Dr. Mindy Jacobs, PhD, PC, ABPP — Psychologist in Washington, DC

Dr. Jacobs and her wife turned my life upside down with their incompetence and greed. For starters, I was referred to this therapist by Dr. Lisa Hadley, who failed to disclose that the therapist she was referring me to was her partner. I was quickly diagnosed with "Bipolar Disorder" after two brief virtual visits with the psych and following a bad reaction to an SSRI . I asked for a referral for therapy and ended up in the grips of Dr. Jacobs for several months while I was very vulnerable and over-medicated. Over the course of "treatment" with Dr. Jacobs and her wife, I got more and more sick over time. Dr. Jacobs' "therapy" included arriving late to virtual appointments and cutting vegetables in her kitchen while I expressed how horrible I was feeling, referring me to group therapy which she also "facilitated" and charged obscene rates for (facilitated really being an overstatement, as she often prepped dinner while the group, who appeared to just be full of other people she was keeping sick and making money off of talked with little direction or guidance from Dr. Jacobs.), encouraging me to simply "accept my diagnosis and take my medication" as if I wouldn't need any other therapeutic intervention even IF I did, and suggesting I try "transcendental meditation"...without providing any guidance into how to meditate. These useless sessions were very expensive and I was paying out of pocket. As I got worse she began to suggest I see her MORE often. By the time I finally woke up and escaped this predator, I felt worse than I ever had in my life. I fought for myself and for my life for months just to get back to the place I was at when I first reached out to these people. 5 years later I am STILL dealing with the repercussions of the few months I spent in Dr. Jacob's and her wife's "care". I should have reported them both but I was so tired by the end of all of this that I just gave up and have done my best to move on. I am not on any medication. I have fully rejected any kind of diagnosis. I have done a lot of deep work ON MY OWN and have fortunately found qualified professionals to help me. One thing I'll give her is that she did teach me how to spot a therapist that I DO NOT want to work with. I am doing much better now IN SPITE of this woman and certainly not because of her. TL;DR: DO NOT GO TO THIS THERAPIST. DO NOT SEND ANYONE YOU CARE ABOUT TO THIS THERAPIST.

Dr. Mindy Jacobs is simply a superb therapist, whether one is looking for an individual, couple or group therapist. Dr. Jacobs listens well, as she creates an atmosphere of safety and trust which allows for the work to develop and deepen.

Dr Jacobs is an experienced and thoughtful therapist. I highly recommend her.

Extremely poor experience with Dr. Jacobs. Her manner is disengaged, incurious, and unconcerned; her demeanor is sour, cold, and humorless. My partner and I went to her for couples therapy and broke up after 7 sessions. Can't blame that on her, obviously, but (apart from the waste of money) she did she did nothing either to help us repair the relationship or make the breakup less painful. In fact, she exacerbated the pain for both of us by actively urging us to vent our complaints about one another in therapy, continually emphasizing the negative in a way that seemed almost purposefully sadistic. With each session, we felt worse about each other and ourselves. Dr. Jacobs never initiated any discussion of our family backgrounds or past relationships (despite initial promises that this was the basis of her therapeutic approach), never really seemed interested in learning much about us as individuals, never even seemed to give us her full attention except at the moment in each session when my partner took out his credit card. She seemed to have read one mass-market self-help book and to base her therapy on a watered-down version of one or two techniques lifted from it. There was no attempt to build intimacy, nurture the positive elements of our relationship, or encourage me and my partner to be kinder and more loving toward one another.