Mental Health Professionals - Kaysville, UT

"I will strongly advice to be careful with him. My husband hired him right after I have my second baby asking him to help me with my pospartum depression. My first 2 sessions he asked a lot about my background, I honestly was getting annoyed bc I went there for a specific issue. During our sessions he had his phone next to him and he will interrupted me and take his calls. He gathered information about my past traumas and told my husband that I didn't have pospartum depression, that I have a different mental issue. How ridiculous that can be. He told me over a phone called I don't have pospartum I have something different but he doesn't know what. Before I was released from the hospital I was diagnosed by a psychiatrist and my obyn with severe postpartum depression anxiety and panic attack. How disappointing and hurt I felt hearing this from him when I still was healing firm my c section and my baby was 3 weeks old. This person twisted everything made my husband take my kids away from . He claimed he knew how to help mother's with pospartum but all he did was destroy a family. I've been in counseling with another psychologist since then. She reviewed his notes and told me how judgemental and lack of knowledge about pospartum he was. She has change my life and help me trough this process. I finally can see the light at the end of the tunnel. My medicine is working and with her counseling my life and my old self is back. MY OB recently evaluated me and told me when I left the hospital 1 out of 20 my pospartum was 17 high score. Right now I'm on 7 which is the normal from pospartum. I'm leaving this review to help someone out there don't put your life or your family life's in the hands of this poor therapist. He might look charming and caring but he won't help you at all. He will judge you and make your life miserable. "

"My biggest regret was going to him. He made things worse. I was verbally abusive & called 3 names by the other party in the room & when I spoke up about it Michael said he didn't hear it. He didn't listen & that was HIS job! I was also threatened 3 times & not once did Michael tell him to CALM down. Michael wouldn't let me discuss the past (it was our 2nd session). He says discussing the past was pointless. How can you counsel someone without knowing why we are in his office to begin with? The other party didn't want to discuss the past because the other party didn't want to own up to it. So this gave the other party a free pass. Then Michael had the audacity to tell me that "it was none of my business" when I was going to report the other party of unethical behavior regarding NEGLECT. I spoke to two other professionals (one of which was another therapist) after that 2nd session and BOTH professionals told me I did the right thing reporting the situation to the proper authorities. Excuse me, but if I am aware of a situation that involves neglecting children IT IS MY MORAL AND ETHICAL OBLIGATION TO REPORT IT! I was also paying him out of pocket because he wasn't covered under my insurance & he wouldn't let me speak. He told me that I don't get to choose what we talk about that he has to lead the discussion. How can you lead without knowing the past and why we are there? I fully understand that one person cannot take over the conversation without others speaking; however, Michael just wouldn't let me speak & explain myself AT ALL! Because Michael was so one sided, the other party felt the desire to not be there and got up, thanked Michael and walked out by threatening me again. What a waste of $225. NEVER again! "