Would you file a complaint?

I don't want to derail the thread but this idea is very interesting. Would you like to elaborate? Maybe on another thread?

I believe this happened to me, over and over, in therapy, retraumatizing the original "wound" that I wasn't in touch with. (It was too horrendous, it finally came through on its own several months ago.)

If the therapist elicits or participates in reenactment of the original (relational) trauma and then reacts out of their own "stuff", it's just plain damaging, in my experience, adding more toxicity to what is already a vulnerability that is unable to protect itself.

So I'm left damaged by individual therapists and a profession that doesn't recognize what's happening or the ways in which (an unknown number of) therapists hurt their clients.

That may not be "unethical" but it certainly seems blind and unresponsive to the needs of citizen/consumers.

So, in my situation with my last T, we are still in some communication and if it can be resolved, then I will not further consider filing a complaint. If not, I'll think about it some more -- I'm not sure that I can write a complaint in a way that it would be considered, but perhaps I could at least raise some issues? At this point I'm not sure I want to put the effort into it. I'm prepared to be rejected/denied/dismissed, etc. I guess the main thing is, can I write something that is coherent and defensible, even if it is rejected.

No, because the complaint process protects the therapist and victimizes the client more & No, because I don't want to dreg it up & No, I don't want to hear them call me a liar (ties in with the first thing).

As you might know I'm a survivor of medical torture that led to my leg needing to be amputated. The psychologist I had to see about the amputation asked me if I wanted to sue several people (namely, the ones responsible for the initial injury and the ones responsible for the torture and worsening it to the point of needing amputation). I was very clear: no way.

My experience might be about physical stuff and not emotional, but I think I'd act the same way if it were emotional stuff.

I voted yes but i'm realizing now it would depend on the seriousness of the ethics lapse. If there were sexual behavior involved, there is no doubt that that therapist should be reported and license revoked.

It's really according to the ethics she/he violated and how I feel about it. If i'm angry/livid most likely in a heart beat i'd do anything to destroy her/him. But if I was so depressed /suicidal about it I wouldn't. Cause i mean at the point one doesn't care do they?