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Mel P
I am so sorry this happened to you and I am so very angry. It has happened to me too and I know how it feels.
In my case I called that therapist out immediately and left. She said that I had made up the things I told her and that I'm "hiding the truth from my conscience", on our third session ! But "therapy would help me break through my defences and make me admit I had been making it all up". And she knew all that from our third session, wow ! I would never take the risk to make such an assumption with a stable person, not with a person who has just shared very traumatic experiences of severe emotional abuse with me ! I defended myself and got the hell out but I can't stop thinking of the damage she could have done to a weaker mind. These people are dangerous ! You must have some concrete evidence before you accuse someone for making a story up, how can you know they are lying when you weren't even there? Then she told me (again during our third and last session) that she recommends me seeing a psychiatrist to prescribe me some medication because she intended to work with me and break my defences in "a very deep level" so that I would realise I was lying. "Some people have psychotic episodes during in depth psychotherapy", she said, "I just want you to go see a psychiatrist so that I'm covered". Of course troubled and abused souls who come to her have psychotic episodes if she leads them to believe they made it all up !
If you meet someone who does not believe you in a weak state of mind, or during a personal crisis, it's very hard to properly evaluate their judgement and defend yourself if necessary. It may be a paradox but I'm starting to think that the worst time to see a new therapist is when you're in trouble and your defences are down.... They can really hurt and disorient you during that time, when you're at your most vulnerable.
