Seth Fielding, MD

Run for the flipping hills!!! This «doctor» is the worst. Yells at patients, talks down to you, offer advise that is not helpful. Office looks like hurricane sandy passed throug it. Complete waste of time and money.

This was the worst and most bizarre doctor I have ever come in contact with.
He popped his head into the waiting room and said «who are you», he never introduced himself, and his office was in such disarray I wasn’t sure if I should move his stuff so I could sit down or if he would. I ended up doing it cause he has not the ability to read social cues. Her asked for my background, continually interrupting me, and then telling me 5 minutes into meeting me that he was «to old, and couldn’t be bothered to talk» to me. He prejudged me, and told me I was a child because I smoke cigarettes, and then told me that unless I «wrote out a plan» for the rest of my life, I wasn’t going to get anywhere. As soon as he said he didn’t want to talk to me I couldn’t help but then notice what a mess this man really is. Sure, he will write a script for anything you want, but first he needs to tear you down and tell you how worthless you are and how wrong you are in every aspect of life. I shared that I recently fell in love, and he told me that was childish, because love doesn’t last. He is a tiny man, with a huge ego. Perhaps the worst person I have ever spoken to. Don’t give him your money or your insurance companies money.
And the only reason you can get an appointment so quickly is because he moves people through like cattle and very few people return, I’m sure. AWEFUL FIELDING.
SO UNPROFESSIONAL. CURT. RUDE. INSULTING. DISTRACTED. MISERABLE.

The person above did get some things right about Fielding, but I have to add, that for some people I think he’d work just fine. First of all, I’ve had SEVERAL pretty awful meetings with therapists, and I actually chose to return to this guy. That says something already. He doesn’t shake hands because he’s a germophobe, and probably sees a dozen folks each day. Some people wear gloves before touching subway bars. Fair enough I say.
He’s got a tough love approach to counseling. He assessed me as putting far too much stock in how I’m feeling, and not enough into logic, when dealing with decisions about my own life. I agree with him. I think a lot of people want a therapist to sympathize and be their friend, and give them permission to do things, which he doesn’t.
He also isn’t necessarily a specialist if you have known-​needs. I didn’t get as much a sense of his familiarity with my particular issues as his profile on my Aetna providers list led me to believe. But, he wasn’t terribly disorganized, seemed to be able to find my file easily despite the totally disarray, and was a good devil’s advocate for a therapist, if you like that kind of thing. He challenged me about my inaction on certain elements of my life, and somewhat as a result, I was prompted to move forward, have since left NY, and am pushing myself in new directions.