Dear Sona:

It is a shame when a therapist who is supposed to help a client, is hurting the client instead. Reads like he was a dishonest and unethical person who wanted you to keep seeing him and therefore he fed your hopes to have a relationship with him outside and post therapy. If you had evidence of his deceit, it would be a good idea for you to report him so to prevent more clients being harmed by him.

I had an excellent therapist myself, a man, 2011-2013 and I too wanted contact with him after therapy (I moved out of state), I wanted some kind of a friendship with him. It was heartbreaking for me at the time, to understand that the context of my relationship with him was professional and only professional, that I bought his valuable professional services and once that professional relationship ended, I had no claims to his time and attention.

I don’t suppose you have any evidence of this man’s dishonest and unethical behavior with you?

anita