Nestor Vaschetto

I was very unsettled to get an email from his son asking for my personal information so he can talk to his dad about me… and expressing his anger over my truthful review. If anyone else gets contacted by this guy I think we need to contact HIPAA. This was a very bizarre experience.
I guess he has some misguided anger, but why on earth is he directing it towards former patients. I only wrote what happened to me– that’s the point of a review. I don’t think it’s his son’s place to contact me, in fact I think it is downright creepy. I’ve blocked him, but that’s about all I can do for now.

Dr. Vaschetto helped me immensely. Yes, he closed his practice rather abruptly but to jump to the conclusion that one was «hung out to dry» is wrong. He sent letters to his regular patients explaining that, at first, he would be taking a leave from his practice. Later, I received a letter saying he was closing his practice along with a couple other referrals which were better than the first.
Yes, the doctor to which he referred patients the first time DID suck… However, I did hear from different people that they had heard Dr. Vaschetto was very ill. To jump to the conclusion that he «vanished into thin air» is insensitive. If it’s true that he suddenly took ill or was diagnosed with a serious illness (as I believe was the case) he may not have had the time or frame of mind to give the attention to closing his practice that he may have liked. I know his plan was to have his daughter take over his practice when she graduated and he retired.
He is a wonderful doctor and I am so sorry he is no longer practicing. If he were practicing again, I would return to him in a heartbeat. He helped me overcome a severe OCD I’d had since childhood. He invited my husband and my mom to appointments so we could discuss my issues and my meds. (BTW, he is NOT Italian. He is South American.)
I, for one, hope that Dr. Vaschetto is okay and I will keep him in my thoughts and prayers.

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Best therapist I have had. I made the most progress with him and made me finally aware of what as going on, so as to be to, well, go on.

this one would get zero, were it an option.
i went for a first-​time appointment to begin treatment. having gone over the paperwork i’d filled out, he began questioning along the usual line of inquiries to learn about my situation, what i hoped to have addressed, and so on.
while i was speaking, he began staring out the window and when i was finished talking, he didn’t say anything. i waited until he made a comment about the weather. he was talking about how he’s a very passionate person and so was moved by the weather at the moment. i made a vague polite comment about also loving that particular kind of weather (i am also extremely passionate so his comment to me felt a bit ‘no duh’ while also being unprofessional and irrelevant) and he proceeded to get almost competitive and said ‘no-​’ he’s especially passionate, etc.
ok.
by this time, i was a little irked that he was wasting our rather pricey time together trying to convince me how intensely passionate he was while more or less ignoring the sensitive subject matter i’d just gone over in regards to my reasons for visiting him.
it was at this point that i believe he asked whether or not i thought he could help me. i told him i wasn’t sure but that i was there to find out. i was there, after all, because i wanted to help myself and hoped he could assist in that. it clearly wasn’t the answer he wanted because he told me then that he refused to help and told me to leave, but not before i left the payment in the dropbox on the way out. i think i’d been there about 15 minutes.
this was some years ago and i still don’t know what to make of the experience. it made me feel almost badly about myself yet i know i didn’t do anything to provoke his behavior. i almost wonder if he’s unstable– i know that sounds ridiculous but it was so irrational and unprofessional, i was astounded. perhaps it had to do with ego– it doesn’t matter. regardless, it was appalling behavior from a professional of any kind, but most especially one in the psychology field.

I have a sever life long chemical imbalance, that leaves me chronically depressed. It remained undiagnosed (as a permanent biological imbalance) and very hard to treat for several years, until I started seeing Dr. Vaschetto. I credit him with pretty much saving my life. His primary concern, when I started seeing him, was to get rid of my depression. We tried several medication combination until one worked (thank God!). He monitors my condition and I notify him of any changes. He makes changes to my meds as needed to keep the depression at bay. He listens intently and is a very kind, compassionate man. I have now been a patient of Dr. Vaschetto for about 15 years, and am doing great.
If you’re looking for the best Psychiatrist, Dr. Vaschetto is your man.