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a few years ago I got into a very uncomfortable and possibly sexually-themed incident involving my therapist. he worked out of his home and I went there for one of our scheduled sessions. the waiting room was in the kitchen so I was waiting there. a man came out of the bedroom then shortly after the therapist came out too (male) dressed in women's lingerie. he said he didn't think I was coming to the appt cause it was raining (which doesn't really make sense to me and he never asked or contacted me about it previously. there were some other odd things that I can look back on as being a red flag tho I didn't notice at the time like him taking a Polaroid of me at times or wearing women's clothing to a session. I'm very open minded and don't judge ppl based on their gender or preferences but it seems the women's clothing thing was more of a fetish thing (autogynephilia) instead of gender confirming thing. everything just really rubs me the wrong way and I never told anyone about this but think it would be good to eventually tell my current therapist at least but I feel really embarrassed and awkward talking about it or telling anyone what happened. I guess I just wanted to write it here and maybe get advice or better understand what happened, why, and how it could be affecting me. also does this count as a form of abuse? if so what kind(s)?thanks~
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Adult psychological abuse
Anxiety (Including GAD)
Sexual and gender identity disorders
Depression
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A therapist is smart enough to know rain doesn't keep people home and if you're running a business you keep the doors locked when you're closed. And he never, ever should have taken a photo of you. He was absolutely abusing his power in both instances and should have his license revoked. It is very hard to speak up about these things but I hope you can feel comfortable enough around your current therapist to talk about it. For me, simply saying "hey I'm going to say something, and it's really embarrassing so please bear with me, I might want to stop halfway through" helps, because now I know they know I'm feeling and can be sensitive to it. Your therapist will probably also know the appropriate actions to take, whether that be simply talking it out with you and letting it go or reporting him in some way.
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This is really not okay. You have grounds to report him to his licensing board if you choose. Definitely tell your therapist. This shouldn’t have happened and I’m sorry you had to go through this.
@Motley thank you for ur input and advise I'll probably say that when I decide to tell my current therapist :)
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