Deena Abbe, PhD

"If their was a 0 star option, I would. She constantly called me liar and just made my problems worse. Don't send your child to her if you value their sanity."

"Dr Abbe saved my son and made my family whole again when I couldn't. Dr Abbe is compassionate, understanding, empathetic, trustworthy, but most importantly truthful and honest. We may not want to hear the truth and sometimes that can be painful and we take it as a personal failure on our part or we lash out and blame others. Therapy is not easy and we as parents and our children need to answer tough questions and be uncomfortable. But we do it because we love our kids more than ourselves and we need to give them every chance in this world to thrive and be an active member of society. We go to specialists because they have the education and skills that we as parents simply do not have. Anyone reading this because you are in need of help, you will find Dr Abbe to be the most important investment you have made in your child. She has a heart of gold and does truly cares about her patients, my son is living proof!"

"My daughter has been seeing Dr. Abbe for a little over 2 years and Dr. Abbe has been absolutely amazing. She has helped our daughter immensely, and we could not recommend Dr. Abbe enough!"

"If zero stars was a choice I’d choose it. This is my first ever google review. I feel it is necessary that people understand that this women is down right damaging. We waited 8 months on her wait list. After first session she was trying to shame my daughter into complying with social expectations. Extremely damaging. After second session my daughter was even more upset because the approach she uses is very harsh. She was judging my daughter rather than listening to her. Offering too many personal opinions and asking too many questions. I spoke to her personally about how my daughter was not being herself in session because she was on the defense. I tried to explain my daughter is very sensitive and told her again about my daughters triggers (which I already discussed during intake) and told her that her approach was a little too tough for my child. For example I understand therapy involves questioning but my daughter gets overwhelmed. She has had anxiety disorder and OCD and needs further evaluation. If shes asked too many questions in conjunction with not being heard or understood she will shut down or become defensive. I told Dr Abbe that it is important for a therapist to be be able to accept feedback because it takes time to make progress and to build trust. I told her that if the relationship could work I’d love it too since we waited so long and my daughter needs therapy. She was unwilling to change her approach at all or even take my side into view. She blamed my daughter for not being herself ..saying there was nothing she could do which is laughable. She just seemed so annoyed that I brought something to her attention. Can’t only have one tool in your tool belt. You could be kind for starters. She refused to consult with both my daughters Psychiatrist and I to form an approach that would work better for my child. The Psychiatrist has great relationship with my daughter and she is very open with her. She’s very nice, good listener and gives supportive feedback. At this point Dr Abbe said she was cancelling my next appointment and to find someone else. I was shocked that this Doctor of psychology is unable and willing to communicate and make changes or even hear feedback. Her approach is very rigid. She assumed to know more about my daughter than I did after two (bad) sessions. I’ve work with special needs children for years and each child is different and sometimes a different approach is necessary to make progress and an approach that doesn’t work can really set children back. The psychiatrist also agreed that you should be able to openly communicate with any therapist especially when relationship is new. If your child’s well-being is important to you I suggest you find someone else. She’s very abrasive, defensive and simply doesn’t seem to care. Also we paid $900 for this terrible experience. Out of pocket and after waiting 8 months she can’t return calls or listen to a concerned parent. She should have license revoked. Unethical"

"Dr Deena Abbe is a caring therapist. Her sole concern is the welfare of the child. She is not out there to impress or side with either parent . She is trust worthy , honest , understanding and very professional . Her advise is always geared towards the best interest of the child. I completely trust her and highly recommend her."