Clarence M. Leung, PHD, Glendora CA

Dr. Leung is thoughtful, considerate, and measured in his responses. He offers a perspective that is both insightful and supportive. I felt that he created a positive environment that encourages trying new things.

I first started seeing Dr. Leung over a year ago for my anxiety, and came out of it with so many new tools and resources to manage it along with many other aspects of my life. Overall I’m very grateful for the experience, I go through life now with less anxiety and with a clearer picture of who I am.

I've been seeing Dr. Leung for over a year now. I had a mental health breakdown after years and years of pushing past my limit, not taking care of my own needs, and working way past burnout. I was seeing multiple specialists who couldn't figure out what was happening - my unattended stress and grief were presenting as multiple medical issues. At one point, I couldn't walk without a walker. After speaking to my psychiatrist, she referred me to Dr. Leung to help work through (known, and also buried) past abuse and trauma from my childhood family and ex-husband. Dr. Leung has guided me to work on strengthening my inner-self and learn to set boundaries and stick to them. I've come to see how my past experiences kept leading me to repeat the same mistakes and inviting the same harmful characters back into my life, and why that happens. He has helped find the root causes, unhealthy behaviors, and thought processes that I've developed at an early age that were keeping me from living a full, independent, healthy life. I've now been able to challenge and change these behaviors and thoughts through his guidance and keeping me accountable. I still have a while to go and lots of unlearning and learning to do, but Dr. Leung has challenged me all the way through to make the healthy choices even when I didn’t want to or felt unready. He’s always been true in his guidance and would anticipate the trouble I would get into when I didn’t do the hard work I needed to. He’s been one of the most important people in my life. It’s wonderful to see how I handle situations now vs.how past me would handle them.

I came looking for a therapist who could give me practical solutions to help me focus on my life goals without going way back in time and taking months or years for some real results. I wanted someone to put me to work and help me make changes and I'm happy to say that I found that in Dr. Clarence Leung.

In my first visit, he explained to me that his goal was to get me where I wanted to be as quickly and efficiently as possible. I was excited about that as I've known therapist who ask very few questions, seem almost bored with their clients and have no apparent structure.

Dr. Lueng has been incredibly insightful and manages to point out behaviors and or patterns that that need to change in order to get me to where I want to be. I've been seeing him for about 4 months now and I've come to rely on his insight and recommendations. It has been a breath of fresh air.

I have noticed several reviews where the payment/billing process has been an issue. I was not pleased in the beginning about this in the beginning and strongly believe that billing should be strictly a front office function and not involve the therapist as it can interfere with the client- therapist relationship. No one wants to hear from their therapist that you owe them10 bucks, right?

I recommended that he distance himself from the entire billing process so that patients don't associate him (or any therapist) with money.

I first came to Dr. Leung after trying 3 other therapists after my divorce. I explained to him that my goals were to recover from the traumas of my broken marriage and learn better coping skills moving forward. I've been seeing him weekly for about 6 months now and I've come to rely on and deeply respect his insight and recommendations. To me he has been a phenomenal resource for mental health, allowing all aspects of my life to benefit from it.

As a clinician myself, I do a thorough search for a therapist that knows what they are doing. It’s almost like a game of chess in my search. I have found that Dr Leung has been extremely helpful. In less than a year I have more clarity in my life and much happier with my life choices. I attribute that to working with Dr Leung and using the skills we discuss in therapy. Also, 45 min sessions are 1 hour session since they have to document the session. It’s plenty of time if you work consistently with Dr Leung.

His other bad reviews are accurate. He’s competent, but I get this sense he isn’t specialized in trauma nor able to extend sensitivity the way people seeking therapy need—even coming off as downright condescending. Speaking from personal experience, he didn’t meet me where I was at the time. So instead of giving me grace or reminding me to practice self-kindness or self-care at the beginning, he just proceeded with an area that I did not want to address at the time and also told me a few times “not to interrupt” him during our sessions. While I can say that he was not a good fit for me at all, that alone might be an understatement.

I saw him three times, and although some might say that isn’t enough time for an accurate review, I would say that two visits was actually enough. The only reason I think the first visit went well was because he was asking basic “getting to know you” questions.

