Talkiatry: Scam? Sham? Both? Talkiatry is a scam, a sham or both. The enterprise expects the world of would-be clients but delivers nothing itself. Relies on a BOT that churns out messages with the rat-a-tat frequency of a machine gun: Fill out forms A, B, C. Upload them. Upload I.D. forms and proof of insurance. Get ready for appt. Carve out 75 minutes for it. If you fail to show, pay $100 fee. Then, 3 hours before long-awaited appt: “Your Talkiatry visit has been successfully canceled.” What the heck? Someone is impersonating me!? Have they stolen my identity? No, it’s BOT’s interpretation of events. Therapist wasn’t available? Talkiatry’s virtual link went AWOL? Wait! BOT spews out a new message: Reschedule. OK. But what’s this? No appts available for another month. No personal message from anyone. No “we apologize.” No offer to pay me for the inconvenience of their no-show. Just that passive-voice sentence in which no one takes responsibility, even implying (with “successfully”) that I initiated the cancellation. Not until afterwards when I seek out reviews do I land at Trustpilot’s site. A gobsmacking 89 percent of 171 reviewers have given Talkiatry 1 star. My bad; I failed in due diligence. At least I didn’t get sucked into Talkiatry’s billing system that has other commentators roiling. At least some reviews mention other tele-therapy services that appear to be above board...

Great therapists Updated: The therapist has been great to work with. Initially had some billing issues, but they were resolved after following up with Talkiatry.

Talkiatry is over billing everyone and… Talkiatry is over billing everyone and assuming that no one will look at their bills. Talked to someone from talkiatry as an intro, the psychiatrist listened to me and took down my history and it was an intake call. Talkiatry charged me for that session (which is very expensive by the way - 1.5x more than what I pay for Alma...please do check out Alma, they are amazing), but also charged me $96 for a follow up visit, when i never scheduled a second session. They later tried to pass this up as the doctor talked to me about medication and behavioral therapy that would help me, but the doctor never did that. They are falsefully trying to inflate the bill. This is absolutely wrong. No one should be paying extra charges because Talkiatry falsefully is adding fraudulent charges and phantom charges on the bill. Would give them less that 1 if available

SEEK HELP ELSEWHERE Nilesh Tannu is a very rude, sarcastic and demeaning individual. I will not acknowledge him as a doctor as he did not present himself as one. He laughed at me, mocked me and belittled my previous adhd assessments calling my therapist "biased" because she only used one method to determine a diagnosis. I will go out of my way to let it be known that what Talkiatry said would take place did not, and any time spent with Mr. Tannu or with this company is a waste of time and resources.

Crazy bill For my initial session, I was billed over $400. It's insane. I used to have a Psychiatrist with Talkspace. She's great. I paid about $200 for my initial session. She was very thorough. Unfortunately, I moved and she can't provide service in my state. I also have a therapist that I've been working with for years. I tried Talkiatry for medication management. I knew that I just needed to explain what's happening. I told him about my previous Dr, what I'm taking, the usual. It was no way a therapy. And then I get the bill. They just added on to my stress.