,b it i did not hear anything from them for over 3 weeks despite several calls and texts. In the middle of switching my psychiatrist over, my therapist flipped a reverse on my therapy. Instead of concentrating on the DBT book assignment that she had given me the week prior, she wanted to discuss how I was doing. The previous week, she did not want to discuss how I was doing and only wanted to work on the DBT workbook which she was supposed to email me the previous week which never came. I sent an email to her to inform her of this as well. Then I learned that she doesn't respond to emails. I have been barely making it through daily life on a good day with being diagnosed with depression at 5 years old and I in my 50s. The trauma has been compounded exponentially since the restrictions of March 2020 and loss of employment along with major health issues. To add to that, my last sibling died from aggressive brain cancer 6 weeks ago. I'm now the only child left and taking care of my aging mom while making memorial arrangements and coordinating with family, friends, church, florists, etc, I'm trying to continue with my therapy. I openly communicated these struggles and limitations to Stacy Bowman, my therapist at Bridges Psychiatry on Daniel Island. She kept repeating "Does it matter" when I would tell her my frustrations with situations. Needless to say, after hearing this on my 3rd week with her, I was NOT doing better through it all and my mom was hospitalized with pneumonia. The following week, I pushed my feelings aside to just work on DBT as Stacy only wanted to do the week prior. Only this week, she said that she wanted to take 10 minutes to take about my feelings. I had already packed those away and didn't want to dicuss them at this visit. I kept trying to redirect her to the tablet on which I had done my homework for the DBT workbook. She asked me why I didn't write it in the space provided. I told her that the spaces were too small and chose to write them on a legal sized pad so that I could appropriately answer the questions. She said that I was not required to do the homework to which I replied that I wasn't required to breathe either. She got rather upset at that statement although we had already agreed that A) I am not suicidal, and B) I am not going to harm myself. Trying to get this visit back on track, I once again referenced the homework trying to compose myself and to keep my shit together. She went off on another tangent and my brain not only jumped the track, it floated away. I had hit my limit. I got up and tree my homework and workbook in the trash can, then walked out of the office, practice, building, and parking lot to get out of there. She had become toxic at that point in not sticking to her original script of the DBT workbook which was the main reason for my visits with her. Later, Jessica, with the practice called to discuss the issues with the visit. I explained the flipping that Stacy had done and said that I can't do that. I needed her to let's stay on course. At this point, I felt that I could continue seeing her for DBT workbook therapy only. Stacy had asked me previously to switch my psychiatrist to their office. At this visit, I told Stacy that I had called my now former psychiatrist and had my records sent to their office so that I could be scheduled. No other mention was made about the psychiatrist. I waited. And, I waited. Three weeks and more went by without a word from their practice about a follow-up appointment with Stacy or an initial appointment with the psychiatrist. I called today and spoke with Jessica in the front office. She said that they were waiting on me and that I had, in fact, not switched my psychiatrist to their practice as I was not assigned to one of them. Continued to part 2”

“I was seeing Dr. Price here for some time and after she left the practice I met with Dr. Orvin to continue prescribing my medication. Upon meeting with her she insisted that she knows everything about my psychiatric history (directly from me) before she prescribes anything, and that she is overly thorough about that compared to other doctors. That is fine, but that is not what I was looking for as I am not interested in rehashing old trauma yet again, and that the medication I have been taking (which is non-controlled) has been working for me for years and I just need to continue to be prescribed it. Dr. Orvin recommended trying another doctor at the practice. I promptly called the front office and was rudely told by Kelsey that “every doctor” needs to know your history and told to find a different practice, as well as accusing me over the phone of trying to get controlled substances prescribed, which as I said above is not even what I take. As I said, I had been a patient here for a year so they should have all my records for a new doctor, rather than insisting that I take my time to tell them my entire psychiatric history myself. Horrible experience here and I do not recommend this place at all.”

“I highly recommend Dr Corey Hassell. He is a highly skilled trauma informed doctor who compassionately listens and supports the client’s needs. I am grateful to him”