John is the single most effective and compassionate therapist I ever worked with. He helped me change the course of my life by helping me understand how my childhood trauma played into everyday reactions in my life and left me unable to act based on what I thought or wanted to do. I also liked how open he was to questions about the process we were going through. I used him for personal counselling as well as marital counselling both of which went well.
I have recommended him to so many friends, some of whom also had life changing experiences and two others, who very interestingly, chose to protect their lifelong way of doing things rather than change. The other review here reminds me of them. It's hard work. The first session is a life changer.
I'd chosen Dr. Gyra to counsel my wife and I because she is also a professional counselor. I was told he would make sure her understanding of the profession would not place me at a disadvantage or distort our discussions. My heart sank at the end of one session when he turned away from me and appealed to my wife's professional understanding of "primacy" and "recency," psychological terms only they as colleagues would fully comprehend. It had the effect of placing us on a completely different footing as physician and clients, he and my wife sharing a professional bond and me feeling excluded.
I was also puzzled that when my wife twice described me as "this man I deeply love," Dr. Gyra did not pick up on this and ask her what she meant by this. It just struck me as something he would want to pursue. I, on the other hand, was repeatedly challenged to explain what I meant and to unfold myself.
In sum, I think Dr. Gyra would be very good treating individual patients. He is smart, judicious and I believe caring. When it comes to treating couples, however, he has difficulty ensuring equal accountability. That, it seems to me should be the sine qua non of any psychology practice.
No, I would NOT recommend this business to a friend