Gerard Chambers, PSYD, PhD

Dr. Chamber has a brother that is Autism. He treat me and my sons like he is a family. He tell me about his brothers problem and his mother how she deal with him. I am happy for you help my family.
G.K.T.

It really frustrates me when people write things about good doctors that are completely untrue in order to get revenge in a family court case. Do your research on WHY people have family court cases, then you will understand these type of reviews and why they are bogus.
Dr. Chambers is one of the most honest doctors I have ever met, and for someone to say he purposely tried to mislead someone to get bad results is ridiculous. First of all, I am a former UCSC student that took the same assessment as Samantha. The test this person is referring to has the instructions written on the screen BEFORE YOU TAKE IT and you get to practice it before it even counts.
It seems as though this person is saying that a lot of people are lying about them and people that use drugs often blame other people for their problems. Dr. Chambers tells it like it is and I can assure you that anyone that says otherwise is doing so because they probably got caught lying or he was trying to protect a child from being hurt. My dad always told me, if everyone has a different version of the truth than you’re liar son.
Also, family court often involves children, and Dr. Chambers loves his little daughter. I met her a couple of times in the office when I came from school breaks to work on my MCAT accommodations paperwork (Which helped me get 1.25 time by the way, almost impossible). His daughter loves Dr. Chambers and is a great kid. Sounds like people that are using methadone with children may not have their priorities straight so make sure you know Dr. Chambers always puts children first and try telling the truth because it cant be everyone else but YOU who is wrong.

This man comes off as nice, and if you are looking for Psychotherapy, he may be great. But just know this — if you are sent to him for a «Psychiatric Assessment» by the (family) court — he is on THEIR side, and finds out what they are looking for, and makes those results occur. He blatantly misled me on a test regarding speed, which was never mentioned to me, by him, about the test. The real objective is to hit the button AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AFTER YOU SEE THE LETTER, NOT– just don’t hit the button on the X’s, which is the objective he gave me, which threw off the whole result because he never, ever mentioned the actual objective, WHICH WAS HOW FAST MY REACTION TIME WAS, but like I said speed was never mentioned. ALSO — he is very judgmental, and does not have a strong knowledge of Methadone. So if that is one of your medications, I would suggest asking for someone else, unless you want to be put down to your face, and misled on your «Assessment»… One last thing, regarding court ordered Assessments with this man, he believes everything in the «Investigation Narrative» as truth, when from my experience, it is about 80% lies /​100% hearsay, and the rest is just all negative B.S. I would NEVER recommend this man.

Wonderful!
I recently called a number of psychologists offices looking for some information and possibly an appointment. I was disheartened in my search for the «right fit» for me until I called Dr. Chambers office. I spoke with Jessica, his lovely, professional and well-​informed assistant for a few minutes before the good doctor actually picked up the phone to answer some of my questions in more detail (how often does a Doc make time to take a random phone call?!). I made an appointment and received several follow-​up calls from Jessica with polite requests to provide them with information I’d failed to collect. Other offices that I’d called had yet to return even my first phone call up to this point!
I found Dr. Chambers to be a compassionate, empathetic, humble man who seems to truly care about both his patients and what he does. I felt heard, cared for and understood. He helped me better understand my condition and how my condition might impact my life both personally and professionally. He asked me to not hesitate to call if I were to have any questions in the future; it was a sincere request. This man really cares.
–D