Pegasus, you are correct. Most therapists do NOT abuse their patients. Most fathers and mothers don't abuse their children. Most teachers don't abuse their students. Most clergy don't abuse people. However, some do. It's important that those who have been through this be able to process it.

I don't feel that people who have been through this should have to be silent simply out of concern that people won't seek therapy. That's not right. (And maybe that's not even what you're saying.) But, that is an added burden that isn't ours to carry. It is important, as with any type of abuse, to remind people that this is not the norm but that it does happen. By talking about it, those who have been through this or are currently going through it don't feel so alone.

I'm not surprised that there are therapists who have not treated this type of abuse. A lot of patients/clients never go back into therapy for obvious reasons. However, my therapist has treated one other person (and I lived in a city of <200,000 at that time) who was abused by a different therapist. She has also treated women abused by clergy. Thank goodness the majority are ethical.