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Brown Rhona W PH D - Child & ADOL Psychiatric Services
Brown Rhona W PH D - Child & ADOL Psychiatric Services
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900 Kings Highway North Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
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Brown Rhona W PH D - Child & ADOL Psychiatric Services

Brown Rhona W PH D - Child & ADOL Psychiatric Services is a Counselor facility at 900 Kings Highway North in Cherry Hill, NJ.
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900 Kings Highway North, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
Services Brown Rhona W PH D - Child & ADOL Psychiatric Services offers counseling at 900 Kings Highway North, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Please call Brown Rhona W PH D - Child & ADOL Psychiatric Services at (856) 321-1123 to schedule an appointment in Cherry Hill, NJ and to get more information about the counseling services offered.
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I strongly caution that any parent of a vulnerable child or adolescent, stay far away from Dr. Brown. Dr. Brown is not trustworthy, and she will exploit her power to manipulate young patients and their parents.

I saw Dr. Brown ~7 years ago when I was 17 years old and a senior in high school. My parent was dying and I was struggling with an eating disorder. With no other outlet, my other parent and I turned to Dr. Brown upon recommendation from a trusted professional. Dr. Brown attempted to manipulate my parent into forcibly hospitalizing me, which only failed because she failed to understand the basic characteristics of my trusting and open relationship with my parents (failed to understand the basic nature of my case). Despite her best attempts, I am now in a stable enough position where I feel comfortable speaking out about how she acted and tried to act against me.

I was very suspicious of confiding in her, and in our first sessions we discussed the relevant regulations (regarding disclosure of therapy content; as I was 17 and above the age of consent, she was prohibited from discussing the content of my sessions with anyone else without my consent, unless I was an "imminent threat to myself or others"). I saw her for a few months, with little success. I can say confidently, having later sought successful treatment, that the failure of my therapy with Dr. Brown was evident in all of our interactions, not just the one I highlight here. Dr. Brown decided, seemingly randomly, that I needed to confined to in-patient treatment. We had a heated phone call where I vehemently declined in-patient treatment, as I was a high school senior with a college acceptance I intended to pursue, and I would not interrupt my studies. I had never expressed nor genuinely felt any imminent threat to myself or others.

When I told her I absolutely would not go into in-patient treatment, she stated that she would tell my parent and get them to commit me. I reiterated that we had extensively discussed this, and that I had never felt or expressed anything nearing the standard of being a risk to myself or others. She casually replied that it didn't matter, and she could say I had, and that she could nevertheless get my parent to commit me because they would believe whatever she told them. I expressed strongly that I would not go along with this manipulation, and that she clearly did not understand the basic nature of my relationship with my parents if she believed that they would trust her over me.

Following this conversation, she did call my parent and recommend that I was committed for in-patient treatment, citing fabricated reasons. Because she had directly told me she was going to do so, I had already spoken with my parent, explained the circumstances, and warned that she would fabricate context to encourage that I be committed. Because of the very specific circumstances I was in - my parents were in the mental health profession, and we had a very open relationship - her attempts failed. My parent trusted me over Dr. Brown, and I was able to graduate high school, attend college, and receive therapeutic care from legitimate, trustworthy sources.

I deeply fear for any patient of Dr. Brown's who is not in the situation I was in - who does not have a trusting relationship with their parents, who does not have parents familiar with psychological practice, or who does not have the ability to stand up to her. I deeply fear she might manipulate and abuse her power over such a patient.

I am now sharing this experience as widely as I can because I see that - 7 years later - Dr. Brown is still in practice, still purporting to specialize in the treatment of vulnerable youth. She is not to be trusted. I don't know her motivations, but I can tell you that from my own experience that she might attempt to threaten, manipulate, and/or lie her way into the outcomes she wants, regardless of the will of patients or the intention of their parents. Seek treatment elsewhere - she will not listen to your children, she will not help them. She will lie to you. If you are seeking treatment for a child or adolescent struggling with an eating disorder, I specifically caution you that she can bring additional harm.

Rhona, if you are reading this, you should still know where to reach me or my family. I'm more than happy to tell you this directly.
by Grace xxx.xxx.73.3
May 10, 2023
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