Mary Louise Mesquita, PhD

This woman portrays herself as a professional, yet, she is not. I read reviews before I met with her and decided to give her a try because, honestly, she was convenient to my office. At first, she was incredible. I was so happy because I felt I could trust her and felt that we had a good connection. Things went well for about 5 sessions until I told her I was unable to afford her anymore. Then the tables turned. I advised her that I would be able to afford 2 more weeks at the beginning of our last session (I decided not to return after my experience that day). She turned into a completely different person. She became antagonistic about feelings I was expressing and extremely confrontational. When I would say so, she immediately turned and said that no, it was me overreacting, or reading into what she was saying, or hearing «what I wanted to think she was saying.» It was horrible. I left the office in tears and never went back. This woman should not be able to accept patients. I went to her because I needed help. I hate asking for help. I’m often nervous about asking because I have had many personal experiences where people exploit weaknesses to their benefit or to make themselves feel better. This is what Mary Louise Mesquite did. She made me trust her and then attacked every weakness that I brought up and told me it was my fault. She actually said at one point, «you are upset because you told me those things and wanted me to say, ‘no, it wasn’t your fault,’ and I haven’t said that because you are at fault.» How is that helpful from a therapist? Perhaps another, more constructive statement could have been more helpful. I will never again go to any therapist after this experience. If you need to talk to someone, pick someone else.

This therapist was very rude and heartless to me for no reason. She seemed to only care about money and even overcharged me $ 20 at one session when she claimed I did not pay for the session. At the time, I was a struggling young mother, and an extra $ 20 that I did not owe was a lot for me. When I decided to end therapy because I could no longer afford it, she gave me a hard time and said I would owe her all this money. She did not care about me personally but only cared about money. It was very hurtful since I was going through a very hard time.