Kimberly, you certainly do have a venue to write a rebuttal. You just did right here. Exactly the procedure as outlined in the forum guidelines
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#24 - Disputed reviews will not be removed by staff unless the request is made by the thread starter. In situations such as this, the proper protocol for addressing a review in question is to post a rebuttal to the review in that city forum's coed discussions area. Staff will be happy to do some basic investigation to confirm the validity of such reviews, however removal will only take place when requested by the thread-starter or in extreme cases where it has been proven false, there is an admission by the reviewer that the review is indeed false, or the reviewer failed to cooperate with staff's efforts to confirm validity. In cases where a reviewer is found to have posted a review of a session which did not take place, or posted blatantly false information within a review, the reviewer will be subject to disciplinary action at the discretion of staff, which could lead to loss of posting privileges. Along those same lines, if the reviewed party is found to be making false or inaccurate claims to staff in an attempt to trigger staff action against a reviewer or the removal of a review, that party will also be subject to consequences, up to or including temporary or permanent loss of account access. These measures exist to preserve the integrity of the information posted in our review forums, and will be taken when these circumstances exist.
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We ask that rebuttals be handled this way, in the open co-ed forums, so everyone is able to see it and participate if they have something relevant to say. I'm not quite sure how you see our procedure is different than TER, except they allow NO comments to reviews at all and if you want to rebut a review there you have to start a new thread in the discussion forums also.
FWIW, the review posted here on Eccie, in my opinion, was excellent and very complementary of you personally and of the session. I don't see it as a slam against you but more an indication that you are human like the rest of us, as you described above!