Massive bill for a “free consultation”
My husband and I visited the Cary, North Carolina clinic in January. We were there for an initial consultation to determine if this company would approve me for the treatment sessions. There was no treatment or counseling given. It was purely a preliminary visit.
From the moment we walked in, we were treated poorly. We were asked to fill out documentation while music was blaring. Neither of us could concentrate on the paperwork and when we asked for them to turn it down and explained we couldn’t concentrate, they refused based on “patient confidentiality.” There was not a single other patient in the waiting room or in the office the entire time we were present.
The young man that came out to take the paperwork didn’t introduce himself and was aloof and rude. He also refused to help with the noise level.
The psychiatrist eventually came out to retrieve us, and was offensive when we both stood to walk back with her. For my safety and to help my anxiety, my husband always accompanies me to any type of office visit. She refused to allow him back to the consultation room. She took me back to the room and sat across from me seemingly confused about why I was there. In fact, she asked “why are you here today?” I told her, “they told me it’s part of the consultation to approve me for the treatments.” To which she responded, “ Who is they?” I had a feeling she had never done this before and it was making me nervous.
I explained further that a representative from Greenbrook called me and said I had to meet with her to determine if I was eligible for treatments. I was told this was part of the free consultation involved prior to beginning treatments at their location. Eventually she asked if I still wanted “that man” to come back. I said “he’s my husband and yes.” He told me later that when she came to get him, she said “I don’t know who you are but if you want to come back then you can.” (Who acts like that?!)
When she was finished speaking with us, she located the young man from earlier. He was chatting with a young woman that also seemed to be an employee. Neither introduced themselves at that point either. They had us stand in the hallway while they tried to figure out where to take us. Again, it felt like this was “Candid Camera” or something - I truly felt like this was the first time they ever had a patient in the office. They acted very spacey and strange.
Eventually the couple took us in a room and, while he asked further personal questions, the female stood in the doorway gaping at the three of us. I don’t know if she was an employee. Maybe she was in training. Maybe he was in training. We have no idea. Neither of them acted like they had ever seen a patient before.
After a series of additional exchanges that left both of us feeling like maybe these people were on something, we were eager to leave and we refused to schedule any treatment sessions with them. We felt uncomfortable with the three (2?) staff of Greenbrook that we met.
The moment we left their office and we were alone, my husband and I were on the same page - we would never want to receive care there. Something was off.
Because it is personal, I don’t want to go into intricate details about what else us made us uncomfortable. Despite letting them know that we were not going to sign up for sessions with their company, we continued to receive emails from them. They finally tapered off, but now I have received a substantial invoice from Greenbrook as if I have attended sessions there.
I have called and sent emails multiple times and no one has bothered to return them. Somehow, they believe we owe $200 when this was a free prior consultation. It concerns me that there are no reviews yet on Trustpilot. I felt an obligation to document this because there is a complete absence of customer support regarding billing and problems with their office.
Despite being a large company with supposedly an extensive network of locations across the country, I have had no help from their staff to cancel this inaccurate bill.
As a sidenote, I selected a different company for my treatments since there was a lack of knowledge, compassion, and awareness at Greenbrook.
In comparison, the company I actually use has never sent an invoice even close to $200 because their free consultation was exactly as advertised. Free.
Please be cautious. I don’t want anyone else to go through this.
3. Januar 2024
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