But like others have mentioned, he really does appear to be all about the money. For example, during our second session, he was more focused/interested in counting his money for the day as he sorted, counted, and organized his money for about 10 minutes. Further proving he wasn’t paying attention while dealing with his money, he would ask basic questions I had already addressed while he was counting his cash.

I tried canceling my next appointment but they needed 2 days notice or else I would be charged. My grief with the death of a friend, and several serious cancer diagnosis were met with apathy as I was told reminded that “death happens” and “I’m not God. I can’t save everybody. ”

I have seen Dr. Leung for about 2 months now and i can honestly say he has helped and taught me alot. I have learn how to cope with my anxiety, how to set boundaries for myself, how to understand and not dwell on the past. He is very understanding and makes every session comfortable and welcoming. I highly recommend.

The most unorganized clinic I have ever been to. Had my 1st visit for my daughter where I was charged my co-pay just for him to ask a few questions. He was very quick to let me know if an appointment is ever missed I'd be charged for it because he would be losing out on money. Yet after commuting from Chino to this office for her 2nd appointment he never showed. Stating "he didn't have an appointment for her" after sitting there watching him write the appointment down on his book. Obviously this man is all about the money. My daughters mental health to me is very important. Do not recommend this office.

I dealt with severe depression and suicidal thoughts after the birth of my son and through talking with Dr Leung I am 150% of the man that I used to be. He is a brilliant psychologist who dug beneath the surface into my childhood, upbringing, and working/social history to find the root of my issues. He gave me simple assignments each week and by following them I started to feel and do better. I would recommend Dr Leung to anyone who needs help.

Went in today, and met with Dr. Clarence Leung. Our “session” if you can even call it that, lasted 23 minutes. He says that the remaining 30 minutes he uses for “paperwork. ” He also explained to me that in the event I need to cancel An appointment, I need to do so at least 48 hours in advance or else he will charge me $150 for my session. He did not ask any probing questions, and he kept checking his phone, yawning, and falling asleep as I spoke. I honestly do not understand how he even has clientele. Save your time and money, go elsewhere.

I love to thanks Dr. Clarence Leung, my primary psychologist, for helping me improve my social acceptance of life. Dr. Leung provides friendly consultation, and most importantly, he has the patience to listen to my thoughts carefully before making any comment. His professionalism is out of par, and I strongly recommend Dr. Leung for anyone needed improvement in social life.

MY son had depression last night because of Dr Leung. We called him for appointment on dec 2019 for my son who's going through dark days in his life. He called me back around jan 7th at 6.30 pm and fixed appointment for my son the following day at 1.45pm. My son had a minor accident on his way for the appointment and was late for 20 mins.we tried to contact him without success. Unfortunately, Dr Leung was seeing another patient. He waited for 3hrs to apologize personally, Dr Leung refused to see him and told him not to come back again to his office. He said my son will be responsible for the payment since he was late. I;ll report him to our insurance.
He's so mean.

Dr. Clarence Leung has been my Psychologist since April 2020 and has helped me progress in my recovery from anxiety and depression more than any other doctor has in the past. His guidance has provided me with the steps I needed to take in continuing to get well. I am now back to work full time, which I did not think I could ever do again. But as long as I practice the steps he teaches me, I continue to overcome my illness. I will continue to utilize his advice and am thankful for his services.

I saw him as a new patient, a few warnings:

- Cash price, he charges $150 a session because he "blocks time for you" but your session time includes the time of you filling out new patient forms and checking in.
- After finishing the paperwork, he discloses that his sessions are "40 minutes due to need for charting. " So not a full hour like other psychologists.
- In the end, he basically reiterated that since I can't be an established patient due to my future insurance switch, the session will end early.

I had a 10am appointment, I got back in my car and was driving by 10: 47am, which basically means that the actually therapy session was about 35 minutes at most? Maybe 20 min? I was under the impression that therapy sessions are usually about an hour. Lack of transparency seems predatory.

Edit: I filed for grievance and he stated to my insurance that my "session lasted 45 minutes because [I] was late to the appointment. " Completely blatant lie, he knows I was waiting for him at the door of his office cause HE showed up a few minutes late. What a joke.