Shepherd’s Center For Psychological Services

I was reluctant to see a marriage counselor (Liz Humes) because I had no marital issues with my wife at the time or so I thought. I thought our marriage was fine with the typical quabels here and there. My wife was persistent that we had issues so I agreed to go. I remember my first solo meeting with Liz and she was approachable and It felt easy and really good to air out my concerns in the open non-​judgmental environment that was provided. I felt like Liz was really getting at the root cause for our disagreement and think the outcome may have been different if my now ex (who wrote the other review) would have been open to the feedback provided. My opinion is that my ex expected us to go to counseling so the counselor could confirm she was right and I was wrong. Instead Liz listened to both of our perspectives and was trying to provide us both with more root cause analysis as to why we were at odds with this in the first place. I completely disagree with my now ex-​wife and although reluctant to switch to a different practitioner, we did and I wish we would have stayed with Liz as I feel she was getting to the root cause of our issues. I was a sceptic at first but Liz made me a believer that marriage counseling can be helpful if you have someone that can dig deeper than merely trying to be a referee of the argument at hand. Unfortunately no matter how good or effective your counselor is you have to have a spouse that is open to hearing some uncomfortable truths… mine was not. I highly recommend Liz Humes and the Shepherd Center.

While there are several practitioners in this group (and good ones I’m sure), I do NOT recommend Elizabeth Humes. My husband and I saw her very briefly (only 3 sessions). She displays apparent short term memory loss, forgetting agreed upon appointment dates, agreed upon fee schedule even forgetting things that were said only 2 minutes previously within the same session. When you are seeking counseling, you want to feel that the therapist is actually listening to what you say. When I had my initial meeting with her, she made a HUGE deal out of something that I hadn’t considered to be a big issue in our relationship. Then, of course, I began to get very concerned about is as she made such a big issue of it. On our subsequent meeting (as a couple), the issue that was so big wasn’t even mentioned. Also, when I told her I was having difficulty losing my baby weight (mostly due to being chronically ill and having recurrent bronchitis and pneumonia), I was labeled by her as having an «eating disorder». And to top it all off, when I notified her that we would be seeking another practitioner (not listing all the numerous reasons why, just that we would feel more comfortable with someone else) she responded that she «hoped that my family becomes my priority”-what!!! My family IS my priority, that is why I was seeking counseling to begin with!!! I’m sure there are some fine psychologists in this practice but Elizabeth Humes is not one of them. Leaving with more psychological damage than I started with.