-
The System Failed
I filed a complaint with New York’s licensing board. Despite recordings, falsified notes, and an expert opinion, they found insufficient evidence. Here’s what that process is like.
-
Aftermath: Harm and Recovery
What happened after I left — the diagnosis, the new therapist, and what recovery from a therapist’s boundary violations actually requires.
-
PS: The Apology I Wish I’d Gotten
I wrote the apology I wished my therapist had had the courage to write. It’s long, it’s theoretical, and writing it was the point.
-
What I Know Now
What I wish I had known before it started. What I think should change so therapists are actually held accountable to the people they harm.
Unlike a typical blog, this is written in chapter form. Start at the top and read posts downward to follow the story.
This is the story of how a female psychotherapist told me she loved me, a 53 year old professional male, causing a sever emotional breakdown and then reversing roles and treating me like I was her therapist. It includes recordings of sessions, contemporaneous emails, texts, and some of her notes, and a certain amount of theorizing. While all the facts here are absolutely true and corroborated, I do some layman’s theorizing about why she may have treated me the way she did.
This story is here to help others who may find themselves in, or sliding towards, a similar situation in the hopes that you can rescue yourself before you wind up where I did.