Suncoast therapy provided my children with the most caring, loving and devoted therapist that weve ever encountered. Not only did she help my children through one of the most traumatic circumstance of their lives but she showed them how to overcome their own individual traumas i.e anger issues, self love shortcommings and most of all she strengthened a bond between my son and I that was damaged through my own drug addiction. Debra never showed judgement towards me and she also took the time to show me how to be a better mother, wife and daughter. She also introduced my family to another wonderful co-worker named Sam and she was the best thing that has ever happened to my son other than her. Both took the time to go above and beyond their occupational duties. They made me and my family feel safe and understood at all times. I cant express the depth of gratitude we all have for Deb, Sam and Suncoast Therapy as a whole. I recommend them to anyone dealing with PTSD, traumatic circumstance or just need someone to talk too!!! With the help of Deb and Sam we are a thriving family unit again...Lindsay D. Brown

Extremely unprofessional staff. I have seen many therapists over the last 17 years and never have I met a staff of such spastic mental health professionals. I shouldnt have come back after my first visit, which was only to fill out preliminary paperwork. The woman I met with was on edge the whole time. She was visibly stressed out due to some technical issues they were experiencing that morning. She must have complained about this issue at least once every 3 minutes throughout the entirety of my visit. This woman was not a therapist/psychiatrist, yet somehow felt the need to read me and attempt to tell me a little bit about myself about 30 minutes in. I was patient but felt pressure to be accommodating the whole time, even though I was obviously the one there to get help. I thought it was odd, but I gave this place the benefit of the doubt, hoping that my experience with my assigned therapist would be different. The therapist I was assigned seemed friendly enough, however disorganized, unprofessional, disingenuous, and outwardly judgmental. We underwent a total of 3 sessions. She was at least 10 minutes late to every one of them. Our first session, she commented on my appearance and attractiveness an uncomfortable amount of times throughout the session. She was 10 minutes late this time.I cant remember if it was the first or second session (which she was 15 minutes late to), when she had her phone set to vibrate, face up, placed upon her desk. Someone (which she revealed was another client) had called and texted her nonstop, back to back throughout at least half of the session. Instead of setting her phone to silent and putting it away (which any professional in their right mind would have done in the first place) she complained about this person having called her too much, and eventually picked up the phone. Yep. Right in the middle of our session. The way she responded to this person seemed slightly hostile, and of course, EXTREMELY unprofessional. Once again, I felt the pressure to be the accommodating one. After these two sessions, many details which I had shared were completely forgotten by my therapist. I had to repeat myself many times. She set no goals, it seemed as if she was cherry picking random prompts from some beginners guide to generic therapy exercises.This brings me to our 3rd and final session. She was about 20 minutes late for this one. Once again, I was repeating major details which she had forgotten. This time, I picked up on how often she resorted to the ol run of the mill and how do you feel about that? several times, when she was clearly unsure of how to respond. No joke, she was how does that make you feelinging me into the ground. Into circles until I was confused, even. In the middle of our session, she made her own lack of understanding abundantly clear when she opened up her laptop and asked huh... and what were our goals here again? and came to no conclusion after she read over her notes. Please keep in mind, our first session, I made my intentions and what I wanted out of therapy very clear. This is all leading to the two biggest, brightest red flags of all.1.) During this session, she referred to me as a used up napkin. In no uncertain terms. This is the terminology that she used.2.) She cut our session about 10 minutes short.Please keep in mind that I was patient and friendly the entirety of our 3 sessions. At no point did I present an attitude, lose my patience, nor did I make any remarks about her being highly unprofessional (which I very well could have). Not that it would have mattered, because this woman is supposed to be a professional in the mental/behavioral health field. I was so shocked by her behavior, as someone who is supposed to fill the roll of a therapist, that I needed about a week to process what had just happened. There are many other smaller red flags that Ive left out of this review. But, I think these key points should be enough for anyone to run the other way. I can guarantee you can find better mental health support elsewhere.

The Psychiatrist is unprofessional! I had 2 appointments with this man, once when my son was 5 and the 2nd after he turned 6. I visited the 1st time to get my little one help for his attention difficulty during school..but while the dr and i were discussing the parents medical history on mental disorders, I had stated when I was a child, I had gone to one of those Boca Ratone drs in the early 90s who put me on ritalin then aderall for ADHD but I dont think I had it nor have ADHD. The dr then asked me how I did on it. When I told him it made me hyper and all cracked out, the Dr then told me thats because Im bi-polar. Wait, what?! I told him I do not get those manic stages and when I wake up in the morning, Im not depressed one day and high above the clouds the next. The dr said Manic isnt a part of bi-polar. But thats besides the point because Im here for my son, not to diagnose me. But the dr was saying my son is fine and he does not have anything wrong with him! When I started explaining to him about my sons other brother from his fathers side, he interrupted me and stated again that my son is fine and that he doesnt diagnose until the patient is 6 years of age or older. I walked out feeling helpless because my sons teacher and I have been in contact with eachother about my sons attention difficulties and her and I have tried almost everything but thank God a friend of mine explained that I could have my sons pediatrician get my son on meds to see if that helps but the teacher would need a form to fill out. I reached out and got everything in order! Yay :) my son improved over 60% with this.anyways, forward to the present time.I went back to establish a psychiatrist since i now know my son is improving with the lowest dose of meds..but when I came back, he was just as rude. He kept calling my son 5 when my son and I kept saying hes 6...and he yelled at me and made me cry in his office because he said I abuse my kids because I spank my kids open handed and on my kids bottom and my kids can clearly explain that it does not hurt them nor leave marks! But with that being said, he told me its abuse. Thats not true!!! ***Florida Law Allows for Spanking – Unless It Results in “Harm.” Spanking or other discipline of a child that involves a physical act is known as “corporal punishment” or “corporal discipline.” Florida law allows parents or legal guardians to use corporal punishment on their children – to a point. Florida Statutes Section 39.01(2), which defines child abuse, provides that “Corporal discipline of a child by a parent or legal custodian for disciplinary purposes does not in itself constitute abuse when it does not result in harm to the child.” So, while spanking is not in and of itself against the law in Florida, it can be a crime if it causes “harm” to the child as defined in Florida law. What constitutes “harm” goes beyond actual physical harm to include acts likely to cause physical, mental, or emotional harm – even if no actual harm results. As set forth in In Florida Statutes Section 39.01(32)(a), “harm” to a child’s health or welfare can occur when any person “inflicts or allows to be inflicted upon the child physical, mental, or emotional injury…” Such injury specifically includes: “Inappropriate or excessively harsh disciplinary action that is likely to result in physical injury, mental injury as defined in this section, or emotional injury.” As a Florida parent, you have the right to discipline your kids. That discipline can include spanking. But when you go beyond that across the bottom, you may find yourself facing child abuse charges. Here I am fighting custody against a guy who physically and emotionally abused my child, this child, yet this medical professional is in this tiny room yelling at me claiming abuse and reporting it..I have nothing to hide and so my door is always open to any child advocate wishing to help and protect my child(ren) but I do not like to be emotionally critisized and falsley acused of abusing and hurting my children!