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Portland, OR

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Portland, OR

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Charlene Sabin, MD
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1811 NE 8th Ave Portland, OR 97212
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Charlene Sabin, MD

Charlene Sabin, MD practices as a Psychiatrist in Portland, OR.Charlene Sabin, MD graduated from Or Hlth Sci Univ Sch Of Med, Portland Or 97201.
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Psychiatrist

Education Or Hlth Sci Univ Sch Of Med, Portland Or 97201
Training Or Hlth Sci Univ Hosp, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; Or Hlth Sci Univ Hosp, Pediatrics
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1811 NE 8th Ave, Portland, OR 97212
Services Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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(8 Reviews)
Service
3 star average for Service
Environment
4 star average for Environment
Expertise
3 star average for Expertise
Staff
2 star average for Staff
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Impressive. She had to make her way into and through some really complex, difficult matter, and I was afraid she would mail it in and not really embrace the challenge. Instead, she really took it on, and got to the bottom of things.

In a custody evaluation, she keeps a poker face, and this lack of conversational responsiveness can make you a bit uneasy. She likely does this for a good reason.

She actually isn't a psychiatrist per se. She has a medical degree as a pediatrician, then did a fellowship in psychiatry. Her career has been in child psychology, accordingly.

She is smart and principled. She is not terribly polished and does not try to dazzle or show off.
by Anon xxx.xxx.200.82
April 24, 2018
**please email me at sabineval@outlook.com if you are willing to speak with me.**

Dr. Sabin's work - from my understanding - used to be what a separated family with conflict needed: fair, balanced, unbiased, investigations to get to the heart of the matter. Figure out what is best for the kids and allow the family to move forward with a plan that gives the children a future that will let them flourish while encouraging the participation of both parents (as long as there is no legal reason not to). She used collateral contacts, objective assessments, interviews and her education as well as scientific/evidence based standards to arrive at this answer. Her reports were clear, concise and complete and the family courts benefitted from her expertise.
THOSE.DAYS.ARE.GONE.
In the last few years, she has been able to spit in the face of the description I gave above and go undetected because the court system trusts her by reputation....and who are we besides a bunch of disgruntled parents who don't like what she had to say? My kids and I have been exposed to this woman because BY REPUTATION she was who we needed: an MD with experience in child psych and a ton of knowledge about Autism, kids with special needs and as a parent coordinator, she knew the importance of playing to each parent's strengths. With a 'few' (hundred) of these under her belt, I was told she knows how to wade through the shaky stories, flimsy excuses and put together the real story by connecting the dots. My lawyer spent $10's of thousands preparing our supportive documents to lay it all out for her and tie it in a bow...all she had to do was look at the pictures, read the emails, follow the timelines and make notes about the promises made but broken.
SHE.DIDN'T.DO.THAT.
Instead, she fell short of a psych eval of the parents - but not short of diagnosing us both, she lied about what we said to her in her report, she wasted our kids' and the court's time by taking 3 set overs to get a report that changed from her verbal to the time of draft, she was biased based solely on reports each parent gave, she took standard form answers from a couple of collaterals but made no attempt to reach out for clarification or the rest of the story (the form didn't allow for 'additional info'), she criticized my reasons for documentation and proof instead of looking at the fact there was WAS PROOF. She admitted to not reading all of the supportive documents and chuckled at me when I told her - joke or not - it is NEVER funny to tie a child up.
I have been told by more than 1 professional that she should be done; she is washed up and burnt out. I have also been told that there are lawyers that now only use her when their client is of a specific profile but not because she will produce a good evaluation - only because it's their only way to win.
Is this what we want for the next generation that, by no fault of their own, had parents that couldn't make it work? I think there are people that should NEVER have had children....that may take more than a parenting evaluation. But, I think there are also people that are mostly good but can't see past the end of their own nose to see what is best for their kids. A 3rd party is who is supposed to help!!!!! Take away the bitterness, take away the need to wield the control of the children, take away the conflict just to brood...focus on the children and raise them to be the amazing human beings they can be. Without it, effective tools are lost, kids are at a disadvantage, relationships are left wanton, and bitterness continues to thrive. Sabin is no longer a person that can do this service for Portland, OR and the surrounding areas. Unfortunately, her reputation and the court's lack of time and commitment to truly helping families has given parenting evaluations such a weight in family law cases that these reports have become worth MORE THAN their weight in gold.
Please, I ask you to join me. Email me at the address and talk to me. Let's stop this. My family is broken, I am broke and Sabin's report produced such a scenario that we will never recover. Let's NOT let us let this happen to more people. I have made contact with people and they are listening. Is it not sad to hear that a board she isn't even certified with knows her first name when you mention her last name to see if you can file a report?
SHE.NEEDS.TO.BE.STOPPED.
by mama3 xxx.xxx.255.82
October 13, 2015
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Fairly Easy
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.192.232
November 05, 2014
Did this provider answer all of your questions?
No, I left confused and frustrated
Was this provider's staff friendly?
Not Really
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by Anonymous xxx.xxx.201.103
August 16, 2012
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