14 Best Psychology Grad Programs In Port St. Lucie, FL (2022 Updated)

When I initially came into this school I wanted to eventually go into their graduate program. The admissions advisor told me that I would have a higher change if I got my undergrad there as well. So I did. I graduated with a 3.4, the teachers were amazing and then I go to apply for my graduate program. Due to covid the interview was over the phone. The gentleman that interviewed me asked me why I wanted to go into mental health and I explained to him how in the past I had a substance abuse problem (I wanted to be as honest as I could) because I had been saved and I felt like my purpose was to be a vessel of god and help others. The minute I said that to him he answered “I AM SORRY BUT I DONT KNOW HOW I WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT YOU IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE” “MAYBE YOU SHOULD TAKE SOME TIME OFF”. He did finish the interview but weeks later I received a letter saying that I was denied admission to the school. I was already in the school, so I called and no one understood why I wasn’t accepted. My advisor was confused, my teachers and myself. When I asked why I wasn’t accepted so that I can work on it and fix it no one knew. They said the committee looks at different things and decides. I had classmates with lower GPAs that were admitted, I had one friend who had failed a class and was admitted and I wasn’t admitted simply because I have a past with mental health. I asked to email someone so I may get an answer as to why this happened. They didn’t even send me the proper letter stating I wasn’t accepted into the program. No one ever got back to me and honestly it shattered me because here I am paying 3 times the amount of a state university to be discriminated by my past. I truly worked hard for my grades.Mari Molina

I personally did not like the college. I decided to leave after one semester because I didn’t feel the Christian culture as I should have. They don’t cater to commuter students. And the professors that I had didn’t care if you learned or not. The people in student services were rude to me and it showed me their true colors. They are nice when they want you to apply and mean after you apply. They lie and say they have scholarships to offer you and then in the end you have to take out loans. They chose my classes because I was a freshman and I didn’t like most of my teachers. They also put me in the wrong math class and when I transferred out it took so long that I already miss majority of the work and had to drop the class altogether. I wouldn’t recommend this college at all. They were expensive for no reason. I also didn’t like that they force you to do community service. When offering to the community it should be our choice because it will be in good will and our own choice. But when you force us we aren’t going it because we want to but because we have to so that we can graduate.Brittnay Baxter

I was a first year student at PBAU, and I can say whole-heartedly, the WORST school to be in, very uptight people and community. I got scammed by getting a 10k grant and got stuck with owing the school WAY more then was suppose to. The administration never gets back to you, and the new president gives all her work off and doesn’t try to reach out to the students- even when asked. This school does not care about the students and is a SCAM.Autumn Pucino

They never pick up their phones even when I enter the extension they gave me at the office. They blame it on peak hours but that’s an excuse. I’ve call at all hours and no one ever answers. I send a message to contact me on their website and no one ever did. I had to stop by the office to find out there was even an extension I needed to dial to get started with them. There’s no instructions given on the voice messaging system to allow you to get to ANYONE. I tried pressing the button for nearly every department and still get a voicemail system. Left a message with my number and no one called me back. When I went to the office to do the referral paperwork that I didn’t know I had to do since no instructions were given, they called me back within 2 days and set the appointment for my screening on a Saturday. I assumed it was the Saturday coming that week and I headed over there only to find out the appointment was for the following Saturday… ooopps, guess the girl forgot to tell me that little bit of detail. Thankfully I had something else going on in that area so the trip wasn’t a complete waste but what if I didn’t have anything else to do and committed the day for that visit primarily? They couldn’t even move my appointment at the prima vista address and directed me to call an extension :(. Its beginning to feel like they don’t want to service me at all and they’re doing everything in their power to be as unprofessional as possible so I’d go somewhere else but I’ve done nothing wrong to deserve that kind of treatment. Shame on them.Schnaila T.

I came in with my mother, and nephew who is a patient here. My mother had told me her experiences with my nephew there before weren't the best, so I wanted to come in to assess how his mental health was being evaluated. The psychiatrist who attended him was not involved, seemed distant and when we explained to her that he was not sleeping at night and was experiencing symptoms of anxiety she gave us no recommendations/suggestions, but was trying trying reschedule an appointment in three months…We had to ask for them, and she gave us suggestions we have already tried and offered no further assistance or recommendations. I was upset, as I take my nephews mental health seriously. I get to the front desk and start explaining why we were upset and would like to switch his doctor and explaining why, and one of the girls say "well we have never received a bad review about her" & "please there are other patients" as if I was yelling, I was just upset and voicing what happened in the appointment. They were rude, and only wanted to protect their reputation instead of offering a solution. One of the girls also dug in her ear in front of me! I am appalled with this visit, and we are definitely switching providers. Don't bother with this place if you care about your loved ones/yourself.Katherine (Kathy)

