Creating Successful Children

"Lies to multiple women online on all the dating apps about his age, what he does, who he is. He is a fraud and liar. No one should receive therapy under this creep. Looks like his poor reviews speak for themselves."

"David Shanks did NOT call for our scheduled phone appointment and when I tried to make another appointment online there were no more available the rest of the week. Very unprofessional! He makes it clear potential clients are not a priority!"

"I brought my child who was really suffering to see him several times and after each visit my child would tell me how David spent most of the time on the phone with other people or online, rather than interacting with my child. Very unprofessional. He seemed to have little knowledge of kids with special needs or the stress that places on parents. He came across as judgmental and after several visits where my child didn’t open up, mostly due to David not engaging, without giving me prior notice he told my son and I he didn’t think it was working out. My child came in seeking help for trauma, depression, and anxiety some due to his dad being mostly absent and had a therapist pretty much do the same thing. Interestingly, another friend took her daughter to see him and had a very similar experience. Please do not put your child through this."

"David “worked” with my son for a few sessions. He didn’t really talk about anything other than teaching him how to play board games independently in his office. He would be talking on the phone with someone about what he was eating for dinner, or Looking at his calendar. He did this weird role playing with me, and I really got creeped out! I do not recommend him."

"WARNING! DO NOT SEEK COUNSELLING FROM THIS CREEP!!! I went to David Shanks for relationship counseling. On our first day, we filled out forms and David proceeded to give us a long lecture about successful relationships. There were many implications about what he assumed was our problem, without having listen to our situation. He proceeded to jump straight into his modules of care. We ended our session and scheduled the next. His demeanor was amicable and agreeable accompanied with a strong arrogance for what he assumed was our issue(s). I asked him about his relationship history to find out; as a male in his 40's, has not had a lasting relationship or children. Our situation involved a child. I find it odd that a strait male in his 40s felt he knew what it took to have a successful relationship, despite not having had one himself, as well as child counseling and parenting having not had children himself. The second visit was troubling. His arrogance remained but he was irritable and short. While discussing parenting, he stated that I hated my partner's child. This is far from the truth. I would have and still would take a bullet for her, and for him to say that was deeply troubling. I stated he was wrong and demanded an apology. At this point, he told me he was unwilling to work with me and asked me to leave and that my ex partner could stay. I suspected he was attracted to her and my suspicions were validated when after we had broken up, he liked her on Tinder. How can one be impartial during couples counseling when the counselor is attracted to his client? This was totally unprofessional, and to my understanding ilegal. Shortly after I posted a bad review, David had called on his friends to post good reviews for him. I have revised this since. David Shanks has not successfully raised children or maintained a lasting relationship. He is a creep! There is something troubling about his behavior and it doesn't take much to cause him to lose his cool. To those who support this creep, there have been others who have experienced his appropriate behavior and I, along with others will be filing complaints. Like many arrogant white men, David acts as if he is infallible. WARNING! DO NOT SEEK COUNSELLING FROM THIS CREEP!!!"