Michael Hoyt, MA

Michael was a kind person, but as someone in another review mentioned, he did not feel very engaged at all and seemed distracted and or disinterested. I felt like I did 99% of the talking and leading the whole discussion and was really trying my hardest to keep the conversation going... It was also clear to me that he didn't read the intake form I submitted, so that seemed pointless as we went through all of the same questions, interview style in our first session. This may have been out of his control, but he was also a few minutes late and disconnected multiple times on our video chat due to his bad connection (I checked, my internet was fine), which really shouldn't be acceptable in this day and age. Michael was a very kind person and maybe I would have seen more of his value in our later sessions, but he is not the therapist for me, nor would I recommend him.

Not sure if he was going through something, but he was late every appointment (never even apologized or acknowledged it) and he did not seem very engaged during our sessions. He was nice and knowledgeable, but was not a good fit for me or especially for someone going through a crisis.