87. When Your Therapist Seems Unwell (with Halina Brooke, LAMFT)

Halina Brooke rejoins us to share her story of bad therapy and resulting experience with the board complaint process. This episode is a bingo card of what not to do as a therapist: drink alcohol in session, send barrages of shaming texts to a client, weaponize client disclosures against them, cyberstalking, and more. When an interview begins with a legal disclaimer, you know some very bad therapy took place.

 

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Introduction: 0:00 – 6:42

Part One: 6:42 – 1:20:33

Part Two: 1:20:33 – 1:29:50

 

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Show Notes:

• Donate to the ASPCA
• Halina Brooke’s Website: Recourse Counseling
• A Randomized Trial of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Versus General Psychiatric Management for Borderline Personality Disorder
• A Randomized Trial of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in High-Risk Suicidal Veterans
• Zombie movies prepared you for the pandemic