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Carmen Shumate , LPC

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Carmen is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

4.5 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Carmen. View 71 reviews
Speaks English
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in Georgia

Recent reviews

Just thank you!

Reviewed December 2024

Carmen has been a great resource for help, for listening, for assistance. I appreciate all of the resources she has provided, the understanding she brings and the patience she displays.

Reviewed December 2024

More about Carmen

  • 25 years' experience
  • Female
  • LPC

I am licensed in Georgia with 24 years of professional work experience. I have worked in various areas such as a hospital, office, residential facility, and in homes. I have experience in helping clients with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, coping with grief and loss, motivation, improving self esteem, and building self-confidence. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will customize our talks and treatment goals to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to seek help takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.

I keep a schedule that hopefully can accommodate everyone - early morning, afternoon, and late night (12am-1:30am)!

Specialties

Stress Anxiety Relationship issues Trauma and abuse Self esteem Depression Grief Communication problems Coping with natural or human-caused disaster Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) Family problems First responder issues Guilt and shame Mood disorders Post-traumatic stress Self-love

Treatment Approaches

  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Licenses

Carmen Shumate 's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427522507.

  • LPC · Georgia · LPC004926 · Expires September 2026

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for Carmen Shumate

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

4.5

71 reviews

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Just thank you!

Reviewed December 2024

Carmen has been a great resource for help, for listening, for assistance. I appreciate all of the resources she has provided, the understanding she brings and the patience she displays.

Reviewed December 2024

Carmen is not only kind, caring, and compassionate, but she is a great listener, and maintains a positive attitude and a calm demeanor. Carmen is great about recommending tools to help you progress through your problems, not just detour around them.

Reviewed November 2024

This was my first experience with a therapist. I wasn’t enthusiastic about trying therapy, but I have changed my mind. Carmen has helped me, The things to which she has introduced me are valuable to me and will continue to be. She is such a wonderful person. She is quiet. She is definitely a great listener, and I felt like she really cared about me. I am grateful to her. Thank you for this opportunity to review my excellent experience with Carmen.

Reviewed November 2024

Mrs.Carmen Shumate is an excellent therapist. I feel she has directed me in the right direction. I have received many tools to help me out with my problems. I would recommend Mrs.Carmen to anyone who needs help

Reviewed September 2024

As an experienced mental health professional, Carmen is able to identify conditions quicker then most. I can tell that Carmen has care in her field of work and has put in the effort to be certified, educated, and trained. My experience with Carmen showed me that she is open to listening to concerns and in my case she provided support and led me in a direction to better understand my situation. I still have my goals where Carmen does define her scope in where she can support and potential paths forward that brought me reassurance. A good leader in any field is one who understands pros and cons, and scope. Carmen is someone I would continue to use and recommend.

Reviewed August 2024

Kind, attentive; I love her insightful questions which appear at the right moment when I’m rambling on. She is a wonderful therapist!

Reviewed September 2024

Carmen is great ! If you need someone to listen , feel judgemnt free and also feel like you are talking to a friend please picker her!

Reviewed September 2024

I love working with Carmen! She’s very direct, but gentle in her approach and knows when I need an extra push and when to pull back. She’s helped me with a lot of my personal stuff and I’m really grateful for her expertise.

Reviewed September 2024

Carmen is a great listener. She listens for the core of the problem and helps me look at things from a different perspective. She helps me with re-wording my words to avoid confrontation a to get a better response.

Reviewed September 2024

Awesome therapist!

Reviewed August 2024

Carmen is great

Reviewed August 2024

Carmen is a God-send! I finally have someone who listens and offers great common sense advice. She knows when I only need someone to listen and speaks when I really need it. I used to wear my friends out using them as a therapist but they weren't able to help like Carmen does. I feel like I finally have a great opportunity to keep myself in the right place mentally.

Reviewed August 2024

She is a great listener and gives me tools to help and good advice on the things im struggling with. I feel like I can be open and honest with her without judgement.

Reviewed July 2024

Carmen has been so incredibly helpful through one of the most difficult times in my life. I am thankful for her expertise and insight.

