@TalkingToGhosts I am so sorry that happened to you. I am actually applying to grad school to learn about this very special type of victimization. I had been abused by a therapist as an adult, and therapy abuse makes it hard to benefit from therapy when therapy itself is a trauma trigger. Desensitizing from it has not been my experience, and when I asked about treatments for therapy abuse, I get no answers or reprieve to my suffering.

Fortunately, there are alternatives to mental health treatment. You can do a Google search for "alternatives to mental health treatment" and find many options. Also, non-clinical support groups in person might help. Self-help books might also offer tools to cope.

There are also websites specifically related to therapy abuse, which also include a notion of iatrogenic effects of treatment (unintended and negative consequences of treatment that helps some but not others). Iatrogenic effects are not the same as therapy abuse or malpractice, since they are based on presenting symptoms and an assumption of homogeny. Nevertheless, it can feel or actually be traumatic. Again, there are no specified therapies I know of for iatrogenic effects.

But there are support groups for various symptoma such as trauma, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, etc. In-peraon, peer-led support groups might feel safer than clinical ones, that is if there are safety protocals in place.

I hope these suggestions help.

You can always try to revisit therapy while trying out alternative options, as you might find a really good and caring therapist who understands the traumas you experienced in past therapy interventions.

I am so sorry you went through this. I hope you find some encouragement in knowing that you are not alone.