Pathways Counseling Center II 11121 West Oklahoma Avenue, West Allis, WI 53227

"I highly recommend Carol to everyone who wants to step outside of themselves, face their fears, process traumas, and heal emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. I have always felt safe to express myself and I highly value her feedback immensely. Working with Carol has given me confidence, perspective, and has helped me increase my value and sense of self-worth. She has been the catalyst to help me move from survival mode into thrive mode. Her intelligent approach and skills with EMDR have been so valuable to me. I am thankful for her presence in my life!"

"It's taken me a few months to write this review- which reflects the amount of time it has and continues to take to process the negative and abusive experience I encountered while initiating therapy with Carol Seydewitz. I only saw her two times, but it was enough for me to know that what I was experiencing was not even close to being a therapeutic relationship.... and that I was, in fact, dealing with an incredibly judgmental, ill-assuming, pretentious narcissist. And I do say this with a strong medical background, as I am an Advanced Nurse Practitioner with a specialty in women's health and obstetrics and also pursuing a second board certification in psychiatric mental health. I am training in multiple psychotherapy modalities and can't imagine treating any of my patients the way I was treated... ever!! I had a bad feeling after the first phone call, but true to my personality, like to give people the benefit of the doubt. With each visit, her insidious, abusive nature became more apparent. I have now found an amazing therapist, and this new therapist offers a compassionate, non-judgemental sounding board, activities/practices that help me work through my struggles and inspires me in my future private practice in psych/mental health. I hope that by writing this... I save someone from the terrible experience of therapist trauma and feeling like there is no one out there to help you. There are therapists that practice what they preach, are compassionate, value you as a person (because you ARE important and amazing, no matter what you have going on), that are non-judgemental and will help you. You should NOT be afraid or uncomfortable around your therapist... that is a fear tactic to gain control. Hard pass on Carol Seydewitz and try others until you find the right person for you (because no matter who you are, I can tell you that she is not the right one). May you find peace, acceptance and love, dear friend."

"For years I’ve been trying to work up the courage to go to therapy. The fear of divulging your most personal life stories to a stranger is daunting. Finding the “right” person seems impossible, so I decided to make an appointment with Carol. Right when i walked in she asked how i felt. I said that i felt a little nervous and wasn’t sure what to expect. She looked at me and her reply was “Good. If you feel comfortable with your therapist then they aren’t doing their job right”. Again, i didn’t have any set expectations going into the appointment since it was my first time, but what I experienced reinforced the terror of the idea that is therapy. It’s taken me some time to reflect on how I feel that my session went. What I felt after the session was deep regret. I regretted opening up to someone who I should’ve been able to trust. I felt judged, invalidated, and ashamed. If not for the encouragement of my support network I would not have given another therapist a chance."

"I've only had one major issue with a counsler their but all others I enjoy there help and interaction. One thing that saddens me is the turn over rate. One thing I love as far as coming to their also is seeing page (paige)?; who is the reception. I would love ta date her if I could.lol"

"We were patients of Carol. We missed an appointment and although we are 100% sure it was her scheduling mistake the situation was not handled well. You could tell for sure that it was driven by money and that broke the trust immediately. She instantly turned rude and condescending. A year later I got a bill stating I owed money still which was quite a shock to me. After contacting them, I was informed that they had a new billing person because the last one did not do a very good job of keeping things straight. Turned out I did still owe and it wasn't what the statement showed. I was able to clear it up and paid my last bill. I will never return, but the silver lining was that the new billing lady was super nice and provided good customer service as she understood my frustration. That's the only reason for 2 stars. So in conclusion, 0/5 stars for Carol, 5/5 for the niceness of the new billing lady, 2/5 stars over all because I am still bitter. Mental health services should not be a money game but I guess that is the world we live in."