Reviewed June 2024

Mrs.Carmen is very professional and also very personal. I feel like I can talk and she is very attentive to my issues. And she is a strong therapist who will make sure I am doing the things to lead me in the right direction

Reviewed May 2024

I love her. She makes me feel heard and actually does a amazing job talking to me

Reviewed May 2024

She's awesome

Reviewed April 2024

You are really good,and she really does listen and wants to help you always reach your goals

Reviewed April 2024

She is honest, she calls me out when I’m lying to myself. I want that from a therapist. She hears me out and gives me the hard truth while providing solutions. It’s what I need and I appreciate her work. I always look forward to our meetings.

Reviewed March 2024

Carmen has been wonderful!! I look forward to working with her to better myself

Reviewed February 2024

Carmen is an avid listener and is respectful when we have our sessions. She’s doesn’t judge and helps me feel clarity when I don’t understand certain emotions. I would definitely recommend!

Reviewed January 2024

Carmen provides empathy and patience. She put me at ease early on so that I have already begun to navigate the "stuff" that has molded me into the mess I feel I am now. I am already feeling better about myself and my ability to face some difficult steps I need to make to improve my daily life. She offers advice when I need it but also listens very well. I feel fortunate to have her as my therapist.

Reviewed January 2024

Carmen provides amazing feedback during each session giving me extremely good examples to guide me in the right direction.

Reviewed January 2024

Carmen is an excellent therapist and definitely makes me feel heard and acknowledged. She offers many different perspectives on problems and is very accommodating and reassuring when it comes to discussing my feelings. I always leave our sessions feeling relieved and mentally clearer! Definitely would recommend to anyone!

Reviewed January 2024

I wasn’t sure if I wanted a man or woman therapist because I’ve spent my life working around men and it’s usually easier to connect about guy stuff. Mrs. Carmen is very easy to connect with and is outstanding. She’s sensitive but also direct - she makes me feel confident that therapy works.

Reviewed November 2023

Carmen is an excellent therapist. She's always present and engaging - knows when to speak and when to listen. She makes you feel seen and heard, and she's always on top of the details. I always feel like she's exactly right for each session. I couldn't recommend enough.

Reviewed November 2023

I’m really glad I got paired with Carmen. For someone who was anxious about meeting with a therapist, she has really made the process stress free. She listens well and is very easy to talk to.

Reviewed November 2023

Very caring and compassionate. She has helped me grow as a person and open up about my struggles. Thank you

Reviewed September 2023

Carmen is an attentive and intelligent therapist and I really enjoyed our meetings together. She had very useful suggestions and tools to help cope with ADHD, interpersonal and professional relationships, and anxiety for me. Her flexible schedule was tremendously helpful, late nights were the best time for me and I didn’t have to sacrifice my schedule to make appointments which made therapy possible for me. Thank you again, Carmen!

Reviewed September 2023

Carmen was very flexible and understanding.

Reviewed August 2023

Excellent therapist!!!

Reviewed August 2023

Mrs. Carmen is a great listener, and very nice!

Reviewed August 2023

I feel like I really connect with Carmen. She is an amazing therapist and genuinely is helping me improve myself in way I didn’t think I could.

Reviewed August 2023

Very knowledgeable therapist.

Reviewed July 2023

Carmen is very attentive. She actively listens and takes notes during my session with her. She asks good probing questions. I sense that she is really interested in what I have to share. She is friendly.

Reviewed July 2023

Carmen has been absolutely wonderful!

Reviewed June 2023

She’s great!!

Reviewed June 2023

Carmen has offered so many great tools and techniques to try for my mental health to help me to be stronger and more confident in my own abilities. I never feel judged I only feel heard when we have a session. I’m so grateful for this service and for Carmen

Reviewed May 2023

She is open to listen and responds clearly. My way of speaking often wanders around points and she goes on the journey with me. Carmen is a wonderful therapist.

Reviewed March 2023

I’m so fortunate you paired me with Carmen. I alway feel better after our sessions. It’s everything I hoped therapy would be!

Reviewed March 2023

Very understanding, patient and empathetic with real world knowledge.

Reviewed March 2023

Really great therapist!

Reviewed April 2023

Carmen has been a great and tentative listener. She remembers the small details. Always has great encouragement and wise words to help when I need it the most.

