Colin Kageyama, O.D., FCOVD

Feb 2024

I was referred to Dr. Kageyama’s Vision Therapy Practice from my optometrist after he noticed that my eyes had trouble focusing. After a few months of vision therapy sessions with Dr. Kageyama, my vision improved drastically!! I enjoyed the therapy very much! Everyone was very patient. The staff is extremely nice, professional, and friendly!! I highly recommend!

Apr 2023

My daughter went to Dr kageyama for over a year. He diagnosed her with Convergence insufficiency- an eye condition that affects how your eyes work together. It wasn't until she was going into high school that she was accurately diagnosed with dyslexia. He dismissed my concerns about this and my daughter is really playing catch up as we spend another many thousands of dollars in structured literacy support- something she should have started in her fourth grade when she saw him. She is very intelligent. His testing is too basic. Maybe she did have Convergence insufficiency but her dyslexia was the main factor in her inability to read. Susan Barton is a great resource. Don't hesitate to test your child. She says almost one in five kids has dyslexia. The schools are stepping up to offer structured literacy more now.

Nov 2020

Context: I developed monocular and binocular diplopia possibly as a result of burnout a few months ago. Saw multiple doctors of all kinds - optometrists, ophthalmologists, endocrinologist, hematologist, neurologist etc and wasn't getting anywhere with what is going on with my vision. Decided to try out vision therapy as a last resort - I'm writing this review as I've tried Dr. Kageyama a month ago and another doctor at SJ Vision Therapy, both one session so far. I did not have a good experience with Dr. K - I felt that his experience is working more with kids, and I felt he spent roughly 40 minutes of the hour session trying to tell me how smart I am, and how people like me have vision issues like mine, and that he's able to treat them in a very circular conversation. It felt like he was talking to a parent, and I was both the kid and the parent. At a very high surface level, I did feel he understood my condition, but couldn't convey it in proper detail. I attempted to break the circularity by asking for specific / concrete examples of success he's had with people like me and he could not give any. I then asked few times asked what tends to happen in a therapy session, and what kind of framework / model of therapeutic methods would you potentially try with me. Overall, he couldn't describe it and would circle back to intelligence and success with intelligent people with vision problems. Finally, when I mentioned that it was difficult for me to want to continue sessions because I absolutely had no idea what I would be getting into, he used the last 10 minutes to give an example using frames that distorted your balance. He said we would have to do sessions every day and couldn't guarantee results at all (which I can understand based on what I've read - it may or may not work for everyone). I understand that the treatments are highly customized, but it would have been nice to have some rough idea of how the therapy may going to work. Potential routes / action plans here would have been nice. I left without any idea of how things would work or confidence in working with Dr K., and had to pay for that experience. Now, I want to contrast this experience with the other vision therapy doctor (which I'll also write a future Yelp review when I've done more sessions) - The other doctor was significantly more articulate; I was able to understand symptoms and root causes. - We hit the ground running - battery of tests beyond just looking through a phoropter / focus on a pen or finger, different kinds of tests I've never done with any other optometrist / ophthalmologist - From all the measurements, the doctor was able to clearly tell me what is going on with my vision, and formulated a plan of attack. I went home with an action / treatment plan that gave me hope. - I was never told I needed to come in every day for therapy - it was try this line of therapy first for two weeks and we'll see how it goes and adjust from there. So in short, I feel Dr. K is probably best with children as opposed to adults, and given the other reviews, I'm sure his methods have success, but being unable to communicate and convey ideas without a run-around really hampered the experience. I also do not think vision therapy is something to discard as a quack science - scientific literature is lacking because it's impossible to do a double-blind study when treatment is highly customized to the individual. There is no holistic approach for treatment. Also because of the lack of science literature or the ability to produce it, it is why health / vision insurance generally does not cover it. That being said, don't give up and you may have better luck with another vision therapist.