I’m a mental health professional who was recently deeply traumatized through psychotherapy. I have not spoken out about it because I am afraid of how it will be received, and I’m afraid I won’t be believed. I also don’t want to turn people away from good therapy.
I find myself so angry at what was done to me, yet trying so hard not to let victimhood creep into my identity. It is a fine line to walk, as is the one where I am working as part of a system that betrayed me.
@thatPsychPA Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately, anyone working in an abusive profession is just as likely to become a victim of it as anyone else, and that is one of the keys to perpetuating it, the lack of speaking up for fear of loosing your place of prominence in the very disfunction.
@thatPsychPA May you transform this awful experience into a wellspring of post-traumatic growth. We would not wish the traumas we've experienced on anyone, but let it be said that we would not trade the understanding we were able to squeeze out of those traumas for anything.
@thatPsychPA I believe you. I was traumatized by a therapist once and never really talked about it, because I felt weirdly ashamed of it.
@thatPsychPA I believe you! I was once traumatized by a couples counselor... people in a position of trust can and should be held accountable for the harm they cause.
@thatPsychPA I am so sorry this happened to you too. I experienced harm in therapy and it is hugely traumatic and still makes me feel such shame. I too know there a good therapists out there, but a year on I am still too afraid to try and find one let alone engage in the process again