I WENT INTO LISA HURST BARNHARDT'S OFFICE TO BECOME MORE AWARE ABOUT MY OWN PATTERNS AND TENDENCIES. I CAME OUT OF HER OFFICE BEING HYPERFOCUSED ON THE NEEDS AND FEELINGS OF OTHERS AT THE EXPENSE OF MY OWN. THERAPY ONLY REINFORCED THE VERY PROBLEM I CAME TO SEE HER ABOUT. WHY DID LISA HURST BARNHARDT COLLECT MONEY FROM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD? Starting therapy can be a leap of faith. It requires courage to walk into a room, sit down, and share parts of yourself that you may not even say out loud to your closest friends. When I started seeing Lisa Hurst Barnhardt, I had high hopes. I was ready to open up and do the work needed to better understand myself and my experiences. What I didn’t expect was to leave a session feeling dismissed and disrespected. I came prepared. I wanted her to understand who I was and where I had been before stepping into her office. To give her context, I wrote notes about my life from the previous ten years—a deeply personal account of my struggles, my grow...
