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Lawson Mary Ann MA LPC Mediator
Lawson Mary Ann MA LPC Mediator
(7 Reviews)
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20 Mills Avenue Greenville, SC 29605
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(7 Reviews)
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4 star average for Service
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3 star average for Environment
Expertise
2 star average for Expertise
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3.5 star average for Staff
Recommended
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She is an amazing lady who encourages people to stand up for themselves and take control of their lives. She will not encourage or tolerate any drama, and manipulative personalities will be firmly challenged in her sessions. If you are looking for cliche therapists who tell everyone oh-"you are right" and "you are also right"-look up someone else. if, however, you want to face the truth, she will be a great help.
by 101arya xxx.xxx.94.184
February 08, 2016
Stay away from this counselor! This lady is clearly wrong in her approach to counseling. My then soon-to-be ex wife and I were trying to work out a "parenting plan" for our 2.5 year old daughter. According to Mary Ann, live in / overnight boyfriends or girlfriends are OK after 3 months of "steady dating" in the presence of the child. I disagreed with the notion and would not ok that type of behavior around my daughter. Mary Ann and my wife would not let up and for almost an hour both trying to pressure me to change my mind; to no avail. I expressed my concerns regarding the non commitment aspect and the bad example it would show my daughter.

She clearly takes sides, which is absolutely unprofessional. For example, I tried and tried to negotiate more overnight visitation with my daughter between her and my soon-to-be ex wife. Neither would allow that to occur. But the moment the ex wife wanted something, such as a live in boyfriend or 4 weeks summer vacation with my daughter. She would join in and try to pressure that view.

The best I could do with this joker was every other weekend and every Wednesday for 3 hours plus summer visitation. We basically spent $2500 for Judge Browns Standard visitation. Which by the way sucks, I personally don't believe those terms are fair to a father that wants to be involved in his kids life. Only 15 more years...

If you want a divorce, go see Mary Ann; if you want to save your marriage go see someone else.


And one other thing, this is my opinion in general regarding marital counselors. Pick one that has NOT been divorced and actually has stuck with the commitment through thick and thin. That would be my advice. I do understand there are extenuating circumstances in marriages that call for divorce.

Would you want a drug addict counseling drug addicts? I think not. The same school of thought goes for marriage counselors as well.

If you need more info you can reach me at iras at me dot com.
by Ira xxx.xxx.239.100
January 25, 2013
Mary Ann is the worst counselor I have ever spoken with in my life. She has this theory that you are responsible for your own feelings. She said that when my wife and I argued that how I felt about it and why it was happening was because of my own feelings. Not that my wife may have said something to spark the argument or initiate it. That I got upset or angry because "I was responsible for my own feelings" that it was my responsible that I had gotten upset, not anyone else was to blame. This is what she told me during most of our sessions and I was "baffled" by the statement, I even shared with co-workers who didn't understand it either. So, I put it to the test one day, I blamed her for my problems with my wife and me getting worse rather than better after the counseling sessions. She proceeded to "blow up" at me and got real angry because I blamed her for our problems getting worse rather than better. I then took great pleasure as I looked at her and said, "Now, there's your proof, I am NOT responsible for my own feelings". She got angry with me after my statement; therefore, I was responsible for her feelings at the time. Pretty lame if you ask me that I had to point out to her how untrue her prior statement had been to me "I was responsible for my own feelings”. She plays on the weak minded and hinders their abilities rather than helping them. The perfect example of this is when over one weekend I was trying to talk to my wife and her reply was "if you want to talk to me, you will have ask Mary Ann if we could talk." Last I checked that's NOT how counseling works. She takes the side of the weaker minded one in the marriage which is unprofessional. She should be barred from working as a marriage counselor until she understands that she is the one with the wrong advice, she should listen to the two parties involved and not take sides with one or the other. My understanding of a marriage counselor is that they are to work with both parties and not take sides or "prey" on the weak minded as I believe she did in our case.
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.181.3
January 23, 2013
Does this provider always take that extra step to make you feel special?
Yes, I always enjoy my appointments
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.85.237
September 25, 2012
Did this provider answer all of your questions?
No, I left confused and frustrated
Did you leave the office feeling satisfied with your visit?
No, I left with more problems than I came with!
Are you going to visit this provider again?
Not if my life depended on it
by Sami xxx.xxx.130.3
September 12, 2012
Did this provider answer all of your questions?
Some were answered
Was this provider's staff friendly?
Friendly Enough
Did you leave the office feeling satisfied with your visit?
No, I felt confused and uneasy when I left
Was this provider's office easy to locate?
Only with clear directions
Did this provider rush your appointment?
No
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.13.209
June 05, 2012
Did this provider answer all of your questions?
Yes
Was this provider's staff friendly?
Yes
Did you leave the office feeling satisfied with your visit?
Yes
Was this provider's office easy to locate?
Absolutely! It couldn't have been easier!
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.254.204
March 05, 2012
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