Dr. Michael L. Rimm, MD 1043 Makawao Avenue, Makawao, HI 96768

"I started seeing Dr. Michael Rimm in 2020 to present. I came to him for help with my 7 year old at the time. I was undergoing defiant behavior from my child. I sought him out thinking I would be getting my son one on one therapy, but to my surprise he worked more with me in order to help my son. He did not have to do even one individual therapy with my child, yet the issues that I was dealing with are not happening anymore. Dr. Rimm's first line of action was a holistic approach through family systems theory. Being a single mom for the most part and having a step father figure in the picture created a lot of power struggle issues and triangulation, giving my son too much emotional responsibility and control. Working with Dr. Rimm, we learned how to take back control of our parenting and sought out help from school teachers and other adult figures in my sons life (grandparents, biological dad, aunts, etc.) to show my child who was on board with our parenting plans. Having very clear communication with the adults involved in my child's life made SUCH a huge impact on his behavior because he started seeing a consistency in knowing what is expected of him and what is expected from the adults in his life, which alleviates a lot of stress on children, and helps them be emotionally stable. When our children see the adult figures in their lives working together and being supported/backed up on parenting decisions, this makes our children behave better. Honestly, this was such a refreshing approach to therapy and I am SO glad that my son did not get one on one therapy solely. As parents, we are the ones who need to be in control of therapy sessions. We have to know what is being said to our children, what the goals and plans are. What I've learned about emotional problems is that SUPPORT plays the biggest role, at least in my situation. This obviously won't apply to everyone, but for my situation (blended families, single moms, lack of communication between people who talk to my son), the family systems approach has been a miracle. I am forever grateful of the time spent with Dr. Rimm for helping me look at my problems from this perspective. I am way more supported and confident in my parenting knowledge and not giving my child to much to bear with emotionally. Dr. Rimm gave me clear cut directions of what to do and it really changed up my child's behavior. His approach is about empowering us parents and learning how to utilize the community and village to make major positive impacts on our kids. Just be open to the approach and stick with the process. Thank you Dr. Rimm!"

"My family saw him a while ago, my brother wanted therapy but went with my mom on the first appointment. Dr Rimm spent the ENTIRE hour talking about my mom and only asked one leading question to my brother to try and imply that my mom has depression and needs to come in for her own appointments. This feels like lack of empathy for my brother and an attempt to make another customer. The man lacks ethics."

"DANGEROUSLY EMOTIONALLY CRUEL. DO NOT GO IF YOU ARE GRIEVING !! I went to see him shortly after the sudden death of my only son. During our session he interrupted it by taking a routine phone call from HIS SON telling me how I would certainly understand and do the same thing. I had to listen to the entire call. Then he spent the rest of our session talking about himself. If there have ever been more insensitive acts by a psychiatrist, I can not imagine it."

"So I had this doctor after going through a traumatic experience in NYC. The first couple months were kind of good!! But then time passed..and I came to realize that he's kind of superficial. He spends a lot of the time talking about himself and his achievements (look at the previous review left by Dana), and then I realized that he spends most of the time just rambling about his virtues. Okay, that's not that bad, but in our very last session I decided to be honest with him about my opinions and some disagreements I had. And he...wasn't too open. He immediately said "No, Wrong!" and shut down any more discussion. He also followed up by saying that I was "very, very sensitive" in front of my family because I flinched when he gave me a scathing denial about my beliefs. He's...not exactly the most competent doctor when it comes to family philosophy, because if you disagree with him, he shuts down like a clam. It really made me feel pitiful for him, really; he's never going to open up to his patients as much as he hopes for (or as much as he thinks he is). But he's by no means a totally incompetent doctor!! He's still capable of dealing with minor/moderate problems. I just definitely wouldn't recommend him to a friend if they went through a truly traumatic experience. For whatever it's worth, I hope that he improves! Edit: about 1-2 years later and I see on his reviews that he’s not improved. He’s still the same person he was since I last saw him. Sad. He talks himself up so much but it appears he’s just not intelligent enough (or as intelligent as he likes to say he is) to understand that he comes off as an arrogant airhead. To Doctor Rimm: try harder, little guy!! Don’t be so sensitive, alright? The mean people are only here to make you better :) I know that’s a big concept to wrap your head around, so just try not to think about it, okay pumpkin?"