Lynn Rittenberg Kauffman, MSSW, LCSW, CADC, CEAP

I just went through a few more sessions with Lynn after being away too long (my fault). I am 100% postive there does not exist a better Therapist. She is also very knowledgeable on meds, and will work with your doc and/​or Psychiatrist with your permission to help you reach your goal of feeling better. I know I could not be well without her. She is focused on your entire well being and remembers everything about your history. So, if you have been away for awhile (as I was), no need to repeat your life story. I have referred many people to her and will continue to do so. She is such a great motivator, but will want you to actually do the work to get better, which is how it should be! I can’t say enough postive things about Lynn. I just am lucky to have her as a valued partner in mental health. She is the BEST.

Lynn is a wonderful person and very good at her job. She is supportive & will help you do the work you need to do to get where you want to be.

I absolutely disagree with Erin. I started going to Lynn over a year ago because I was suffering from post partum depression after my second child. I absolutely LOVE her! The first time I walked into her husbands law office, I was a little put off (cause I was being snobby), but the moment she brought me back to her office I was extremely comfortable. It’s warm and inviting. She was very sympathetic to my situation and was a very good listener. After I balled my eyes out to her, she gave great advice. She was my first therapist ever, and after having a not so great experiece with my psychiatrist, I was very leary. She has made me poster child for therapy. I’ve told everyone I know about her. I“ve told them what she does to help me, and they all agree that I have an amazing therapist. Sure, there are times when she doesn’t agree with what I think, but isn’t that why I’m going to a therapist? I need help to see things in a different light. Even when I don’t agree with her, because I’m being stubborn, I usually go home and reflect and realize that she is right. The best part about her is, she stopped my therapy when I didin’t need it anymore. I was devastated because I would miss my hour of me time, but grateful that she was honest and didn’t keep me there for the money. I used all the tools she gave me and didn’t really need her anymore. I continue to go on my own because I really like the moral support.
Lynn is AWESOME!!!

This lady is very much insane.
I made an appointment with this LCSW a while ago and had a very bad experience. Over the phone she was friendly, but instead of interviewing me on why I was seeking a shrink, she talked a lot about herself and not in a way that told me about her shrinking methods. It was in a self promoting sort of way. That should have been my first clue that I needed to stay away, but she was a block my my house, and I was depressed.
Her office in in her husband’s law office. I found this odd and creepy. The place is old and dusty and did not have a comforting vibe. It looked very Addams Family-​ish. In our session she tried struggled to understand my issues. She told me that I was making a big deal out of nothing when I expressed anxiety about running in to my ex. It was as if she had no clue on how to validate a feeling, even if she herself couldn’t grasp what I might have been feeling.
The axe came down when I told her that I had lost my job. For fear that I couldn’t pay her (she doesn’t do sliding scale even though she told me over the phone that she does sometimes.) she quickly wrote down references for other places that I could go to. One was Catholic Charities, she then made some rude comments about catholics and said that I may not like going to Catholic Charities because I am Jewish. She didn’t even finish the session which she insisted that I pay for.
This therapist is proof that they can be the wackos in the shrink-​client relationship. LCSW certainly stands for Licensed Crazy Stupid Woman in this case.