My boyfriend at the time need to seek help for an abusive cycle he was going through. he had began choking me when he became agitated. I tried to leave him after he did it in public. but he convinced me to stay if he sought out help. That is where Sonia Brill comes in. He began seeing her and he paid an arm and a leg to see her a few times a week. during a 3 to 5 week course. when he was almost finished, she asked to have a meeting with the both of us. to evaluate how he interacted with me.

I sobbed as i told her things that i was unable to tell him, to his face, with out having back lash. She then suggested that i come and see her for depression while he finished up his anger management classes. I had already been seeing a counselor and was making progress (free of charge), but she insisted that i see her (same price that her anger management classes went for $130 for 40 minutes).

As i was going to her, i didnt seem to be making any progress, and when i told her my life story she held her self very unprofessional. she often gasped and made me feel uncomfortable, and my at home assignments were based off of what my boyfriend was working on at the time. not helping me one bit. After a few weeks of throwing my money away and making no progress, i told her i wasnt going to see her any more. that is when she suggested the discounted price and a new approach to my assignments. i agreed knowing that my boyfriend wouldnt be happy if i stopped seeing her. he was now under the impression that it was me with the issues not him.

when my boyfriend "finished" his program, she upped my hours in seeing her... as if to make up for the lost money. I told her at one point that i was going to leave my boyfriend and that i couldnt stay with him due to me not able to forget the horrible mistreatment. that and he was still verbally abusive. i also told her that i had a crush on another guy... then that's when she told me i was bipolar! and that i seek out the stressful and complicated. and now that my bf is fixed i am looking for the next problem to make my own. not only that but i was cheating on my current bf by thinking about seeing this other guy.

As if i needed any more depression to my situation. i stopped going to my meetings and called them off. she demanded that i still needed her and we cut my hours down to once every other week. I did end up leaving my bf... lol FINALLY! but she still asked me to come in. i would call a few days to a few hours in advance to ask not to come in when i didnt have the money to pay for the meetings. but soon she started charging me the regular rate for the missed days and the discounted rate for the days i did go. so i pushed my self to go as often as i could. i couldnt afford it as it was.

i finally got fed up and demanded a stop to seeing her. I told her, i didnt have a job, i could barely pay for rent, i couldnt even eat and i was paying her with my student loans in order to see her. (all truth, sadly) I paid her over 3 grand. :( she gave me a note to see a professional to "diagnose" me with bipolar, and an address to the food bank. it was insulting and uncaring...

but it doesnt end there... oh... no that was just the beginning. a month later, she starts billing my account out of the blue. i emailed her to complain... as she had over drawn my empty account, twice with in a week. she did fix one of the charges but refuses to fix the other one with out giving her my bank account info and my bank statements. I told her she could check her bank statements to see that she did receive payment (unauthorized) and cut me a check... she refused. I then paid for a copy of my bank statements due to waiting to see if she would corporate. wasnt a cheap bank fee. :( and went down in person to see her... she sent me away. (i didnt want to leave my statements with her, I thought seeing them would be enough.) and i have been fighting with her for over a year for that amount. i really need her to pay more. she over drew my account and i had to pay all those bank fees. She has blocked my email address and refuses to talk about it at all. I even told her i would seek legal action and she has ignored all my requests.

She is not a couple counselor or a depression counselor.. i was just choked by some one i loved and before that just went through a horrible divorce.. or course i was upset and depressed... that doesnt mean i need to be put on meds. plus i think there is laws against seeing people in a relationship. unethical! she saw i was in a weakened/desperate state and took advantage of that. i had already been knocked down emotionally like a broken horse, she was just the next person to take me for a horrible emotional ride...

how many people can say i was seeing a counselor for depression and the she robbed my bank account... not many

dont go to her for help.. she only made things worse for me