Razzleberry,
Now that you have the other therapist, how would you feel about telling him or her about what made you uncomfortable with the first one? The new therapist can help you decide what you need to do for closure, and also advise you on whether it is an ethical breach that needs to be reported. Even if there is nothing that a disciplinary board takes action on, it may be because you took care of yourself and got out of there before anything worse happened. Or maybe talking about it with someone will help you to understand your feelings better. Everything that you feel or react to in therapy can be used to help you heal. Even this. Sometimes therapy is supposed to make you feel anxious and uncomfortable, because that is what motivates change, so you need to understand the difference between an appropriate level of discomfort as opposed to a therapist being inappropriate.
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“We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of.”
– John H. Groberg
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