Arlyne F Sher, PhD

Arlyne F. Sher PhD is a family/​marriage counselor in Silver Spring, MD providing counseling services 3 days a week.

In the last visit I had with her, Dr. Arlyne Sher did something that no qualified therapist is supposed to do: She took a phone call in the middle of our session and kept me waiting for 6 – 7 minutes. The call was from someone calling her to cancel an appointment. After rescheduling this patient, with a lot of casual back and forth on the phone, she got back to me. In the handful of times I have seen her I have had my reservations, but I gave her the benefit of the doubt. I understand that many Psychologists tend to be very subdued and calm, but Dr. Sher turned out to be a nice, but slightly disconnected from me. Being stone-​walled by insurance companies, struggling to get her patience in while stressing out over personal finances might be factors. Who knows? But there is no excuse for putting someone sitting in front of you (going through a terrible life changing experience) on the back burner. Goodbye, Dr. Sher.