Dr. Rodney E. McNeal, PhD

"The man claimed i pushed my mother down the stairs as a child and that i attacked my stepmother. Stated those things as facts to the court, my mother and stepmother had to file sworn affidavits with the court and those were provided to the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board, after they determined that he was not in violation of ethics rules be releasing false information. I've attempted to follow-up to confirm if any action will be taken in light of what even the judge called 'demonstrably false' information in his reports to the court. I sued him as a result and we was given immunity as essentially an agent of the court. He separately tried to bill me and send over 50,000$ to a collections agency, seemingly in retaliation, but his legal counsel has since confirmed in writing he is no longer pursuing collection of those amounts. Just posting this as a service to others who may be ordered to work with him by the courts. The system is broken, but individuals like Dr. McNeal are the reason why."

"Refused to abide by a signed subpoena by the Court. Then tried to falsely claim I was harassing him. He has gotten in trouble before for having inappropriate communication with opposing counsel. He told me he wasn't interviewing any collaterials which I later found out he did interview collaterals and only biased collaterals. Interviewing only biased collaterals means the psych evaluation is incomplete information. I will be reporting him to the board."

"The other negative reviews are spot on. There is a common thread here. Rodney is simply used as a weapon. He is an extension of manipulation and corruption (collusion with attorneys) in a contentious divorce. And he seems to embrace that role.

So, I can not recommend Dr McNeals services. He is, no doubt, a well educated man. He will be the first to tell you that. He's quite arrogant about it, in fact. It seems to give him some sort of power or authority in his mind. For example, he literally introduced himself to me as a 'benevolent dictator.' It's quite obvious he just views himself as a dictator. But he's smart enough to throw benevolent in there for the sake of optics. He's quite immature if he feels that his self perceived superior intelligence is being challenged. So if you are a beta type personality, and will accept anything he says without question, he very well could be a good fit for you.

I would also warn, again, as others have on slightly different terms, there seems to be an inability to view people as individuals and take each situation as unique on his end. He made many and repeated, sweeping generalizations about me based on, what I assume to be, his experience with others. Or his gatherings from biased 3rd parties. This clouded his entire view and rendered any opinion of his, obsolete. I personally believe it's his ego that is standing in his way of achieving any semblance of benevolence. And until his ego is corralled I see no value from him as a professional in the field of psychology. And God help us all if he ever obtains that desired status as a dictator."

"I wish that I could write a positive review of Dr. McNeal. Unfortunately, I left his presence feeling EXTREMELY angry and frustrated.(Which he knew and made absolutely no attempt to end on a 'good note'.) He seems to have a lot of education. And even a student award in honor of his parents at KU, but he was ineffective at best. I felt he was narcissistic and more concerned with his patients knowing just how much HE knew than actually HELPING with patient issues. I cannot in good conscience recommend his 'services.' I am getting frustrated now just thinking about him. There are a lot of therapists out there. I have been to quite a few - some good. Some not so good. I have never had anyone come remotely close to the negative experience I had with Dr. McNeal. I would wholeheartedly recommend avoiding him. Find someone else."

"He was referred by a retaliating GAL and opposing counsel for seeking a trial because I was exposing child abuse and to try to silence me they knew exactly which psychologist would follow their orders and issue a Level III evaluation to terminate my parental rights and if insane asylums were around, this doctor would be the one signing my papers without ever meeting me. So what I did instead? Take him to federal court."

"I would avoid Dr. McNeal and if he is suggested by an attorney (other than your own) I would highly suggest arguing for someone else. My experience with Dr. McNeal has been terrible. Dr. McNeal was basically used as a hired mouthpiece to support opposing counsel. He only interviewed 'collaterals' that he had every reason to believe would provide biased, if not outright false information about me. This included interviewing my husband's mistress, who by her very nature, obviously lacks all decency and integrity. He went on to make far reaching comments on my religious beliefs, suggesting they were not truly held but rather a means of punishing my soon-to-be ex-husband for his infidelity. Dr. McNeal had repeated contact with opposing counsel after the evaluation was underway. My understanding is that this is not procedurally correct and borders on unethical. He had a smug and condescending tone throughout my clinical interview. Finally, his recommendations far exceeded the scope."

"Do not use Rodney if you are going through a divorce. He will try to insert himself into court proceedings even if you hired him privately. He literally seemed to derive immense pleasure from inflicting chaos. He calling my soon-to-be exs attorney he had no permission to talk to and told her things we discussed in therapy. Rodney made a difficult divorce much harder, and he honestly was so smug and satisfied with himself the entire time he was doing it."

"Do not use Rodney if you are going through a divorce. He will try to insert himself into court proceedings even if you hired him privately... He calling my soon-to-be ex's attorney he had no permission to talk to and told her things we discussed in therapy."

"Rude, patronizing, uninformed, and disrespectful."

Difficulty: 4.6/5 — 7 ratings (2015-2016)