New Journeys Counseling 4313 6th Avenue Southeast, Lacey, WA 98503

"During my attempted first appointment Becky interrupted several times while I was trying to relay traumatic experiences, invalidated the issues I wanted to address in my relationship because "everyone deals with that" and insisted that I was seeking "too much validation" from others by expecting reciprocal and respectful treatment in a situation that involves an abusive family member. Becky suggested that I stop taking on any share of the domestic and childcare responsibilities by going "on strike" to get a change from my partner. She made an incorrect assumption about me as a whole, based on a single statement. Attempting to correct her inaccurate assumption led to her flipping back through her notes while insisting that a quote she had written down was correct, and that my own feelings and thoughts I was expressing in that moment were not. She believes that people only respond to one "love language" which insinuates that all of your other needs are less valid. She will assume what your love language is and you are not allowed to correct her. She showed a disproportionate amount of empathy towards my partner while sharing inappropriate personal information, to the point where it feels like misconduct. Despite not getting an accurate picture of what I'm experiencing she had a firm suggestion to solve my concerns by the end of the hour. A suggestion that would jeopardize my family's financial stability and cause me further stress to both my physical and emotional health. I would not recommend her for anyone and I believe she has the capacity to do harm. Skills seems to be that of a life coach and not a state-licensed trauma-informed therapist."

"So the sessions I had with Rebecca (Becky) Slosson were great the few times that we met, I felt like she was totally going to be the counselor for me. My husband and I started out with couples counseling first and then she was going to see us separately for a few sessions and my husband canceled last minute because honestly he got cold feet about the space in life where he was at. I continued with two separate sessions and was going to see her as my own separate therapist from then on out. An issue she was very aware of me struggling with - the focus of our current sessions at the time was becoming very disruptive and one of the worst days I could have been having mentally I was so out of it and my mind couldn't contain much as to how fuzzy everything in life that I was struggling with (The reason I was seeking counseling) All of which she new and I even realized I had missed an appointment after a very confused set of days mixing up appointments I had arranged and sent a message apologizing and stating how sorry I was and explaining over again all of which she knew about was going on....long story short mixing up the schedule and missing that one appointment and her abrupt message she sent that I didn't see until later on, I had made an attempt to contact her and she basically with no explanation and no contact past the upset sounding message for missing the appointment dropped me in cold water with no response, reply call back at all - A councilor in my opinion is supposed to be there for you in your darkest times of need hence why we seek help, and boy did I need her around that time, I understand if patients blow off appointments a few times and you have to discontinue care because they are taking away from another opportunity to make money or help another but one time in a very explained and well known bad time in my life and just drops off the face of the earth of any communication or response....so yea that was my experience, I shared so much personal stuff with her in our few short sessions and truly felt like she was going to be a good fit. But seriously if you are upset with a patient/client for being mentally unstable and mixing up/missing an appointment and cant continue care for them, be professional about it and make a point of contact because if you aren't professional from one healthcare professional to another someone is going to share their feelings...."