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Old Apr 28, 2019, 04:54 PM
BudFox BudFox is offline
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All therapists are guilty of love bombing or attention bombing. It's what they do. When the client, predictably, has a strong reaction, it's labeled transference, and used as the basis for recommending years of expensive therapy. Smoke and mirrors.

When the client has a really intense or unsettling reaction, as with OP, therapists can just disown it, blame the client more overtly, and make a quick exit, keeping all the cash. Disgusting beyond words.

BTW i dont see much difference between the responses on Quora and posts I've seen on therapy client forums. On the latter, have seen plenty of bullying and abusive posts in response to people in distress over therapy. As well, lot of people playing armchair therapist and preaching in detail how people should live and how to do therapy right. It's part of the culture. Therapists tend to model victim blaming in my opinion, and that s**t rolls downhill.
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