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Recent content by Lady McCormick

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    How did this go from DBT to The Secret?!

    Absolutely incredible. You did nothing wrong there. Add repeated confidentiality violations to his pile of offenses which, in my opinion, include patient abuse and fraud. You always have the option to block his phone and email if needed. Lawsuits have been won over less than this. He’s a...
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    Ending with therapist; I feel betrayed

    Homeboy can’t take a hint and was oblivious to his legal liability. However after being more and more explicit he finally decided it was better to reach an agreement than have a disgruntled ex-patient who believed he was in breach of contract for nearly a year. The outcome was better than I...
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    How did this go from DBT to The Secret?!

    Personally I think that what they’ve been doing is fraud against the patients AND payors (whether insurance or individual). If you have private insurance, notifying them (and forwarding evidence) might make something happen. Insurance fraud is a serious crime and there’s a decent chance they’ll...
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    Ending with therapist; I feel betrayed

    Holy crap, he followed up with a written (mild) apology: I sent him the link to podcast #2 and his reply was "Thank you". Thank you, Ms Spock! I'm also enjoying his thanks because it's the first time he's thanked me for something in a while :p but the credit should go to you. I did tell him a...
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    Ending with therapist; I feel betrayed

    Well our 1-hour meeting just ended! At first it went well, and he explained that the family stress of having an infant daughter is what was interfering with some but not all of his clients, and I said this was completely understandable and that his family should come first. I told him when he...
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    Ending with therapist; I feel betrayed

    I really appreciate the kindness and support from all of you. It helps me feel like I’m not overreacting. I expect to update this in a few days once I see how our “post-mortem” goes. I don’t think he’ll show any sign that he understands the scope or severity of the problem, at which point I’ll...
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    Ending with therapist; I feel betrayed

    Jesus tapdancing… wow. That’s terrible. Sounds rife for abuse and for letting people “buy power” over others for cheap. Somehow my guy has a Master’s in psychology and still pulls this.
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    Ending with therapist; I feel betrayed

    It does seem odd at first glance, but I don’t actually thinks it’s a confidentiality issue. He didn’t give info that could even come close to identifying the patient. It came up because I was frustrated with his deflections, so he gave this as an example of how he can help me and other patients...
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    Ending with therapist; I feel betrayed

    Thankfully I’m not sore about losing him, and while it’s been clear this year I wasn’t getting as much out of him, I assumed it was due to some kind of innocent mistake. Now if I read into his message it almost sounds like he knew or could. have known that he couldn’t do his job. With my...
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    Ending with therapist; I feel betrayed

    I really appreciate it, Friday. I haven’t been on this forum in a LONG time but it helped me through a very difficult year or so. You all helped me get effective treatment and I’m very lucky to be considered more or less asymptomatic now. This guy is an LMHC. He works at an office with other...
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    Ending with therapist; I feel betrayed

    It turns out my therapist cannot work with me. In the years he's known me, I haven't really dealt with PTSD symptoms, but I think everyone should have a therapist and he has been helpful in the past. However, at the beginning of the year, he started fading in usefulness. This all came to the...
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    Sexual Assault Recovery

    Congratulations :) It sounds like you've gone through a lot and accomplished a lot in a year. Maybe your next year will be even better!
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    Let's discuss "harrassment"

    I can see why that made you uncomfortable. You're right to feel weird about it. My style would be to pull him aside and say something like: "You said something about estrogen the other day — what did you mean by that?" Knowing me, I'd probably make it a "compliment sandwich," try to say...
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    Research Riluzole Or Ketamine?

    Whoops, in order to find the Stefan Bumol source, you'll need to search for [ mdma Stefan Bumol ]. Sorry for the hassle.
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    Research Riluzole Or Ketamine?

    Here's a video that explains in straightforward terms the benefits of MDMA to a veteran who had been through countless therapies before. I apologize, but I haven't been active enough on this forum to post links. To find the video, search Google for: BNxuRs6tTuw. For more scientific info, read...
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