Anderson Oconee Pickens MH Center – Easley

The nurse Daneita and the Doctor Melissa Hall have been so good to me and have done such a great job making sure I'm taken care of!!!

Melissa Hall is outstanding. Very knowledgeable and answers all your questions. I trust her unconditionally to do what is best for my mental health.

Government funded scam. They will book you an “assessment” where a person asks you questions about your issues only to charge you $400-$600 without telling you anything about the cost up front and will attempt to… justify this by saying “well we don’t collect any payment up front”.

Had an appt at 8:30am. I showed up. All doors were locked. No one will answer the phone. I’ve had this appointment scheduled for a month. Does anyone even work here?

Unorganized, unprofessional, DEI hires with zero common sense. The office changed their system and the patients get to deal with it. We had an appointment made on March 24th for April 24th and upon arrival we were told… that there is no appointment. That a mistake was made and I would have to go to the ER for a prescription refill and the next available appointment would be May 5th. So the philosophy of this company is, if they make a mistake, you have to pay for by not getting seen, run around, and then told the only appointment is 2 weeks later, on May 5th.

I went for a year. I left because they charge double what private practitioners charge. I received a threatening letter from the counselor stating that if I didn’t pay $35 he’d report it to the state taxes. I worked my… problems out on my own because the guy is clueless. No help. Thanks N. This place does not help the community. They only want money.

Have been there since 2008 never had issues day program for 6 state changed rules for recovery center I see the dr and dawn now wish I had some place like the day program was being isolated gets to me sometimes

Thank you to the entire staff of Pickens Mental Health Clinic. Y'all have been so good to me. I'm healing and you all helped get my healing journey started. Thank you! Chris Christopher is amazing as well as Dawn… Watkins! ❤️ ~Stef

Doctor Nigamatov is the very best. Idk where I’d be today without him. 9 years. He’s wonderful!

Very aggressive large lady at front desk who talked over me and would not listen. My son was referred to clinic and they proceeded to say that they never received paperwork. Then continued to say he wouldn't get seen… for a couple weeks even tho I tried to explain he was referred and I had a copy of referral and prescription information from his release by the hospital. After getting the run around, being talked over and down too they proceeded to say they couldn't help him 🙄

Love Dr. N! He has helped my daughter so much. If you can get past his awkwardness then you will love him!

No psychiatrists on staff!!

Dr. N and Dawn have been super to work with. They have helped me get better with my anxiety.

My son was court ordered to this clinic after being hospitalized for psychosis. 6 months later, I was really unhappy with Pickens Mental Health Clinic. HOWEVER, it's been over 3 years working with these guys now. My son… goes at least once a month, and Dr. N, who once seemed completely cold and gruff has gained my son's trust. Also the nurse we work with, Dawn, is absolutely brilliant with my son, and a wonderful person in general. In retrospect, my initial negative opinion about this clinic may have had more to do with the overwhelming difficulty of our situation than I gave credit for at the time. I'm sure a lot of negative reviews come from the same place, "WHY CAN'T YOU DO MORE TO HELP MY LOVED ONE?".. Unfortunately some things just aren't that easy to help with. I wish they could do more for him, but I'm grateful they are there, and I'm grateful Dawn and Dr N have built a relationship with my son. Thanks for all you do, guys. Dawn, you're the best!

Let me give you some advice Pickens mental health. When you meet a potential client who pays your paycheck use your words and introduce yourself. Be courteous and kind. We are watching your actions. Seems you weren't… taught any manners.

Just by the first time phone Convo I had I know I'm not even going to my first appt. I explained to the person on the phone that I used to be on 150 mg Zoloft and that it did not help, & that I wanted to be actually… assessed instead of just thrown meds. I was basically told, "Um that much Zoloft should have worked." When I expressed my concerns of possible PTSD I was asked, "What do you think you have PTSD from?" I feel like that's something that should be spoke of in person and not asked randomly on the phone by a stranger. He also had a very "yea ok here we go" tone to him that immediately made me feel not believed. I think I will stay home!

Front desk always messes up appt and reschedules them. You can never get in contact with providers when medicine refills are needed. If there was other providers that had a open spot, no one would use this provider!… Shut it down!!

Told me before I seen anyone what they wasn't gonna give me for my nerves and charge 80 dollars every 30 mins I walked out

I went to this place for 4-5 years. I never kept the same therapist for 3 months and they never listened to what i wanted or needed.

This place is nothing but a sham to take advantage of Medicaid. The doctors prescribe meds and give samples that want be covered by patient's medicaid. Then has to make other changes. They dont have doctors available on… Friday to help their patients. The counselor's do the minimum needed to bill. Find a private practice dont use any of the county mental health facilities.

Yes, I too have had appointments messed up. On their end of course. I didn't like my counselor. She always suggested that I take up painting or another art form. She didn't listen well to what I said. BUT I really like… nurse Dawn and Dr Nigamatov. They listen to me and seem to understand what I need and what my goals are for my mental health.

They cancelled my appt without telling me and then dropped me as a patient after telling me I needed them. This place is a joke. They don't help. I have real help at Pastoral Counseling now. Do yourself a favor and skip… this step and just go to Pastoral Counseling, where they actually care about their patients.

My therapist, Christine is pretty awesome. She's a vet and very understanding towards those with anxiety related problems. Dr Wagget is my psychiatrist and , she's not friendly at all though. She asks the same questions… multiple times in the same session I think to try and catch folks in lies. She seems suspicious of me at times and I leave not knowing what to think of the situation.

Worst mental health facility in the state. At least y'all got something right. Lol

Need to be shut down soon is court ordered to go hasn't been since March and they haven't done anything about it they don't care

Let me start from the beginning. My child goes to a counselor there. They have a good bond, and we would try to go with them if they moved to different facility. My child saw Dr Waggett. The whole visit she was very… dismissive, she can't winking and smirking well my child was seriously trying to talk about how they felt. It was beyond infuriating. I'm not sure if the counselor changed it or if waggit herself was being unprofessional and change the doctor, but I'm glad they did. Dr Waggot has no business being in the mental health field or the medical field whatsoever. I've seen multiple reviews of just her alone and it's sickening. The next Doctor we would go to would be on a camera in the office there. the other camera switched on and recorded our session without my permission. They just dismissed me and told me that it just comes on and they only use it for training. I told them that I did not give any permission for any training or our session to be looked in on. I asked the lady up front to go check it out and she sounded like she wasn't going to so I went up there and of course she didn't. They put me through to the director's voice mail. He never called me back. My appointment was messed up buy the bigger lady that's very argumentative at the window. My counselor was out due to medical reasons. she gave me her medical information of her being in the hospital when no one needs to know that. And that they should have called me and she tried to argue with me that she called me and she didn't. Friday when my child had an appointment she didn't call us to let us know that his counselor was out that day. I signed them out of school and brought them there for nothing. They told me it's the counselor's job to call. She put me through the to the director again where I got the voice mail again. He has not called me back not once. I really wish that I knew who he answered to you. The place really needs overhauled or shut down. the directors the complete coward that buy hides behind his voice mails. I tried talking to you another lady about it and she talked over me and defended how rude the one lady was being. How unprofessional is it when your provider is sick and they have to call you not the office?! I have never heard of that in my entire life. It is absolutely ridiculous. If you were thinking about going here do not waste your time. They will belittle you and make you feel like you are not a person. They do not address concerns, they violate HIPAA, they are argumentative, unprofessional, cowards with the exception of the two counselors I've met.

This place needs help. Not helpful or resourceful.