I'm so sorry that happened to you, Bud. If it were any other environment therapists would be among the first to call something like that "emotional abuse". I don't really like that term for a variety of reasons, but it's a term that therapists have made popular and it seems fitting to apply it to your situation.

But, who is there in the public at large to notice or care about such things? Those of us who have been hurt by therapy are a very suspect group. I don't quite understand the social and group dynamics about it all, but it definitely seems to be the case.

What I do know, from personal experience, is that I was hurt and taken advantage of by licensed professionals in my community and there is no one in that community who cares about that. S-o-l for me. Sorry it sounds like that for you, too.