Psychologists - Brookline, MA

"Unprofessional and not to be trusted. "

"Back in 1981 I found Dr Karen Kurlander through a colleague who was also seeing her. I was a mess, she was my first therapist when I was a new student at Boston Conservatory. With karen I had found so much peace uncovering all that troubled me. It is because of my time with Karen that I had the courage to take the necessary risks to move through my life in a healthy way as an Artist. I highly recommend Dr Karen Kurlander to anyone who is ready to uncover the truths in their lives. She was direct and caring. I just relocated back to MA and have been in need of some help with all the changes and of course thought of Karen after 30+ years of life lived. I had connected with her a time or two via phone from CA through some tough times. I'm so happy to have found her again. We have had one session so far and I feel like i'm back home. I've had many therapists along the way and always measure them up against Karen. I know I'm in good hands"

"I hired laura okin to act as a GAL in a child custody case. She failed to follow the GAL guidelines to the point where she didnt even review my sons medical records. Dr okin admited her failure to follow these guidelines in a deposition and immediately began crying when the failures were established. Despite Dr okins failure to review key documents and to allow for submission of documents by both sides , dr okin flatly refused to amend any aspect of her work despite it being proven that doing so was warranted an appropriate. Dr okin is the daughter of a prominent feminist theorist and her general worldview and professional opinions are blatantly impacted by those views , which in a family law setting amount to a demonstrable bias against men and an uneven valuation of the roles mother and father play in a childs life. I caution any patient or litigant from getting involved with laura okin. Simpy put: she took 8 grand and delivered a shoddy, biased, and unprofessional report. To date laura okin has refused to refund a dime or offer a basic apology. These actions speak for themselves. "