Pec Indman EdD, MFT

To say that Pec made things worse for me is an understatement. How helpful she may be for you will be debatable depending on the perspective you are looking at it from. My wife was diagnosed with PPD and saw Pec for over a year but upon seeking counseling from other professionals they all agreed that it was PPD with deep depression. She was not diagnosed correctly by Pec. It’s not black or white so certain mental illnesses such as PPD can last within the first year and anything after that can be related to chronic depression. My wife feels Pec really missed the boat with her and did not consider other treatments. When you’ve been trying the same methods for so long and expect different results — that’s a definition of insanity. My wife tried a different therapist and we eventually got more accomplished within 2 months with her new help and the treatment facility she was referred to than 1 whole year with Pec. So professionally speaking, Pec was a massive disappointment.
To be fair and unbias, I’m not here to plug any specific therapist over her. You can go through my entire profile and see that I give high ratings to other businesses when warranted. I don’t treat this like a medium/​blog to complain just to complain. Frankly, I would have awarded her one star but to keep things open minded, I recognize that some therapists and their modality do not mix well with certain clients. So that’s not to say Pec can’t help you at all. She may. But the fact that my wife kept coming to her and she didn’t recognize that treating something as serious as PPD for so long wasn’t providing results was a huge miss on her part. My wife’s life was in her hands and she barely made it out alive (literally).
I feel for anybody in a similar situation and am willing to speak directly at length to anybody that would like to seek some more suggestions from me as I don’t intend to treat this review like some random internet blog. Just direct message me and I’d be more than happy to help out. Pec is not somebody that ever went through PPD herself. She only understands it academically speaking. There are other therapists that have gone through it so they truly understand it better than her. Frankly, just because you write a book about PPD doesn’t make you an expert. One may interpret it as being a self-​proclaimed academic expert, but when it comes to guiding people that are actually going through it, that’s a whole different animal in itself. Living with my wife for 2 years with PPD, I can tell you myself it’s not something you can truly understand. You can only be made more aware of it and sympathize better to provide appropriate support. I didn’t like how Pec was basically just there for an hour a week to provide some counseling while mailing it in and «cashing in her paycheck.» My honest and unbias advice for anybody here is to pay attention to how the treatments are going. If something isn’t working, think critically and analyze what needs to change. Do not go through the motions and think showing up for an appointment will be enough because it just might not be enough for you. For my wife, it wasn’t.

Pec was recommended to me by my OB/​GYN during my pregnancy when I began experiencing symptoms of extreme anxiety. As someone who had never experienced anxiety, to have panic attacks suddenly brought on with the changing hormones of pregnancy was quite shocking to me. At first I didn’t call her because I couldn’t believe that there was a problem but I am so glad that I finally did.
Pec is amazing! I saw her twice before she passed me along to a psychiatrist after we realized that my problem would no be improved with therapy. I will forever be indebted to her for helping me out of one of the darkest times in my life. People hear a lot about postpartum depression but most laypeople don’t know all that much about perinatal issues. Pec is the go-​to woman for these issues and she (and the help of the doctor she sent me to) changed my life! If you know anyone suffering from postpartum or perinatal mood problems please send them her way!