O’donnell Elke U

I saw Elke for many years as a client. I had been to other therapists who I liked and had helped me somewhat. But Elke was different.
She is by far the most intelligent and insightful person I have ever met. It made me realize that compassion and understanding are important but without awareness and insight they only help to a point. It wasn’t until I began seeing Elke that my life started to really change. If not for the work we did I might still be searching for answers. She has good boundaries and is very kind. I have been able to have a fulfilling life thanks to her.

I saw Elke Odonnell as a client for a couple of years in the early naughts, for gender identity issues… which at the time, she was renowned for.
I only realized years later that the probable reason she’s renowned for transsexual counseling is the quickness and ease of procuring hormones for transition. She’s a piss-​poor diagnostician.
A year and a half into hormones under her care and I found myself entirely abandoned. I was drowning in a horrific psychological mess that she helped create, and was utterly useless to me (and never called, never backed me up, never had any interest in my well being) during multiple hospitalizations. When it was finally all almost over, and I knew I needed an entirely different kind of specialist, I asked her to recommend a trauma therapist for me.
And she didn’t know any.
That should be the biggest red flag anyone should ever need from this «pastoral counselor» (I can’t help but notice she’s not using that title anymore)
So if you need real help for a serious problem, look elsewhere.