Mary Ann Lawson, LPC

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Mary Ann is the worst counselor I have ever spoken with in my life. She has this theory that you are responsible for your own feelings. She said that when my wife and I argued that how I felt about it and why it was happening was because of my own feelings. Not that my wife may have said something to spark the argument or initiate it. That I got upset or angry because "I was responsible for my own feelings" that it was my responsible that I had gotten upset, not anyone else was to blame. This is what she told me during most of our sessions and I was "baffled" by the statement, I even shared with co-workers who didn't understand it either. So, I put it to the test one day, I blamed her for my problems with my wife and me getting worse rather than better after the counseling sessions. She proceeded to "blow up" at me and got real angry because I blamed her for our problems getting worse rather than better. I then took great pleasure as I looked at her and said, "Now, there's your proof, I am NOT responsible for my own feelings". She got angry with me after my statement; therefore, I was responsible for her feelings at the time. Pretty lame if you ask me that I had to point out to her how untrue her prior statement had been to me "I was responsible for my own feelings”. She plays on the weak minded and hinders their abilities rather than helping them. The perfect example of this is when over one weekend I was trying to talk to my wife and her reply was "if you want to talk to me, you will have ask Mary Ann if we could talk." Last I checked that's NOT how counseling works. She takes the side of the weaker minded one in the marriage which is unprofessional. She should be barred from working as a marriage counselor until she understands that she is the one with the wrong advice, she should listen to the two parties involved and not take sides with one or the other. My understanding of a marriage counselor is that they are to work with both parties and not take sides or "prey" on the weak minded as I believe she did in our case.

i.e., A local favorite, or highly recommended becauseMary Ann is the worst counselor I have ever spoken with in my life. She has this theory that you are responsible for your own feelings. She said that when my wife and I argued that how I felt about it and why it was happening was because of my own feelings. Not that my wife may have said something to spark the argument or initiate it. That I got upset or angry because "I was responsible for my own feelings" that it was my responsible that I had gotten upset, not anyone else was to blame. This is what she told me during most of our sessions and I was "baffled" by the statement, I even shared with co-workers who didn't understand it either. So, I put it to the test one day, I blamed her for my problems with my wife and me getting worse rather than better after the counseling sessions. She proceeded to "blow up" at me and got real angry because I blamed her for our problems getting worse rather than better. I then took great pleasure as I looked at her and said, "Now, there's your proof, I am NOT responsible for my own feelings". She got angry with me after my statement; therefore, I was responsible for her feelings at the time. Pretty lame if you ask me that I had to point out to her how untrue her prior statement had been to me "I was responsible for my own feelings. She plays on the weak minded and hinders their abilities rather than helping them. The perfect example of this is when over one weekend I was trying to talk to my wife and her reply was "if you want to talk to me, you will have ask Mary Ann if we could talk." Last I checked that's NOT how counseling works. She takes the side of the weaker minded one in the marriage which is unprofessional. She should be barred from working as a marriage counselor until she understands that she is the one with the wrong advice, she should listen to the two parties involved and not take sides with one or the other. My understanding of a marriage counselor is that they are to work with both parties and not take sides or "prey" on the weak minded as I believe she did in our case.