My case went before the review board in my state and was in the therapist's favor. The psychologist admitted the bullying but argued it was to "challenge" me. But he also argued my response him as "transference," as if he had magical powers to read my mind. That told me that his outrageous behavior is deemed perfectly in-bounds practice by the psychology profession. A journalist, researching the process in another state, compiled statistics on complaints and outcomes. He told me only a tiny fraction are heard and of those, only a tiny fraction are decided for the client. Big Daddy Therapist is the credible Ultimate Authority; the client is deemed unstable and implausible, apparently.