My therapist, whom I saw for a number of years, had very poor boundaries. She engaged in so much texting with me and it made me feel like I couldn’t handle anything on my own. The dependency this created has caused me significant harm. We became very close. I brought up boundaries to her many times. She encouraged me to text her whenever I needed to.
Then she started discussing me online, via her social media account (my name is not mentioned). There are numerous videos of her venting and complaining about me, from before and after I stopped working with her. This made me feel distraught, physically ill, and suicidal.
She heard from a mutual friend that I was talking about it and then directed a video at me, challenging me to question her morals, ethics, professionalism etc. It went on for over a month — disparaging videos the same day as all of our interactions. The blog is clearly more important than the client’s safety.
It is beyond hurtful that the person I trusted so much, who claimed to care about me and my mental health, who said we had so much in common, acted like a friend, would intentionally do this and actually cause me harm.
It has taken years to recover from a severe depressive episode prior to this experience, and now it’s back. What she has done is unconscionable. I am now trying to trust a new therapist but finding it very difficult, and this dependency will take time to break.
-Grit & Grace, NY