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Psychiatric Malpractice
"Therapy" includes any type of mental health counseling from any of the licensed or registered therapists listed above. "Patient" refers to anyone receiving therapy or counseling.
If you have been sexually abused or exploited by your therapist, you may be feeling confused. You may feel:
- Guilty and responsible even though it’s the therapist’s responsibility to keep sexual behavior out of therapy.
- Mixed feelings about the therapist:
- protectiveness
- anger
- love
- betrayal.
- Isolated and empty.
- Distrustful of others or your own feelings.
- Fearful that no one will believe you or understand what happened, or that someone will find out.
- Confused about dependency, control and power.
- You may even have nightmares, obsessive thoughts, depression, or suicidal or homicidal thoughts.
- You may feel overwhelmed as you try to decide what to do or whom to tell.
Source*California Department of Consumer Affairs, Communications and Education Division. "Professional Therapy Never Includes Sex," http://www.dca.ca.gov
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