When Your Therapist Does Harm (2)

In When Your Therapist Does Harm (1) (see link below) we looked at the possibility that some therapists may actually cause further harm in their already distressed patients and clients. This harm usually comes in the form of instigating a sexual relationship with their client. As previously mentioned, it is imperative that for therapy to work there is a good rapport between therapist and client. In fact, therapy will stall without it. But occasionally, due to the intimate nature of therapy, a client may become infatuated with their therapist. This customarily happens between a male therapist and a female client, … Continue reading

When Your Therapist Does Harm (1)

Therapists are supposed to help us, right? Technically, yes. But as in any profession there are unscrupulous ones and people who suffer from emotional illnesses are more vulnerable than most to the dealings of a less-than-helpful therapist. Because a patient needs to feel completely comfortable with a therapist for positive changes to take place, the patient must learn to trust and open up to the therapist. In doing so, the therapist can observe what factors caused the illness, and what factors are keeping the illness going. In revealing their inner lives to their therapist, often in a manner in which … Continue reading