Jan Weber's Online Review Report Card

*I have added to my review since ceasing to further work with Jan Weber.* Jan offers homeopathy and prescription medication therapies, but in my experience heavily leans toward homeopathy before considering medication. He also has some trouble listening to and advocating for patients. I have diagnosed adhd and there is (in his words) no homeopathy for adhd. So for the first year of working with him, he never considered treating the issue I came to see him for (adhd) We spent our time and my money ($500 an hour) attempting to heal the co-morbidities - this is a great way to make sure a client will never leave you! Wasting time is an issue here as well. Jan spends lots of time repeating thoughts and ideas over and over again, at length, and when one of his ideas isn’t well-received Jan becomes visibly offended. Unprovoked, it was suggested, 6 times in in a row, during one appointment, that I seek care with a specific doctor he is peers with. He kept repeating himself as the first 5 times it was suggested he was not met with enthusiasm. I clearly wanted to end that conversation but there is a certain amount of ego one must witness with grace in order to work with Jan. Finally I had to spell out my unwillingness to change providers and he became visibly offended that I would say such a thing. He doesn’t follow the modern understanding of adhd (including how it presents in women) and seems ill-equipped to take on patients with adhd. When I asked for his support in finding a therapist or coach who specializes in adhd, he told me such a thing does not exist and would not be helpful (of course this would be true if adhd were solely an issue of inability to control one’s attention.. but these days we know the depth and breadth of this “disorder” reaches far and wide beyond one’s attention span). So I advocated for myself & did the footwork. After many hit and misses with some great practitioners I have found a therapist who specializes in support for those with adhd. OMG is she helpful. There are MANY out there so don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. Back to task: when I first was given adhd medication Jan suggested to “**only take it when I need it**”. 🤫 This comment suggests a bias against adhd medication (by extension adhd itself) and encourages a feeling that it is somehow inappropriate or wrong to take the prescribed medication full time - even with a prescription for full-time management. This judgmental message was reinforced over and over again with Jan in many forms that I won’t bore you with here. To fellow neurodivergents: does neurodivergency only effect you part-time? Because that would that be extremely convenient. Speaking of medication, during the course of treatment, he left for Europe without checking in on prescription refill needs (nor offer a colleague to reach out to) several times. Unfortunately this last time I ran out of ALL of my medications for several days while he was out of the country and I had no access to support while he was away. Looking back throughout my care with Jan, the amount of times he has expected me to go without my medications is simply shocking. If you’re looking for a practitioner whom you can trust, my suggestion is to keep looking. This practitioner will not champion for your mental health. And for one who uses diverse methods to approach mental health, he remains locked in an outdated and non-collaborative way of thinking.