25 Reasons Not to Trust Your Therapist

I mean they prey on clients. Not financially but emotionally. It could go several ways, but I would say the big one is that they have vulnerable clients, they see themselves as The Ones to help them, the client gets dependent on them, etc. They feed off the client's adoration and dependency and it is entirely possible that they then play games with the client - offering some kind of special treatment or something the client values and then withdrawing it..

This is basically an outline of my therapy from 2 years ago. A lot more happened as well, but everything you mention applies. When this happens, seems to me the therapist is no longer a therapist. They are now a client seeking gratification of their needs, even if in a less overt way than the paying client.

I found this article and didn't know what to make of it at first, but it lists so many thoughts that I've had going through therapy myself. I couldn't think of anything more to add, could you?

https://cherished79.wordpress.com/20...our-therapist/