Betsy Lieberman, MFT

I was assigned to her. My appointment started with her asking the same questions at least twice!!! She repeated her questions and advice over and over again to me, she assigned me to take group therapy. I tried to tell her I needed one on one sections. I don’t thing she understood me, even knowing how high my anxiety was.

I tried to work with her at Kaiser and she would not answer any questions that I asked her about my situation. She said «It is not my job to answer your questions». I tried to explain to her why it was important to me that she did answer and her response was an outstretched palm accompanied by «I’ll be honest, I am feeling pushed. I saw her a couple of more sessions and 80% of her sentences began with «It is not my job». WTF is her job??? She asked the same questions over and over and told me to find a group because «it was not her job» to work with me on my issues. She is getting good money to sit in her office and begin most of her sentences with «It is not my job». If I tried to do that where I work I would be fired. She treated me like a 2^nd class citizen and based on the other reviews I am not the only one with this experience.

I have gotten something worthwhile out of therapy whenever I have seen someone except during my one appointment with Betsy. She appeared much more into asking questions about the stripping industry and demanding to know why I was interested in treatment for addiction other than 12-​step rather than in assisting with a link to psych treatment for anxiety (this was the Kaiser procedure in terms of seeing a therapist to be referred to a psychiatrist). Betsy stated that she knew I was just asking to link to a psychiatrist for benzos and I needed to join a group therapy for anxiety instead of a medication option. She repeated this several times when I was sobbing about the constant anxiety and told me that I was «in denial.» Fortunately, the psychiatrist I was able to get an appointment with right after I left the session with Betsy had some great non-​narcotic suggestions for anxiety treatment that have stabilized me to this day.

Absolutely terrible. I saw her at Kaiser and she was rude, condescending, and made me feel like I was on trial. She belittled every thing I said and kept pushing me into group therapy even when I told her that I came for a different type of therapy on recommendation from another practitioner. I can’t believe I paid money just to have someone talk at me judgmentally for an hour.

I saw Betsy once and it was honestly one of the worst experiences of my life. As another reviewer mentioned she asks the same questions over and over. I felt like she wasn’t truly listening or that she was trying to trip me up somehow. She also prodded me (bordering on bullying) asking for the name of my boss, which had absolutely nothing to do with anything except her selfish curiosity. She questioned my medical diagnosis which also felt uncomfortable because, the last time I checked, she’s not a medical doctor. In the end she told me if she agreed to see me I’d have to also participate in group therapy. I asked her «okay, and you’d be able to make some recommendations there?» and she replied «no, I don’t know of any groups, but I’m sure your doctor could help you find someone.»
I’m so angry… With myself for not walking out 10 minutes in.

As a colleague, I consider Betsy Lieberman a highly skilled clinician, who demonstrates both compassion and insight when working with individuals. She has worked with diverse populations and managed a number of very difficult cases with positive results. I would recommend Ms. Lieberman for both brief or long term treatment.

I saw Betsy once and I didn’t have a very good experience. She seemed to ask me the same questions again and again, which indicated to me that she wasn’t listening or didn’t understand what I was talking about. At the end of the first session, she told me that she didn’t think she had room for me in her practice. I’m not sure if this was honest, or she just didn’t like me either. I feel that if she genuinely did not have room in the practice, she should have figured this out prior to our first session. It was a waste of time and money.