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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a therapist, and I think this article is a fantastic indictment of a trend that has bothered me for a long time but which has become especially pervasive during/following the pandemic.

I hesitate to say anything negative about my client population because people on this board lose their sh*t about "judging patients" but the reality is that there are many people who enter a therapy space in a very self-indulgent way and use the skills they learn there to manipulate other people. My sister has done this in the past, and it's been really challenging for our relationship because it's hard for me to have patience with situations like the birthday dinner friend situation described in this article. That could totally have been my sister (the birthday girl OR the friend at various times in her 20s) and it could also have been 7 out of my current 36 active clients as well. That kind of thing happens all the time in my observation. I'm on a break right now, but later today, I have a session later this afternoon with a client whose brother has ghosted their parents with no explanation and left her to explain to them. [/quote]

Thank you for chiming in. I appreciate a therapist's perspective on all this.

Are there studies you can point to that analyze this phenomenon (people using skills they learn in therapy to manipulate others), or studies that show therapy can be damaging in some cases?[/quote]

It's a troll post. Ethically, if a therapist has this much disdain for a client she/he is bound to make a referral.[/quote]

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