Harry J Aaron, MD

Dr Aaron is perceptive and kind.

Dr. Aaron was so helpful, from the initial phone contact we had to the consultation itself. I felt like he was listening so closely to what I was sharing with him, and at the end of our consultation, gave me some insight that I found extremely helpful. I decided to continue seeing him, twice each week. I am so thankful I was able to find him at a time that I was feeling pretty vulnerable.

A complete quack!!

I saw Dr. Aaron during times of profound stress and grew enormously with his help and treatment. His care was exemplary, his observations clear minded, grounding and perceptive, his understanding of psychiatry deep and wide ranging. He helped heal deep childhood issues, worked with integrating new understanding into present life dilemmas, was supportive, patient and never invasive, always sensitive to the nuances of things we spoke about and open to working through criticism appropriately and helpfully. He is a wonderful doctor, experienced and caring. I recommend him unreservedly for people with every day issues willing to work conscientiously on themselves, as well as for those who are more profoundly stuck, troubled or in need of medical intervention.

Honestly, when you find a psychiatrist who knows what he or she is doing, you keep them. Dr. Aaron is great. He works with what you have to say, but maintains a professional objective perspective, and offers a good balance between psychotherapy and medical perspective. He definitely is not a "cookie cutter" psychiatrist, and does his best to stay away from the whole "trial and error" bullshit many only seem to offer.

This had to be the most frustrating forty-five minutes I've ever spent with anyone. (Actually more like thirty-five since he was late.) If you disagree with his "diagnosis" (he insisted I was depressed even when I told him "actually, no that's not what I'm feeling at all"), he's extremely dismissive and haughty.

More than 10 years ago he and the former Dean of Eugene Lang College (Toni Oliverio) decided that I needed long term treatment. Over what? Over some misunderstanding between me and another student. I wasn't allowed to go back to school until I accepted their demand. My suspension was off the record. I was experiencing the Kundalini energy rising but they didn't tell me. They denied me the knowledge but not the experience. I left the college and my spiritual life was able to develop unhindered. I still couldn't believe he would go along with the dean. Horrible doctor....

I saw Dr. Harry Aaron for three sessions. In all, he seemed distracted and didn't seem to remember things I'd told him five minutes later (let alone the previous weeks). Everything he said about me was so dead wrong and seemed designed just to make me think I needed to see him on a long-term basis. When I politely disagreed with him, he would get very defensive. In some ways, New York is the best place in the world to be in need of a therapist. Unfortunately, many of the better therapists don't take insurance. Those who do are often second-tier and try to cram in as many clients into a day as possible to finance their Central Park West digs.