Signs you Might be Offering Bad Therapy

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Today we’re going to hop into a pretty hardhitting topic: signs you might be offering bad therapy.

I was careful to word it this way, rather than titling this video “signs you are a bad therapist.” I’ve been guilty of using this phrasing in the past I think even in some of my videos. But in truth, I don’t believe there are bad therapists. I do believe we are all capable of offering bad therapy.

So I thought it would be helpful to compile a list of some more telltale signs that you might not be offering the best therapy. If you’re finding that any of these items on this list might be true of your therapy work, then I strongly urge you to seek consultation and also to consider seeing your own personal therapist to help parse these things out.

00:00 Intro
02:37 1. Codependency
03:06 2. Quick to Judge
03:53 3. Lack of Empathy
04:21 4. Avoiding Consultation
04:52 5. Dismissing Feedback
05:27 6. Poor Boundaries
06:19 7. DePrioritizing your Client
06:48 8. Forgetting Treatment Goals
07:07 9. Talking About Yourself
08:07 10. Practicing Outside Your Scope
08:31 11. Breaking Confidentiality
09:37 12. "Talk Bad" About Clients
10:33 13. Inappropriate Relations
11:56 14. Defensive with Client Feedback

If you'd like to report a therapist who's engaged in inappropriate relations, each state has specific avenues to do so. Here are instructions for reporting inappropriate behavior in the state of California:
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A quick Google search of "how to report a therapist for unethical behavior" in your specific state should reveal what options are available to you.

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