Trigger Warning: My new T said I should report the old T

My new T said to report my old T, so did my primary physician. They suggested I do it anonymously. Does anyone know if the doctor gets to read the anonymous reports? I am afraid that if I am too specific he will know it was me. I am afraid of retaliation. Just a brief description, the old T would say sexually explicit things to me. He would talk about his masturbating, etc. My new T was trying to convince me to report the old T, saying that I could help another patient. I am not one for getting people into trouble, but the old T is quite vile.

Hi NYCKItten

You're most certainly not "getting people into trouble".

What you're about to do is POWERFUL.

YOU are the person that will have the courage to do this so that no other patient has to be put through such hideous behaviour that is so out of line for a T.

You are saving other's mental health.

Please speak to your primary physician and your current T about the process.

[Footnote: I am suspecting that you are FAR from the only person he has spoken to in this disgusting manner .... I am sure that there have been plenty more before you .... and there will be plenty more after .... you are so powerful to speak up ..... I am so proud of you]

Hi NYCKitten, with "I am not one for getting people into trouble". I'd say he should face consequences for the way he treated you. You had a right to expect nothing but professional, supportive behaviour from him. You made yourself vulnerable to him by just taking part in the sessions and he abused that!!!
If he were to get into trouble (which he should!!) he should have no-one else but himself and his actions to blame.
So if you're getting stuck thinking about other patients, you do it for you. YOU deserved/should have had SO MUCH better.
So time to take a stand in "saying out loud", for yourself and the world out there........"I was/am worth more than that"!!!
And as for processes...........well you ask your T as many questions as you need to about that. It sounds like they want to support you in this, which is great..........you're not going to be doing this on your own.

Alison

Quote: "In order to love one's self,one must behave
in ways one can admire." Go for it girl,one more
loonie put to sword! Bloody good for you!
Deepest Respect,
BLUEDOVE

Of one thing you can be sure: Everything you say to the one T will be accesible to the other . In this day and age, there are no secrets. So, it's a good idea to think before you jump. Do you want your actions to be known by all involved? Are you prepared to live with it forever?

You haven't told us quite enough to form an opinion to my thinking. I had a psychiatrist who talked frankly about sex but I don't think he was crossing any boundaries or violating any ethics code. He was basically overexplaining that sexuality is human instinct and we don't control who we are sexually attracted to.
What your therapist was doing may have been different. Not enough info to say. If you've related specifics to your current therapist and he/she thinks what was said was worth reporting then I think you should follow up on that. On the other hand, if you spoke in generalities and the current therapist said if you feel like there were inappropriate things said then you should consider reporting it that's not so easy to give advice on.
There are certainly therapists like that out there but just from reading posts here over the years I have found that there are patients/clients who share the blame. You describe him as vile so I don't think that's what happened here.
In the end it's up to you... I don't think it should matter if the therapist knows you reported him. Good luck.

So, what did you ultimately decide to do?

He was inappropriate and you have every right to report him.