Very Bad Therapy

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


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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
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