Reviewed April 2023

Carmen is the kindest and a very understanding therapist. I can say anything I do not hold back and she rolls with the punches. I am very straight forward. I would recommend her to anyone of friends and family. She is giving me back my self confidence which is so important to me.

Reviewed February 2023

Carmen is wonderful and truly seems to understand me. She’s been very helpful

Reviewed February 2023

She is always willing to listen, and she gives real life examples of how to deal with things but while also, being very clinical as well when needed.

Reviewed February 2023

She’s an absolute sweetheart, very prompt , listens well and very soft spoken . Is very helpful and understanding , i really like her, look forward to talking with her again . Highly recommend.

Reviewed December 2022

Love her

Reviewed November 2022

Carmen is a nice therapist. She messages me the worksheets in a timely manner. I’ve learned more about myself and what my problems are in therapy. I really like BetterHelp because of the worksheets.

Reviewed November 2022

Carmen is a reliable safe space for me and has a variety of resources to help me between sessions.

Reviewed November 2022

She has been amazing and the second we are better money wise I’ll be back! She has taught me so much. I’m thankful.

Reviewed November 2022

She was wonderful and helped me a great deal in a short amount of time. Had to move states so I can no longer use her but very thankful for her help.

Reviewed November 2022

Carmen is easy to talk to, non-judge mental, and meets you exactly where you are. I was scared to start therapy I actually cancelled a few times out of fear. She is personable, honest, and gives you real healing tools and practices.

Reviewed November 2022

Never done therapy before and I'm so glad i have this doc as my therapist. Set the standard real high for future docs.

Reviewed November 2022

She’s really helpful and I look forward to working with her.

Reviewed September 2022

Awesome person

Reviewed September 2022

Such a sweet person! Never judgmental. Keeps the conversation going and has a way of making me open up!

Reviewed September 2022

I am thankful to have a therapist who encourages me when I'm feeling down.

Reviewed September 2022

Great so far only 2 sessions so far

Reviewed August 2022

I am struggling to feel helped by Carmen. I tend to think of my mental health as a function of health as much as any other part of my body. It feels as if, were I to ask Carmen for suggestions on how to stop my feet from being blistered, her response would be "well feet get blistered sometimes " and give a worksheet about foot health. I would like more forthright information on how I can help her help me. She also habitually says "you know ". This annoys me. I don't know, thats why I'm asking you.

Reviewed July 2022

She is just what I was looking for. I couldn’t be happier.

Reviewed July 2022

I’m enjoying the feedback I get and how she opens my eyes to focus on my health

Reviewed June 2022

Carmen is easy to talk to and has a calming presence. Talking to her comes more natural and our sessions flow. It’s nice to not feel like I’m being back up into a corner and being hounded with questions. She’s the best!

Reviewed June 2022

Carmen is down to earth while being direct, honest, and supportive.

Reviewed May 2022

Beginning to work on myself

Reviewed May 2022

Great therapist. Easy to talk to and felt heard and comfortable with them immediately.

Reviewed May 2022

Carmen has already been very helpful to me even though we've only met a couple of times. She has listened well and has given the input that's been needed. I'm feeling very encouraged!

Reviewed May 2022

I am grateful for Carmen. She is helping me work through the grieving process.

Reviewed May 2022

Carmen is awesome. She is down to earth, knowledgeable and relatable. I highly recommend her!

Reviewed May 2022

I was nervous going into talking to a therapist, but she talks to you just like a friend catching up on life. She’s so sweet and asks about things I’ve been surprised she’s remembered in between sessions. Very grateful I was able to find such a great therapist!

Reviewed May 2022

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Frequently asked questions

Does Carmen Shumate offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Carmen Shumate works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Carmen Shumate speak?

Carmen Shumate speaks English.

How many years of experience does Carmen Shumate have?

Carmen Shumate has 25 years of experience.

Where is Carmen Shumate licensed to practice?

Carmen Shumate is licensed to practice in Georgia.

Does Carmen Shumate accept clients outside of the United States?

No, Carmen Shumate does not accept clients outside of the United States.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Carmen Shumate offer?

Carmen Shumate offers clients Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

How can I communicate with Carmen Shumate ?

Carmen Shumate can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with Carmen Shumate ?

Just tap the CHAT NOW button or tap here: A new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.

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When you tap CHAT NOW a new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.