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Old Apr 02, 2014, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by feralkittymom View Post
Crimson, what you're saying makes perfect sense from the perspective of an individual case. I agree there's no question some have been harmed by therapy.

But Hellion says she's drawing a conclusion about therapy experiences in general based upon PC threads, and I would caution that this is not a representative population. Independent surveys, compilations of complaints, etc, puts the incidence of therapy experiences that are sufficiently problematic to take action at 5-10%. Even if we double that stat to have a margin to include those who were very unhappy about their experience, but didn't take any action about it, that leaves 80% not unsatisfied. This board is not a random sampling, so caution about general conclusions from reading threads is I think reasonable.
Also I have been in therapy for years and it hasn't helped, hence why I feel it may very well not help. And I don't think all therapists cross boundaries and what not, I don't recall having that problem....but yes based on some stuff here it would seem it is an issue so it makes me feel like i need to be careful about unethical therapists.

I am not basing my conclusion on this forum alone, its also personal experience...other things I have read and talking to people who have experienced issues in therapy.
Thanks for this!
feralkittymom