The first time are used to Legacy, it was not good. I didn’t have a connection with my therapist, and I didn’t go back for a long time. This time I got paired with Alyssa, and she has made therapy so easy for me. I catch myself asking what would Alyssa think while I’m out free in the world. She always makes a point to button up each session completely, and has no problem if I just sit in silence the whole time. The way she handles our trauma sessions, sometimes I forget it’s a trauma session because of how comfortable she makes me feel. She follows the ethical guidelines, and this is what I believe makes her so great. I really feel like she would do no harm to me. Her honesty, integrity, and overall love for the field is a parrot through her work ethic as well as her drive to do better. I wouldn’t say she’s the best, because she wouldn’t let me… However she is the best for me. Life-changing – I’m glad I was paired with her.Alyxandria Dominique

Dr. Grif and his office manager Jessie have been a pleasure to work with. I'm not sure what happened with these other seemingly disgruntled customers, but clearly "Lawrence Fishburn" is fake. It is very unfortunate that people go above and beyond to try to tarnish the reputations of good people and providers. Jessie has always done her best to work me into the schedule to accommodate my hectic and last minute calendar and I have never had any issues with her being rude or with billing. Quite the contrary: she is very caring and compassionate so it's no wonder she has been there so long. In fact, she helped me retroactively bill when my insurance denied so that I wouldn't be held responsible. Further, Dr. Grif has helped me through several trials and tribulations and I love how he uses real life examples to help me relate and realize what I'm going through at the time is normal, okay and "fixable". He is direct and tells me like it is and always offers free resources like videos and things to put on my flash drive so that I can do productive self-help outside of paying for therapy. And I love that he's not watching the clock like most other therapists. Sometimes he gives me more than an hour if he has it. That doesn't sound like someone who is only out for money to me… giving things away for FREE! I would highly recommend Dr. Grif!Just Me

Have been seeing Dr. Griff for a month or two now. Last night my grandfather had a devastating heart attack as well as a very close relatives death recently. My parents are dead so my grandparents are all I have left. I cannot and will not leave my grandparents side until they are well again. I missed an appointment because of my family problems Dr griffs receptionist will not stop hounding me about a missed appointment fee of $150 dollars,not only does she not sympathize my situation she belittles me on the phone makes me feel as if I’m at fault for my family’s health issues. I broke down on the phone crying and she hung up on me mid sentence. I asked to speak with the dr or leave a message and she hangs up on me. I am in no way the aggressive or angry I am literally in tears and she gets defensive with me. I went to this Dr for help I trusted him , now he is adding to my problems not only monetarily, but I have never been so depressed. Please if your having troubles don’t see this doctor it will only make things worse in the end. The only receptionist there is heartless and cruel. When I spoke to her with kindness she responded with demeaning banter.Tena Schurr

This place messed my insurance up by billing someone one else and then has the nerve to tell me it’s my responsibility to straighten it all up. The receptionist just keeps passing blame. My wife and I have the same insurance yet hers got paid and mine got denied. Kinda funny how this receptionist didn’t figure out why. Do not go here. So many better places. Plus, the dr only sits there and judges you for whatever reason you are seeking help. He was seeing me and my wife separately and when I would have my session he would bring up what my wife didn’t like. I believe that’s against hippa. It was almost like he was getting my wife and I against each other. Bottom line, go somewhere else.Brad Scott

