Acorn Counseling Education Services

My review is strictly in reference to Pam Rinn, who is incredibly unethical, judgemental and not an honest professional. As a parent with sole medical rights to my son, Pam Rinn corresponded with my ex-husband without including me in communication, allowing herself to be influenced. After obtaining copies of her documentation, the emails were in plain sight, along with session notes that were completely inaccurate. If you’re not a parent that allows your child to have full freedoms, you will be judged and labeled as “controlling” and “using fear tactics” - In regards to her “therapy” approach, you’ll be paying for your child to shoot hoops, play with sand, move some blocks etc. More appropriate for very young children. My son who was approaching pre-teen needed to talk and for someone to listen. He said he felt like he was in 1st grade with worksheets and asked repeatedly not to go anymore. After bringing this to her attention and asking for more “talk therapy” nothing changed. As a result, my son, received 0 help for the struggles he was going through until I moved him counselors, which was within my right. I could have plainly just never said anything and moved counselors, however, professionally, I thought it was important for him to express why he wanted to change. As a result, she then noted that I “sabotaged” the counselor/patient relationship by having my son do a “meet and greet” with a male counselor and said again I was being “controlling.” Be very careful about this woman, I wouldn’t trust her or her practice and would not recommend her to anyone.

Mrs. Graham causes harm rather than doing good. She attempts to use skills outside of her scope of practice, she has poor professional boundaries, and rather than doing what is best for the client, she does what is best for her and her own professional endeavors. She is more interested in adding letters behind her name than actually helping those that she claims to serve.

I’m Bradley S. Craig, LMSW-IPR, CFLE and I am the author of Between Two Homes: A Coparenting Handbook and I developed the Between Two Homes®: Children in the Middle live coparenting class. I license and train professionals to teach this class to coparents to help families raising children between two homes due to divorce, separation, or other family circumstances. I’ve known of Christy Graham for 11 years, meeting her in 2007 when she attend a workshop I was co-presenting called Clients in Litigation, and have maintained contact with her since then. I was thrilled when she contacted me last year to begin teaching CIM in Denton. The reviews of participants who have attended her class in Denton continue to praise not only the content, but also the satisfaction of the presentation. Christy has displayed the highest level of professionalism with me and the staff/clients served. I highly recommend Acorn Counseling Education Services for their professionalism, integrity, and passion for serving families.