Let me tell you a story and warn you: if you need just an ear to listen, to lay on a table to get…read more"energy work," sound gongs or whatever, and supplements, you may have found the right doc. If you need anything else - skip this therapist and find a real doctor. This is NOT a therapist you want to go to for serious issues like being suicidal or having PTSD or any other real medical condition! She knew that not only was I dirt poor and lost my home and two cars due to my mental health issues I needed help with, but I was also finding it hard to find food for myself and my children. She offered to see me even though she didn't take my insurance and I couldn't pay until I got on my feet and was expecting money to come in. To her though, this meant she could charge me THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS to see me for a few twice a week for almost 6 months - the regular rate was $80ish, mine would be $135. This would be almost ok for getting help, but I really didn't get any real therapy. Therapy is coping resources, breathing or stress relief techniques, emergency resources for a crisis, help setting up a support system, information for group therapy... Things like that Carol. Talking to you daily about when I may get money to pay you for an hour twice a week is not therapeutic, it's extremely stressful and is a reminder of how bad my life is. In that time I learned many things; that she wants to stop renting and buy a home but needed down payment money, that my sessions would only be me discussing when I thought I'd be getting my money, and then that I would not get ANY type of guidance or help recovering from the PTSD, agoraphobia, panic disorder and OCD I came to her for! The only thing she ever did for me was filled out a couple of papers to help me get short term disability when she got around to it. I didn't get any real help until I found a different program. The worst was when I went into labor early and was hospitalized, nearly lost my son, and missed an appointment. I bet you can guess what happened next - I got an email demanding money! Because when you know you have a patient who is several months pregnant and has health problems, the FIRST thing anyone at all would be thinking about would be rescheduling useless therapy visits, right? So I should have pulled the breathing tube out and pulled out my cell phone out of my a** and rescheduled my appointment to avoid your angry and disappointed emails, phone calls and texts, right? Beware!Let me just add a note here. LARA, who regulates the licensing in Michigan, claims that Carol DOES NOT have a license to provide health care services in Michigan. How can you claim to help people with disorders when you are not qualified or licensed? Makes sense why my reviews on other sites are disappearing. "Only LMSWs with the Clinical designation can perform psychotherapy and diagnosis of DSM-IV conditions. An LLMSW can perform these functions only under the supervision of an LMSW with the Clinical designation. An LBSW is not trained or authorized to perform psychotherapy or diagnosis of DSM-IV conditions." How can you claim to do psychotherapy when you're not licensed http://w3.lara.state.mi.us/free/ Search for Carol Damoth. Then try the last name Handelsman.

Carol Damoth has counseled me through multiple issues surrounding serious health problems. She has…read moreprovided sage advice to me in a court case involving severe mental health issues of the other litigants including knowledge of personality disorders, anxiety disorders, depression, PTSD, and autism spectrum disorders. The other aspects to her practice add to her ability to care for her clients, but are not mandatory.