Dwelling Place Counseling Center – Hernando

Good people!

I started working with Christal over five months ago. My wife and I had newlywed issues coming from different backgrounds. Christal was very tough on me in the beginning with her honesty. Her honesty was a very hard… pill to swallow because I can be stubborn in my relationship with my wife. Counseling has been great for my marriage. A breath of fresh air!

I gave Christal a fare chance here. I was hoping that meeting with a Christian therapist would help with family therapy following a painful divorce and parental alienation where my two girls have learned to hate me. I… made some mistakes in the past, I owned up to them, but every issue with the girls gets turned on me. Bad behavior from the girls is nurtured instead of rebuked. Bad behavior is blamed on me. Not only that, but she has tried to scale our therapy from one family session a week to three! She insisted that the two girls see her other therapist every week in addition to my ex and I seeing her. There certainly is a suspicion of milking the cow here. But most upsetting is the fact that she takes the side of my ex wife instead of genuinely seeking reconciliation. Glad I cut things off before it got more expensive. I cannot recommend her to anyone. Go online and find someone who is fair and doesn't try to scam you out of long and unnecessary treatments.

Not too happy about the communication level the office shows. I was a new PT looking for a counselor, spoke to Christel and she had me send over my insurance documents, sent them same day 7/16. Had to send a follow up… email 7/26 to learn that she still needed to check, didn’t receive an answer until 8/1 stating that I was covered. Didn’t get a call till 8/6 to schedule an appt. Called back and she stated she was on vacation and would get back with me asap. I have yet to hear back from her as of 8/29. So unfortunately I don’t have a lot of trust in her as my counselor from the start. Due to this interaction I will not be pursuing counseling here.

I thank God for Christal & this organization. I was in a really dark place with family issues while going through a divorce. This place had shown me that healing is possible.

I’ve had an excellent experience working with Christal. She is thorough and passionate about helping her clients break through whatever troubling life issues and traumas they are experiencing that are holding them back… from having a healthy and happy life. I’m so happy to have the Dwelling Place Counseling center as a resource in the community! 10/10 recommend