Quintin John Clough, LCSW

It is unfortunate that people will take the time to complain at length — but not the same effort is made to give accolades. I just got off the phone with this provider. I am looking for a therapist for my niece. He spoke to me at length, was extremely kind and patient. I have spoken to MANY therapists over the years, people often ask me to locate one for them. You can tell a lot from the first conversation. If my niece does in fact go to him, I will update this review.
UPDATE — took two weeks to let us know that he did not want to accept her insurance
If you have Emblem Medicaid — even though he is on their site — don’t bother

Summary of findings: authority issues, confrontational, generalizing, inexperienced, and anti-​somatic or lacking in body/​mind understanding.
I will start by saying that I am a Yoga Teacher/​Yoga Therapist of 7 years and have have been working for 4 years with an amazing contemplative/​buddhist psychotherapist that is trained in neurofeedback. She is well respected and gives high quality therapy with compassion. My standards are very high.
I was looking for someone that takes Medicaid so I could save some money now that I have insurance.
Quintin seemed like a kind man. And I have no doubt he is well meaning and intends to do no harm.
Here’s how the first session went:
I am an HSP (Highly Senstive Person) so the conditions of the office affect my comfort level. I dislike artificial air such as AC or fans. I asked him to adjust the AC vent so it was not blowing at me. He pointed to the ceiling fan above my head and then turned it off because he could see it was the source of my uneasiness. I thought that was nice!
I smiled and said, «Thank you, wind tends to give me anxiety.»
He replied, «Where does the anxiety come from?» I replied, «The wind.» He asked again, «Where does the anxiety come from?» …this is seeming a little pushy and stubborn to me, even confrontational. But I again replied, «the wind.»
I looked at him very plainly to prove that what I said is what I meant. Looking very confused, he said (and here is the generalization) «most people do not get anxiety from the wind.» I told him that his opinion is not relevant to me, beside it being untrue. A therapist is not supposed to generalize about people or compare most people to the patient. That could make the patient feel like something is wrong with her. Luckily, I have done enough healing, so I am not affected by this in that way, although I am irritated by his inability to respect my view and my experience.
He was uncomfortable that I rejected his opinion, so he quickly changed the subject with, «so what do you want to discuss in therapy?» That’s fine, therapists often change the subject to move things along. But I was not ready to open up to him after that.
I told him that I would like to discuss how his 2^nd inquiry felt confrontational to me, and I tried to make him aware that he did not accept my reasoning. I sincerely believe he meant well somehow. I speculate that he meant to make me aware that anxiety comes from me, from my mind. Beyond his lack of experience in the simple conversational part of therapy, he displayed his lack of experience when it comes to the body and the body/​mind continuum.
Not that I needed to, but I already got my feeling validated at the next destination. I arrived at a Yoga center and explained my session with John to the 2 folks at the front desk — friends of mine — and they thought John’s generalization («most people don’t get anxiety from the wind») was ridiculous. One of the 2 said that sometimes it’s hard for her to focus when there is a fan blowing on her. And to top it off, she comes from tornado country so wind also triggers anxiety of natural disasters from her childhood. The other, said he can’t sleep if a fan is on. So 2 out of 2 people surveyed agreed that wind can cause agitation. That’s 100%.
In the session, I told John that hi if he wants to learn about me, he should inquire more about my philosophies and that his puzzled look and persistence in trying to get a different answer was taken as a judgement.
He looked intimidated. I asked him if he was. Pretty normal setting to be that blunt. Then, Quintin John Clough said he will «stop meeting with me now because it doesn’t feel good.» I agreed it did not feel good and he asked me to leave his office. I think he wanted to be the authority figure and kept trying to reinstate himself as such. That is not the type of relationship I am looking for, so perhaps that is why he had such a hard time with me. He wasn’t open to being a better therapist from his experience with me. I always say my yoga students are my teachers. That is what makes a great facilitator.
My current therapist would never be that weak. She is experienced in resolving conflict. On many occasions I have told her I disagree, or I don’t like her opinion, or the way she is looking at me. That is the whole point of therapy — to be honest. Of course it happens infrequently because she is one step ahead of me and her own emotions.
Oh well, weeded another one out. I wish him well either way. I just wanted to make it known to people who are seraching because finding a good therapist is difficult.

Quintin is an amazing counselor — I highly recommend to anyone who is looking for help, and find his positive psychology approach very helpful. Thanks for everything!