Heyworth Brenda Dr

If you don’t listen to any other review please hear this. I visited Brenda as a 10 year old with debilitating OCD. She didn’t care and just wanted a pay check. Looking back I’m glad my OCD made me insult her. You could talk to someone without a degree and get better help. She literally told me I couldn’t be helped. Many years later and doing much better so clearly she was wrong. Please don’t put yourself or your child through this as it will be detrimental. Almost 12 years later and I still think of the horrible things she said. It will never leave me… in the worst way possible and has made my life misery. Please please please don’t hurt your child or yourself by visiting her clinic. You’ll either make yourself or your child hate their life because of her horrible soul.

Dr Heyworth's approach to 'treatment' from my early childhood to teenage years has caused me significant pain that still affects me to this day. Only recently have I gained the courage to trust new therapists, who have revised my diagnoses and been able to help me to finally start to heal. In particular, her dismissal of my fear of an abusive parent as being a symptom of autism and insistence that I maintain contact led me to not be diagnosed with C-PTSD until adulthood. I believe that the years of her attributing my dislike for abusive behaviours to me misinterpreting due to autism as at least contributing to me dismissing early signs of domestic violence later in life. I wish I never attended Dr Heyworth's practice, as I may have been able to avoid needing to learn to trust myself at 23.

Brenda Heyworth is by far the WORST, most heartless and unprofessional psychiatrist around. She played a massive role in my first suicide attempt as a teenager. I went to Brenda when I was between 13-15 years old as I was suffering with debilitating depression and let's just say that she literally did nothing except make it far far worse. Sitting in that cold empty office room in Nambour, I felt more worthless than I ever had before as she sat there judging me and making me feel worse for what had happened to me and what I was going through. She would also bad mouth my foster parents to me (who were actually amazing people) and then bad mouth me to them, all the while pinning us against each other, which ultimately caused more trouble for everyone at home. After my attempt, when my mother confronted her about it, she kicked us out of her office and refused to take any responsibility. It took me nearly 6 years before I felt okay to talk to another psychologist and even now, I'm still always waiting for them to say something like she did, I find it extremely hard to trust them and I still believe this stems back to Brenda and what happened in that room. I genuinely could go on and say so many things about what happened, but all I'm saying/begging is please, if you truly care for your children and your own mental health - stay away from Brenda at all costs!!

We took both our boys to Dr Brenda Heyworth around the time of these other reviews. We had and have the biggest admiration for Dr Heyworth and what she added to our family. Our boys as now young adults still talk about their time with Dr Heyworth. We practiced what was asked of us, we are open minded, tell us how it is people and had great all round success with Brenda.

We were referred to her by our then GP for our son who had anxiety and depression following school bullying. The referral was specifically so she could prescribe the most appropriate medication.

While her book is adequate for children, it is in no way appropriate for young teenagers. However, her whole professional approach is based on this work.

By the 3rd visit, I continued to disagree with her views, while asking for other options.

It was plain to see she felt we were inadequate as parents, and she basically fired us as clients.

I have never felt so disrespected by a medical professional.

Avoid at all cost.

Do not go to this woman if you have an ADHD child. She has no idea, no compassion and is a waste of time and money.

So disapointed to find out that Brenda used her superiority as a Psychiatrist to denigrate a mother to the mother's children as she was unhappy that the mother complained about processes. A passive aggressive act! I will not be recommending Brenda instead I think Brenda should get out of the Jungle!

This Doctor told me that she did not use the medication that my daughter was on, so therefore it would be best to return to the previous Doctor whom we were seeing. Huh, Psychiatrists deal with medication DON'T THEY.
I found that Dr. Brenda Heyworth seems to just do the same sort of approach using her books as a guide line and if your child is a little difficult or if you don't go with her ideas, she will not want you on her books.