{"id":295502,"date":"2025-12-02T20:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/295502\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:51:11","slug":"westland-woman-says-psychiatric-nurse-exploited-her-crisis-for-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/295502\/","title":{"rendered":"Westland woman says psychiatric nurse exploited her crisis for money"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANN ARBOR, Mich. \u2013 A Westland<\/a> woman says the psychiatric nurse practitioner she trusted to guide her through a mental-health crisis in Ann Arbor<\/a> instead manipulated her into secretly loaning thousands of dollars, conduct that the state of Michigan now alleges violated multiple provisions of the Public Health Code.<\/p>\n

Mary Carmichael, 46, said she first found Priscilla Jimenez, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, on PsychologyToday.com in February of 2023 while searching for help with her mental health. <\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like she was my lifeline,\u201d Carmichael said. \u201cI felt like I found somebody that I could trust and that it was wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Carmichael said everything changed after she mentioned she had money coming in during a period of financial \u201cdire straits.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as I told her that, and she knew I had the money, she started asking me for loans,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Carmichael said Jimenez knew she struggled with hypomania and excessive spending \u2014 triggers Carmichael told Local 4 she had openly discussed as part of treatment. <\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like she manipulated my care at that point,\u201d Carmichael said through tears. \u201cI told her everything. And it\u2019s hard to trust again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The requests escalated, Carmichael said, from seemingly reasonable explanations to \u201cegregious\u201d ones. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe said she was being evicted, that her nursing license was expired, that she was starting her own practice,\u201d Carmichael said. \u201cBut why would you need money from me, a patient, in order to do that?\u201d<\/p>\n

Carmichael said she transferred \u201cthousands of dollars\u201d via Zelle but is unsure of the total. She said Jimenez instructed her to keep the loans a secret. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe told me not to tell anybody,\u201d Carmichael said. \u201cShe told me not to tell the other patient that she saw that I knew, and she told me not to tell my talk therapist, or she would get in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n

The turning point came when Carmichael said she learned she had allegedly been borrowing money from another patient. <\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t feel special anymore,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I was so scared that it was going to happen to somebody else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carmichael then said she blocked Jimenez\u2019s number and filed a complaint with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). <\/p>\n

What the state alleges<\/p>\n

An Administrative Complaint filed by LARA\u2019s Bureau of Professional Licensing states, \u201cfrom June 17 to August 3, 2024, Respondent made multiple requests to M.C. for M.C. to provide personal loans to assist with Respondent\u2019s personal finances. M.C. transferred a total of $3,025.00 to Respondent in seven separate electronic payment transactions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The state also says that on August 11, 2024, Jimenez requested another $816 via an electronic payment app to \u201chelp prevent Respondent from being evicted,\u201d though the patient did not send the money.<\/p>\n

The complaint further states that on March 3, 2025, \u201cRespondent text messaged M.C. with a request for $80.00 to assist Respondent with financial issues Respondent was experiencing with Respondent\u2019s debit card.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carmichael said after she blocked Jimenez\u2019s number, she sought a new provider.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been eight months of anxiety, shame, hollow,\u201d Carmichael said. \u201cIt\u2019s so hard. I don\u2019t trust my own judgment anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

The complaint alleges four separate counts, including negligence or failure to exercise due care, incompetence for \u201cfailing to conform to minimal standards of acceptable practice,\u201d lack of good moral character, and Betrayal of professional confidence. <\/p>\n

\u201cI know the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carmichael said she has never met Jimenez in person \u2014 all sessions were held virtually or by phone. She said she\u2019s sharing her story because, after months of shame and self-doubt, she realised \u201cit wasn\u2019t my fault.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know the truth, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m saying it,\u201d Carmichael said. \u201cIf I can help somebody else not feel the way that I\u2019m feeling, then I have to say something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attorney responds <\/p>\n

Local 4 reached out to Westlake and was told \u201cno comment.\u201d <\/p>\n

Aaron J. Kemp, an attorney representing Jimenez with Chapman Law Group, said they were unable to offer \u201cany substantive comment due to the pending open administrative complaint before the Bureau of Professional Licensing,\u201d but said they \u201clook forward to vigorously defending Ms. Jimenez and seeking dismissal of the administrative complaint once all the relevant facts come to light.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Investigators on Local 4 also reached out to LARA to learn the status of the complaint, if Jimenez ever responded to the complaint, if the complaint was transmitted to the board\u2019s disciplinary subcommittee and if any action has been taken against Jimenez. We are waiting on a response.<\/p>\n

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