For Survivors
Peer Support Groups for Survivors Educationally-formatted support groups for survivors. Will run 3 times per month. It is recommended that folks attend one online workshop What is Therapy Abuse & Exploitation? This gives folks an opportunity to meet Bernadine and assess if the survivors support group would be what you are looking for. more information |
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For Professionals

While most lectures on this topic focus on ethical boundaries for the therapist and penalties for transgressions, this workshop explores the client's experience and how it impacts their lives. Participants learn what constitutes therapy abuse and exploitation (TAE), the ways in which it mirrors other forms of abuse, the catastrophic damage for clients, and how abusive mental health professionals respond to the possibility of exposure. Amy Avalon, retired psychotherapist, and Glen Grigg PhD and RCC, ethics professor, join us along with 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.
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While most lectures on this topic focus on ethical boundaries for the therapist and penalties for transgressions, this workshop explores the client's experience and how it impacts their lives. Participants learn what constitutes therapy abuse and exploitation (TAE), the ways in which it mirrors other forms of abuse, the catastrophic damage for clients, and how abusive mental health professionals respond to the possibility of exposure. Amy Avalon, retired psychotherapist, and Glen Grigg PhD and RCC, ethics professor, join us along with 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.
Click here for more information
If you are looking for information on booking Bernadine for a
speaking engagement please visit the Public Speaking page.
speaking engagement please visit the Public Speaking page.