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Old Jul 09, 2019, 05:05 PM
Xynesthesia2 Xynesthesia2 is offline
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Originally Posted by Whalen84 View Post
It took me a year to get where I am. I think therapist abuse is scary as **** because like some ppl have mentioned - it's so private. In my case my former therapists boundaries we SOOOOOOOO bad that she literally wrote it all out ( texts ) it disgusts me to say that I'm lucky for that buy it's true.
I think inappropriate sexual advances are a main area where reporting can be and is more often successful in reprimanding the T or taking away their license. Because it can be so clear, specific and explicit and often happen outside of the secrecy of sessions. Easier to accumulate evidence and it is wrong regardless of the client's mental state. I am always sort of amazed that Ts can do those things, knowing full well that their profession is at stake. Just shows that their mental health is not intact, that they get so out of control and take such obvious risks. I am glad that you benefitted from reporting the T.

Other types of more subtle manipulations and violations can be much harder to prove and defended by the the therapist. Easier to put it down to the client's issues.

I think I could have reported my first T because he demonstrated most of the inappropriate and unprofessional things in outside of session email and text communications. But it would have been a lot of work to compile it to make it meaningful. Also, when I decided to quit, I deleted all of our emails on an impulse because I was so fed up and wanted nothing to do with him anymore.
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