Therapists often approach this issue speaking about Sexual Boundary Violations (SBV) and ethical codes. This workshop bridges SBV with Therapy Abuse and Exploitation (TAE) and examines the relationship between a therapist and client where boundary transgressions have occurred.
While most workshops for professionals on the issue of boundary violations focus on ethics and penalties, this one explores the client's experience of transgressions and its impact on their lives. Participants learn what constitutes therapy abuse and exploitation, the ways in which it mirrors other forms of abuse, its damage clients incur to their mental well-being, and how abusive professionals typically respond to the possibility of exposure. Amy Avalon, retired psychotherapist, and Glen Grigg, PhD and RCC, join us along with two survivors who share their first-hand experiences.
Participants of this workshop will learn to recognize; the victim of therapy abuse and exploitation; how it compares to other forms of abuse which use grooming to exploit; how abusive therapists react to disclosures; and the impact this abuse has on the victim, their family, friends, and from that subsequent therapeutic issues.
This is an excerpt from the workshop
Above excerpt: As part of the workshop for professionals, "Prevalence, Patterns, and Impact of Therapy Abuse and Exploitation", Amy Avalon provides information on what is known about the characteristics of who are the victims and perpetrators of therapy abuse and exploitation.
Workshop Formats: 1 hour or 3 hour workshop
(both include Q & A period)
virtual or in-person
Please contact Bernadine to discuss fees for your organization. Professionals can also attend individually. Again, contact Bernadine to find out about upcoming dates and/or follow Bernadine on Eventbrite to be notified when workshops are scheduled.
If you have any questions or want to book a workshop for your organization,
please do not hesitate to contact Bernadine directly.
PHONE: (604) 300-3425 (text preferred) EMAIL: [email protected]
About the Facilitator:
Bernadine Fox is an award-winning mental health advocate with over 30+ years of peer support work with those who live with mental health and trauma-related challenges. She authored a memoir, Coming to Voice: Surviving an Abusive Therapist, several essays on therapy abuse and exploitation (TAE) published at TELL: Therapy Exploitation Link Line, and a booklet entitled Examining Ethical Boundaries in Therapy: Checklist. Fox is the host for ReThreading Madness, an award-winning, syndicated radio program that focuses on mental health is heard around the world. Bernadine has worked with hundreds of survivors of TAE. She holds an online bi-monthly educational workshop for survivors of therapy abuse and exploitation and facilitates workshops for professionals in person and online. It is her unique combination of lived experience and mental health advocacy that allows Bernadine to be able to provide constructive information rooted in long-held and well-understood trauma-informed knowledge.
Bernadine Fox is an award-winning mental health advocate with over 30+ years of peer support work with those who live with mental health and trauma-related challenges. She authored a memoir, Coming to Voice: Surviving an Abusive Therapist, several essays on therapy abuse and exploitation (TAE) published at TELL: Therapy Exploitation Link Line, and a booklet entitled Examining Ethical Boundaries in Therapy: Checklist. Fox is the host for ReThreading Madness, an award-winning, syndicated radio program that focuses on mental health is heard around the world. Bernadine has worked with hundreds of survivors of TAE. She holds an online bi-monthly educational workshop for survivors of therapy abuse and exploitation and facilitates workshops for professionals in person and online. It is her unique combination of lived experience and mental health advocacy that allows Bernadine to be able to provide constructive information rooted in long-held and well-understood trauma-informed knowledge.
Bernadine lives and works on the ancestral and unceded traditional territories of the hən̓ ̓qəmin̓ əm̓ and Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh speaking peoples which includes several local Central Coast Salish Nations each one of which celebrates their own unique culture, history, traditions, protocols, and language. As a white settler, she extends her gratitude and appreciation to the Indigenous people who have been living and working on this land from time immemorial. In furtherance of reconciliation a percentage of the fees from her workshops will be donated to a local First Nation's mental health organization.
