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Old Nov 01, 2016, 12:59 PM
missbella missbella is offline
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Despite the admonitions to "work things out with the therapist" I think it important to distinguish between a difference of opinion and an irresponsible, abusive or narcissistic therapist. If a therapist is harmful, negligent, deflecting, blaming or defensive, I think it potentially damaging for a client to remain with the burden of repairing the relationship. It's not a client's job to "train" the provider.

I only harmed myself trying to penetrate my abusive co-therapists' defenses because I thought "I should." The therapists claimed all authority in the relationship, so every gesture I made was employed against me.

This is a resource for clients dealing with harmful therapy.
www.therapyabuse.org/