Tarkowski Janet RN EdD

THIS WOMAN DOES ALOT OF EVALUATIONS FOR KALAMAZOO FRIEND OF THE COURT TO AID IN CUSTODY DECISIONS - TALK ABOUT SCAREY!\r \r SHE PERFORMED A PSYCH EVAL ON MY EX HUSBAND AND CHARGED $1,500.00.\r \r SHE TESTIFIED IN COURT THAT SHE PERFORMED AN MMPI2 AND A DRUG/ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY TEST.\r \r SHE TESTIFIED THAT HE HAD NO HISTORIC, OR OCCUPATIONAL PROBLEM WITH ALCOHOL - HE HAS TWO DUIs!\r \r SHE TESTIFIED THAT HE IS TOTALLY QUALIFIED TO PARENT - HE HAS BEEN COURT ORDERED SUPERVISED VISITATION 3 TIMES, LOST VISITATION FOR 11 MONTHS, HAS HAD FOUR PPOs, TWO NO CONTACT ORDERS - ONE INCLUDED THE CHILREN, ONE OF HIS SONS REFUSES TO GO TO HIS HOUSE, AND EX HAS A 22 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ON HER 3RD DRUNK DRIVING, WHICH HE RAISED SINCE SHE WAS 7.\r \r HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE, BUT EARNED HIS WAY OUT BY GOING TO ANGER MANAGEMENT, CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHICH HE HAD TO AGAIN ATTEND ANGER MANAGEMENT, IS A CONVICTED FELON OF NON-PAYMENT CHILDREN SUPPORT ($82K)- WHY DOES THIS WOMAN EVEN HAVE A LICENSE?\r \r SHE TESTIFIED THAT HE IS NOT AN EXPLOSIVE PERSON AND HOSTILITY IS NOT HIS PERSONALITY, HE HAS ALMOST BROKE MY JAW TWICE, BLOWS UP AT EVERYBODY ALL THE TIME AND EVEN HAS HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE COURTROOM 5 TIMES FOR HIS TEMPER - SHE TESTIFIED ""HE SEEKS PEACEFUL METHODS OF CONFLICT"" - MAYBE SHE SHOULD ASK OUR CHILDREN THAT QUESTION, AND GO BACK TO SCHOOL!\r \r SHE TESTIFIES TO HIS POSITIVE v NEGATIVE PARENTING STYLES: 1)HONEST, 2) CHURCH, 3) DOESN'T DO DRUGS OR DRINK, 4) HE HAS COACHED BASEBALL. NEGATIVE: 1) NO PROBLEMS W/KIDS WHEN HIS CARE, 2) THE KIDS HELP EACH OTHER W/HOMEWORK. OMG!\r \r THIS WOMAN IS A JOKE! AND SHE WORKS FOR FRIEND OF THE COURT- THAT EXPLAINS ALOT!\r \r NOW, SHE STATES THAT HE COMPLETELY LIED ON HIS TEST AND STATED THAT HE NEVER HAD A DUI - BUT SHE SAYS HE IS HONEST?\r \r WHEN ASKED SPECIFIC QUESTIONS SHE ANSWERED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, I CAN'T COMMENT, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, I CAN'T COMMENT.\r \r WHAT DID SHE DO? SHE TOOK $1,500.00 (WHICH SHOULD HAVE WENT TO CHILD SUPPORT ARREARS) - TO LIE THAT'S WHAT SHE DID. OH, MAYBE SHE WAS SLEEPING DURING THIS EVALUATION TOO.\r \r NOW, DIRECTLY AFTER HER TESTIMONY THE CHILDREN'S DOCTOR TESTIFIED TO:\r THE CHILDREN ARE DIAGOSED WITH ADJUSTMENT DISORDER, ANXIETY/DEPRESSION, ANGER, OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER (BECAUSE HIS DAD HAS TOLD HIM HE HATES HIM), SEVERE ANXIETY, PANIC DISORDER, PTSD FROM TRAUMA (PTSD CHILD WAS SEVERELY ABUSED BY THIS MAN).\r \r I HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR QUACK DOCTORS - SHE IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THEM!\r \r THIS RATING CHART DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE RATING I WOULD GIVE HER.\r \r \r more

She had no plan for my therapy. I walked out of her office wondering what in the heck?She also seemed to close her eyes a lot - almost as if she were sleeping. A couple of times I quit talking and she just sat there with her eyes closed- was she asleep? Was she bored with my problems? What the heck! more

A few years back I was really in a bad way. It had gotten to the point where I would wake up each morning and my first thought would be ""What's the point?"". After a bit of foot dragging on my part I finally scheduled an appointment with Janet. At the time I really needed an outside person to hear me out. She was there to listen when it was needed. But she didn't just sit back and do nothing. She would give me back what I gave her in a way that helped me to understand things better. I could not have found a better person to help me at the time. more

I would NOT recommend this woman! I think her 'therapy' is dangerous. She would FALL ASLEEP during my appointments but would be VERY awake when my husband would show up with me. My husband wanted to 'swing' and she told me that s - e -x outside the marriage was ""just s- e -x"" (this is a direct quote). My husband used that quote quite a bit after he heard it! She caressed his ego, and pointed her finger at me for the problems in the marriage because I was depressed and had an alcoholic parent! NOT ONE MENTION was made of my husbands part in the problem because he has a PhD and holds a good job. BEWARE OF HER SHE IS TERRIBLE!!!! After my experience with her, I went to school, took many courses in psychology and was asked to be a teaching assistant for a local college. EVERY psychologist and therapist I spoke with since has told me that her methods are DANGEROUS, and they think she is a quack! more