STAY AWAY or else you will be down $200 from non-refundable fees for the first appointment or without a degree!!! Learn from my mistakes please! Here's my awful experience with Keiser University: I called to request information. Over the phone the lady (I found out later that this was Constance Bogle, Admissions Counselor) asked if I was working. I said that I was unemployed and she told me to come in with an appointment for that day directly after our phone call. I asked for the next day instead. I wanted to see the place and get information because that's what their website says that I was doing. (Once the appointment happens Ms.Bogle says at the very end that I would need to pay $200 upfront for this next day appointment when she knew that I was unemployed.) I was not told that I would need to bring in any money for this appointment. I wanted an information session. I did not want to attend college. I was manipulated into registering for this college. Now I need to figure out how to withdraw from this lousy "Educational Institution". I was sat down in a random room all nice. It was basic filler conversations that any pedestrian could have said to you while waiting in line to check out at walmart. Things like: college gets you a degree, you could earn a lot of money, times are hard right now. Towards the end of our appointment I got a crumb of information by accident. She even remarked that she should have said that earlier too. Basically, the students take one class for a month and then they move on. I did not want to be registered into college. I also did not do the entire registration by myself!! I was shown a laptop and told to fill out the questions. I filled the questions in because I thought that this computer would help to show me information about Keiser University. Ms.Constance Bogle wasn't telling me anything so I thought that the computer would instead. I was not asked If I wanted to register and I was not told that what I was doing was registering for Keiser University. I only realized later when she kept saying that I would be attending college at the end of August. In my mind I knew that I did not want to go so I just sat there in awkward silence. After filling out the questions that made me registered into Keiser University, Constance Bogle then takes the computer and does the terms without my consent. She shows me the screen and starts rapid firing through the terms with a single statement about each term. I did not verbally consent to the terms nor did I physically consent to the terms. Ms.Constance Bogle (Admissions Counselor) did that herself. After this Ms.Bogle says very quickly that I would need to pay $55 and then $145. I did not understand her because of how fast she was speaking. I had assumed these were fees for registering with the university. I did not think that I was registered so I assumed that I did not need to pay those fees. Thus I did not verbally question them. Ms.Bogle keeps speaking and says that I could pay the fees later in the month and then she says that financial aid could help me to pay these fees. The statements were a complete lie because after financial aid she brought the comptuer in and demanded for me to pay upfront. I am so disgusted at how an established non-profit university could take advantage and scam innocent people. I truly am horrified and embarrassed from this experience that I do not wish to attend college ever again (my experience with IRSC isn't any better). I was told over voicemail that I would get my refund of $55. I also tried to work with the Keiser University Bursar for my refund. I still have not received my refund and I'm not withdrawn from this horrible Keiser University 2 weeks later!Anna

I graduated with my bachelors in nursing from Keiser, Port Saint Lucie campus and would not recommend it to anyone. It was such an inconsistent and disorganized nursing program. They tell you to be flexible but what they mean is be flexible with there disorganization. Also not a good look on how the professors like to gossip about students to other students/staff, it always makes it back to that student some way. If every cohort complains about the same ongoing issues, why have no changes been made? Pretending to listen to the students and act like you care with no actions to back it up is the same to not listening at all. Just another money hungry school. Numerous times grades were put in incorrectly, numerous times questions were put on exams on topics we weren't even taught yet, numerous times correct answers on exams were marked wrong, numerous of times skill check off were inconsistent because each professor does it differently ( if we are taught one way , we should be graded on that way ), numerous of times professors have been disrespectful but of course it only matters when the student is disrespectful you know the paying customer who is fed up with the lack of education/treatment they are receiving, numerous of times test percentages are increase semester after semester even though the program is already hard as it is. Literally everyday they showed us they could care less about our concerns. One professor even said to all of the students " All you do its complain" -,- great customer service. Beware I have yet to find anyone say anything good about keiser unless they are paid to do a commercial or a youtube add. Good LuckJhorman Gonzalez

I got a call from the admission counselor for the BS program in nursing. I was very excited. The admission counselor helped me to finish the process. The head of the program seemed nice. My classmates were kind and respectful, except some of the students who had used the street language, and the faculty was ok with that because "they paid a lot of money for the classes." Also, I soon realized that the majority of the instructors did not have any teaching degrees, and that they were mean, disrespectful, and not professionals. Since I had already paid a lot of money for the classes, I could not drop them. So, I wanted to retake some of the courses due to my tight schedule and low grades. The head of the program played a double role. She did not want me to retake the classes because she wanted me to pay again for the classes. So, I missed the opportunity to retake the courses. They know students by their money, nothing else. I got the worst experience from Keiser University. I never want to go back to this school again, and I do not recommend my family members and friends to go to Keiser University as well.Mustafa Orokzai

