Grow Your Mind Psychotherapy 8720 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910

"Alison was my supervisor during my internship as a graduate school counselor. I am now a fully certified counselor in a private practice. Alison helped me develop a solid foundation for counseling both adults and children. She both challenged me and supported me in my growth and knowledge, and called me out when necessary. I gained a lot of insight from Alison in how to be more effective and develop stronger relationships with clients. I highly recommend her for her knowledge and commitment to her clients."

"Before meeting Alison, I had never met with a therapist, so I was nervous and didn't know what to expect. It turns out that my first session with Alison was great! Alison's professionalism helps me get a different perspective on things which is just what I need. I know I had found the right therapist that I can trust. I have been working six months with Alison. She is genuine and open-minded, which is the part that I like most in the session because in this way I never feel judged and am willing to talk about things I normally don't share with others. With the help of Alison, I have learnt a lot about myself."

"I wish I had met Alison sooner, so that I won't make the same mistake over and over again."

"I really enjoy working with Alison. I have been seeing her for 2 years and she is really caring and supportive. I can't remember how many therapists that I tried until I found her. Alison is very insightful. When I feel stuck in the situation, I appreciate that she always can find a different perspective to things which gives me the courage to keep it going. She has also great patience and is knowledgeable. If one approach doesn’t work she will try others while maintain a smooth flow in conversation and therapy. She always reminds me it takes time to make change, which gives me mitigation to continue the therapy. I am just happy that she is my therapist as she really has changed my life!"

"Terrible experience. She went on vacation half way without leaving an emergency contact, then said it's just within the treatment plan for me to go to the emergency room of my school hospital after lacking support for around half a month and encountered some emergency, and then I stopped the therapy with her under the arrangement of the hospital. She actually admitted herself that, having communicated with me for 3 months, she didn't have a treatment plan yet and thus can't provide any explanation to my school for a mere couple of days' extension. The school hospital psychiatry department then found there're a couple of terrible miscommunications between her and me during that 3 months, and maybe due to this reason, they arranged me to another psychologist. Dr. Huang refused to make the last clarification about how those misunderstanding happened when I argued to her that she has never confirmed that information with me that she deemed to be responsible judgment. I gave 2 stars not 1 for that at least she understood some of our communication."