IDK. I kinda feel like we're getting to the stage where you're hell bent on making a point that people have clearly said they find invalidating and over-generalised.
There can be cultish type behaviour and cultures in many, many areas of society, and perhaps psychotherapy is no exception. Indeed there is also sexual abuse by psychotherapists but nobody would say 'psychotherapy as a platform for sexual abuse'.
Yes, anybody who has experienced any type of abuse in therapy including gas lighting, emotional, sexual abuse or whatever else deserves a voice and empathy, however not at the expense of the truth, which is that this is a minority of cases. Scaremongering is unhelpful.
I had a bad experience in therapy where I was hurt terribly, and I am and will always remain, an advocate for the rights of clients and a critic of bad therapists, but you know what? I've also had (and continue to have) a great experience in therapy, and it would be a real shame for the message of what a healing experience therapy can be to be drowned out by the negative (and very valid) experiences of some of the users of this forum.
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