Rate Ida Whitaker

Ida is a pro at communication skills. I struggle communicating with my mom and although I’ve only had two sessions, my communication skills have grown exponentially. She supplemented our session work with helpful worksheets and activities that expedited my progress. I use the skills she’s cultivated in me to better my relationships and to resolve conflicts. Her friendly and down to earth demeanor makes it easy to discuss difficult topics. She is wonderful to work with.

I have felt supported by Ida. She has a very logical approach and doesn’t hesitate to point out areas in which I have a foggy perspective. I would recommend her.

Caring, understanding and offers a different approach to how the other person maybe feeling.

Ida is compassionate, experienced and committed to making sure my concerns are always addressed. She has been invaluable in providing me advice and safe support. I would highly recommend and trust her with my needs.

Ida is very insightful and helpful. She is compassionate, professional, and thoughtful. I appreciate her and would recommend her.

Since working with Ida, she has provided great insight and solutions regarding the problems I've been facing. She has great resources, is very supportive, and has helped me talk through and get rid of the fog and uncertainty in very realistic ways. I would recommend her to anyone!

Ida listens and is able to give me tools to handle my current situation.

I feel very at ease talking to Ida, and I feel safe to be vulnerable rather than cherry picking my answers/anecdotes to sound ‘correct’. I feel that she genuinely wants to help me, she’s so compassionate, and there’s no judgement.

She understands and gives circumstance from her life that relates providing a more natural way to correlate to me. She also takes a good technique to take a step back and do some more probing to see if my spouse is mad at me through my actions or a situation or person prior to interacting with me. This allows me to see if I need to do a reset of the circumstance or situation to bring about a more calm result compared to an emotionally charged one. This has helped in our communication.

I’ve had lots and lots of therapy thru my childhood and in my lifetime. Ida has been my best and favorite therapist! I related to her right off the bat and that has been so helpful!

You are the a great listener and you give helpful/useful advice. I like how you help to address the issues I'm having rather just want to talk about my week. I mean talking about my week is good for me too, but you dig in more than that and I feel that's what I need. Thank you.

I have chatted with my Ida for the first time and I can honestly say that she has been a great help to me. She is very respectful and always listens to my concerns. She has helped me to understand my issues better and has given me the tools I need to work through them. I would highly recommend her to anyone who is looking for a therapist who is caring, compassionate, and professional.

Ida is great! Very professional, knowledgeable, and understanding. She gives me really good insights and makes me look at things from a different angle sometimes, which helps me get perspective and find solutions. I definitely recommend Ida.

Ida is a great therapist. She is genuine, she listens, and cares. Ida sends messages to see see how I am doing, and is always available if I need her. I look forward to my next video chat.

I love meeting with Ida! She’s helped me through some really tough spots and really helped me heal from past trauma. She’s also really good at helping me navigate new tools to handle upcoming stressors.

Listens with the intent to help both my wife and me become better in our relationship,

Ida has been a great therapist for me for some time and I really appreciate her time, attention, and care for my day to day life. She expressed her expertise as a therapist very well and professionally through every session, and she has a fountain of knowledge that helps me reevaluate my situations and perspectives of the things in life. I find that using BetterHelp has greatly improved my life and having someone who I can be vulnerable with and sort of be a mentor for me gradually builds my confidence and reassurance that I can and will eventually overcome my personal obstacles. Mental wellbeing has been very important especially as I try to navigate through different phases of my life. With that being said, I am thankful that Ida was able to provide the support I need.

Gets to the root of issues but really puts it back on the client to realize past experiences can shape not only you but your partner as well. Hope is that fixing the mental can also fix the physical. I hope to really get out of this rut as since 2020 and getting married it has not been smooth sailing.

Ida has been a consistent, thoughtful and kind therapist who I feel cares about me and pushes me to hard truths.

Ida listens attentively and without judgement. Her advice is thoughtful and super helpful .

Listens and has provided great techniques to use in communicating better with my wife.

Ida has literally helped me change my life and my mindset. Not only do I value what she has to teach me and how she has helped me heal and grow, I look forward to our weekly sessions.

Ida was thoughtful and engaged. She was exactly what I needed and helped my to look at myself and my communication style with my husband and with my family. She was objective and gave me needed advice for specific situations. I felt honored and encouraged.

Ida is a very smart and practical and compassionate therapist. She has good ideas and really listens and shows you were your thinking is sabotaging you. She’s wonderful!

Ida is very helpful and gives great tools to help you through your journey

She has been great in understanding our plight in dealing with Covid, not being successful with IFV twice, moving to a place of a new residence, mom moving in, getting married, and trying to find a job. She has been patient, persistent in listening, and allowing me to cope with my mistakes to try and make up for the lack of communicating in an accepting manner my wife can understand. I know we are on the right path it is just a hard road with obstacles.

I was so hesitant to begin any sort of therapy for my anxiety disorder but after meeting with Ida for the first time, I felt like I was just talking to an old friend;) The fear of being vulnerable and letting someone new into my story quickly faded. I felt heard, validated and seen. Something I haven't felt for quite a while. Ida is a wonderful listener and isn't afraid to share her faith journey and trust in God as part of the counseling experience. I am very thankful that BetterHelp matched us as we enter my mental health journey together!

excellent

Ida is warm and caring and consistently helps me to reframe my perceptions and feelings. She is also helpful in affirming my views and pushing me to see other possibilities.

Ida has been great with helping me build skills and tools to tap into when I’m feeling anxious. I would highly recommend her

Ida Is hella cool. Really smart lady who helps me look at things from a different perspectives. It’s always a pleasure to talk to her and figure some personal issues out. She’s dope 10/10

I wasn't really sure what I was hoping to get from therapy, since I was completely inexperienced with the process. Dr. Whitaker has been able to help me identify what I was struggling with, and has given me the tools to help me better respond to my environment. I feel that I can better handle stress and anxiety, and I am so glad I chose to seek help, and that she has been so wonderful in guiding me.

Keep up the great work. Thanks. She’s nice patience. Good listener. Participate on my thoughts worries fears and predicament stress anxiety and concerns that I’ve been having. Am currently at my worse but it helps had the sessions with her.

She is a tremendous help as I have never sought any kind of therapy and has given me many methods and materials to work with as well as other programs to help even more