Kathryn Berla', Ed.D., PLLC 2420 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206

"Dr. Berla is compassionate, knowledgeable, and truly takes to heart the best interests of the children she works with. I’m very thankful for professionals like her who are able to advocate to the courts for children caught in the middle of sometimes incredibly ugly custody proceedings."

"Kathryn is so kind and has a way with kids to make them feel comfortable and open up. She was really helpful for my nephew, who was going through a hard time. I would recommend her to anyone."

"Horrible choice i do not recommend. She is not qualified to decide childrens future that are in real need. we paid 5000 dollars upfront she blew us off for 6 months.Finally get her attention she rushes everybody discusses nothing relevant to whats going on. Very Unprofessional, bias and personally attacking. Disregarded things that were very important to the case. she didnt like that i smoke and cuss or that my husband procrastinates what that has to do with being able to have relationships with children. But she does approve of you keeping your kids from their father 3 months at a time on 3 different occasions, multiple cps reports, filing papers every couple months for 5 years over ridiculous things and a mother using the childs therapist to document as she tells them what to say. All normal things i guess. My husband and i were just trying to be a part of their lives as its been a very difficult task hence how she came into play. Due to her ridiculous reporting my husband who is an awesome father doesnt do drugs smoke drink or abuse his kids doesnt see his 10 and 13 year old boys who love him dearly. But Berla thinks im an idiot so theres no need for me and of course their mother agrees. Its a shame the system operates with these kind of people in charge of a familys fate."

"She is a terribly cold person, who considers herself a doctor. She sincerely didn't listen because the evaluation she delivered was full of important facts of which she got mixed up. Because of this the end result was a complete waste of money. I believe there has to be a much better place to go. She never really followed up on the information given to her. She felt that placing a child in a home with a parent with an acknowledged alcohol issue was, ok."