I would not recommend Dr. Howard to anyone seeking real, professional marriage counseling. My husband and I attended a total of 5 sessions with Dr. Howard. At the 1st session he stated that he has a great rate of success with just about all the couples he has seen and said that he was confident about a good outcome for us. Around the 3rd session, I told my husband that I didnt feel as though he (Dr. Howard) was doing anything to help us. The sessions consisted of my husband and I doing a lot arguing and all Dr. Howard would do is ask us we felt. He provided us no couples homework/assignments to work on, no relationship tool and techniques, and no value-added takeaways. On a couple of occasions during our sessions, I observed Dr. Howard yawing and appearing to be fighting sleep. Because I know that counseling can take time to build momentum we continued to attend but at the 5th session, Dr. Howard stated that he was frustrated because of the work wed been doing and how our relationship didnt seem to be improving; he said usually at this point couples he sees are doing much better. I questioned him as to what work weve been doing because the sessions only consist of debate between my husband and I with limited to no intervention, direction and guidance by him. He, in turn, stated that he may not be the right counselor for us and sent us on our way. Before we left, I had to ASK him could he at least provide us any referrals for another counselor---he never sent them. Then about a week ago, his office calls asking if I want to schedule my next apopintment. I then got an email with the referrals. All in all, it felt as though he was just there to collect a check for doing nothing.

Similar to Jolyn this counselor was an unprofessional experience. He allowed my husband, now ex-husband to bully me in the office. There was no air conditioning it as like 87 degrees in the office and then He said, Dont you see, M (my husband) is like a wounded puppy?!!!??? I sat there didnt say anything and either did Michael the counselor. What a humiliating experience. Never ever again!