Thank you for sharing this. What you described isn’t just a “bad therapy experience.” It’s an abuse of power that literally weaponized your vulnerability against you. The fact that you documented dates, contracts, bank transfers, text messages, and filed a formal complaint with the licensing board shows this isn’t hearsay or exaggeration
You're right. Therapist-caused trauma is real and nobody talks about it. So thank you for speaking up about this with so much honesty and articulating it so well.
I know I should have reported mine for conversion therapy as well as confidentiality and ethical violations. But I didn't think I would be believed or supported.
I believe you. And I hope everything turns out well for you.
This is devastating to read, and also profoundly important. What you describe isn’t a “bad therapy experience” — it’s a systematic abuse of power built on access to vulnerability. The clarity with which you lay out the phases, the evidence, and the aftermath makes it impossible to dismiss this as misunderstanding or oversensitivity. I was especially struck by the line “the therapy became the trauma” — it names something many people sense but rarely feel allowed to say. Thank you for refusing silence and for documenting this so carefully. Whatever the system does or doesn’t do, this testimony matters.
Thank you for sharing this. What you described isn’t just a “bad therapy experience.” It’s an abuse of power that literally weaponized your vulnerability against you. The fact that you documented dates, contracts, bank transfers, text messages, and filed a formal complaint with the licensing board shows this isn’t hearsay or exaggeration
You're right. Therapist-caused trauma is real and nobody talks about it. So thank you for speaking up about this with so much honesty and articulating it so well.
I know I should have reported mine for conversion therapy as well as confidentiality and ethical violations. But I didn't think I would be believed or supported.
I believe you. And I hope everything turns out well for you.
This is devastating to read, and also profoundly important. What you describe isn’t a “bad therapy experience” — it’s a systematic abuse of power built on access to vulnerability. The clarity with which you lay out the phases, the evidence, and the aftermath makes it impossible to dismiss this as misunderstanding or oversensitivity. I was especially struck by the line “the therapy became the trauma” — it names something many people sense but rarely feel allowed to say. Thank you for refusing silence and for documenting this so carefully. Whatever the system does or doesn’t do, this testimony matters.