Metropolitan Counseling Associates

"Metropolitan Counseling is an incredible place and changes people's lives. Our daughter was a part of their Ascend program a while back and having a team surround, support and help her learn about herself and how to navigate life was exactly what was needed. They bring the family into it as well so that everyone learns and supports as a unit. I have recommended them to others and will continue to do so as I really believe in what they do and who they are."

"I did ascend in the beginning to middle of 2022 and it genuinely changed my life. I still work with the therapist I met in the program and will continue to meet with her weekly. I met people in there who are now forever going to be apart of my life and I am beyond grateful for the experience, knowledge, confidence, and relationships Ascend gave me."

"As a therapist myself, I have personal and professional experience with Metropolitan Counseling Associates. The owners, Rebecca Kullback and Amye Fried, are excellent clinicians and care deeply about their clients and their families. Personally, my daughter has participated in individual and group therapy, and I have found the clinicians to be very skilled, empathic, and willing to communicate with parents in the service of helping their adolescent clients. I will continue to refer adolescents to MCA with the utmost confidence."

"I am very comfortable recommending this practice and in fact, I have referred several people to MCA with excellent results. We've worked with three practitioners at MCA over a number of years and each was exceptional--knowledgeable, caring, creative, and professional."

"I attended the MET Counseling ASCEND program from its beginning over 12 years ago. I still work with the same team that did my original intake. While hesitant to get support, it came at the right time in my life. The team is very professional and does a great job of utilizing its staff members to give individual support and provide opportunities for meaningful group therapy. They guided me through working on things that have happened in my past, present, and gave me resources and counseling about my future. I felt confident in the hands of the therapists during group and individual therapy. While group therapy may not be for all, the underlying notions of speaking to one another, supporting one another, all under the guidance of involved and caring professionals saved my life and provided me the opportunity to make life choices, even 12+ years after. The different modes of therapy and other specialists working in the program each had defined responsibilities that were also individualized to each patient. Their ability to create an entire, whole body, multidisciplinary practice, and daily schedules worked so harmoniously. While I still felt frustrated and my life wasn't solved in a day, nor is it today, I still owe much of my success from graduating and my continued practice with MET Counseling professionals. They form strong bonds with their patients that I still have with therapists whom I see twice to multiple times in a given month, depending on the support I need. I would recommend ASCEND and MET Counseling 100 times over to any one that is having struggles mentally, professionally, or even if you are trying to navigate your life, and would like professional care from certified therapists and professionals. I put my life in their hands and they helped me help myself to be where I am today. Any concerns brought to their attention were addressed professionally, with a discussion (team, parents, 1:1, etc), and an immediate plan of action. They are there for your everyday practice, but also were available during off hours times of need, family therapy, or as needed in an emergency. The team itself has daily meetings to talk about how to provide the best methods and plans for each member of the program so that the team is best able to support the individual as a whole. They guide their groups using relevant evidence based practices that may not be to everyone's taste, but certainly apply to all experiences. I myself had a hard time believing in cognitive therapy or DBT, and having the ability to make change through my thoughts. However, the information I learned helped me better understand the how and the why, even if I didn't fully buy in. While we all studied DBT given the handouts and workbooks, the DBT style therapy was a time for everyone to talk about their feelings and processes rather than a lecture or instructional session. Success in ASCEND is determined by ones own involvement in tandem with an entire team that welcomes you with open arms and unexpected comfort in knowing that you now have a family to work through whatever it may be. The program and MET as a whole is a powerful, reliable, effective, professional, and comprehensive. These are some of the best professionals I have worked with through my previous years with a slew of social workers and therapists in my past. There is a reason I still see some of the team to this day, without them, it's crazy to wonder how I would have become as strong, powerful, and confident as I am today. With my whole heart, I suggest this program and trust any member of the MET Counseling team. They would not have so many years under their belt without the patients they have helped in the 12 years since the beginning of the program."