I am very disappointed with the Financial Aid department at Keiser University. I worked with Taniesha Whittaker in order to apply for a Pell Grant and Loans. At the beginning Ms. Whittaker told me that I needed my 2015 taxes, sign a promissory note, and call my previous school to stop them from requesting my loans. As I handle each task, I kept Ms. Whittaker informed. Since then, I was going to class every day for four months until I had to move back to Georgia. After moving to Georgia, I was contacted by Ms. Whittaker with an urgent request to handle my financial aid paperwork. I was confused because we have handled all the request from previously. Once again, I signed all the doc and moved on. I later decided to check on my funding only to find out that my loan was not in nor applied to my financial plan. I was totally caught off guard. I confronted Ms. Whiitaker with my concerns only to be greeted by voicemail's and left messages. I spoke with another financial aid rep who told me that she could put in my loans and all would be taken care of; which was not the truth once again. After getting the run around I called Taneshia again, instead of talking, she sent an email saying she told me to stop my previous school from requesting my loans and it is too late to receive my loans. Now, how upsetting is that? I handled all my business only to find out at the last minute that I can't get my loans. And there is no resolution. I honestly feel that Taneshia wasted my time for four months and if there were any compilations of my loans, she had plenty of time to keep me informed. P.S Ms. Whittaker also lost my book receipts and is trying to charge me for books that should pay for my Voc Rehab.Garry and Dasha Brown

There two college i can't decide. But i will decide when i am in 12th grade . Southern college and keiser university. This is a big decision because i really want to be come a doctor but i don't know what college to go to.diva_235 babydoll21 (dd4l)

Had a great experience while completing the nursing program with them a few years back. Great support throughout and even after completion.Ismo Hujanen

We started working with Dr Horvath when our son started the fourth grade. It was a terrible time. Dr. Horvath worked with us to find out the root of our problems and came up with strategies to make things better. A year later, our son is doing way better!Devon Schmidt

The report and insights given from the testing has been hugely beneficial to my kid's school and social life. We have seen noticeable improvement and wonderful progress with my daughter's anxiety. We are THRILLED with the outcome. Strongly recommend!Juliette Fellini

This place is amazing, I drop in on their lectures every Wednesday and I always am interested by the topics and the things I learn. If you want a degree for Marine Biology, Ecology, or other environmental or biological careers, this is the place to go!Robert K

We just left there, Juliette gave a fantastic tour. She answered all 100 or more questions. If you're in the area, stop in, you won't be disappointed.Jackie Hamil

I would give this place a 5 star review if it were not for the extreme discriminatory commets made toward me by the ged nurse who is a certified doctor due to the fact that I have mental health issues and her assistant. The fact that those people were never disciplined by the school disgust me. Also the student sucssess president coereced me in to meeting with him by denying me the ability to do classess until I met with him he even would not allow me to to record the meeting for my own protection aginst any possible false accusations. On a more positive note I spoke with a staff member on 11/6/21 about the fact that due to some faimly issues that I would be putting my education on hold this lady was very understanding and hopesI will be able to start after the new year.cody teller

Honestly, there are better colleges. Ones that are more helpful. You pretty much pay for a class and teach yourself if you do anything online. Very dew good professor's left. The River Shop and Bookstore are not helpful and slow. Any person I have asked for information either takes a long time to respond, tells you they cannot find you or is discouraging. Disappointing to have such a "great college' but students do not seem to be a priority. If I wasn't a few semesters in I would look for a new school.Rachel Diamond

Staff was very helpful and efficient, grounds are well maintained and the buildings are clean inside and outside. The college also offers a wide variety in area of study programs with various days and times. Check it out, you may find the right program for you.Marjorie Lattibeaudiere

The front desk girl just called me 30 minutes before my appointment, closing her car door in the background, to tell me that you guys don’t take my insurance. When we’ve been back and forth trying to schedule my appointment for 2 days and she told me multiple times my insurance was accepted. I can’t tell if she’s new so I’m sorry if she is but I don’t want Sara to lose patients because it’s so hard to get anything figured out.Haley Yates

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Gilda Broadwell’s program is superior. Her unique approach helps educate clients so they understand how and why addiction continues to plague their lives. Patients are never made to feel ashamed of their inadequacies. Gilda welcomed me back when I relapsed, she worked with me to find solutions. In the end, it was my doing that led to me not returning. It was what Gilda’s teachings however, that have blessed me with almost 4 years of sobriety. I have my family back, I have healthy friendships, and I’m happy, I will always be grateful for my time with Gilda. I wouldn’t be here without her. -Maggie MaherM

Gilda helped me in so many ways. She taught me coping skills, ways to stay sober. The classes were so informative I still use many of her techniques. She walked me through the good and bad times. Today I celebrated one year of sobriety. Thank you GildaBarbara Vitetta

One of the worst schools in Florida they have and advanced atusim program that is terrible from our experience and my visual take they are mean to their special needs students and the teachers are bullies to the parents and students the school board is no help in St Lucie County don't want to hear what you have to say as a parent they back their teachers I witness the nurse pulling my son's tooth out still haven't gotten no accident report have no right to put their hands on our children and that's not a big deal to them2024harleymike