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Anonymous:
wow yah this is some deep stuff. I have joked and called my therapist "satan" for the past few months. lol and I even kiddingly once wrote a paper for my psychology class on the psychology of cults... the members and leaders... and I sent her an email telling her that after reading through that info I thought she would make a fine cult leader. and now heyy look I have to laugh a lil turns out she's had some cult experience.

I told her that I had googled her and discovered this thread. She became upset about it...

She said she worked there for four years. and said she learned more while there than anywhere else...

Initially I had only read a few posts when asking her about it... But as I read further last night I became entirely sketched out... It's more than a lil creepy that she worked there... If it's really as bad as everyone seems to claim.. then I'm not sure that I'm thrilled that Im seeing a therapist that worked there for four years and claims to have learned a ton from it.

Hope she didnt learn too much while there...

lil_thespian:
oops. that last post was mine I just forgot to log in.

Anonymous:

--- Quote from: "Guest" ---wow yah this is some deep stuff. I have joked and called my therapist "satan" for the past few months. lol and I even kiddingly once wrote a paper for my psychology class on the psychology of cults... the members and leaders... and I sent her an email telling her that after reading through that info I thought she would make a fine cult leader. and now heyy look I have to laugh a lil turns out she's had some cult experience.

I told her that I had googled her and discovered this thread. She became upset about it...

She said she worked there for four years. and said she learned more while there than anywhere else...

Initially I had only read a few posts when asking her about it... But as I read further last night I became entirely sketched out... It's more than a lil creepy that she worked there... If it's really as bad as everyone seems to claim.. then I'm not sure that I'm thrilled that Im seeing a therapist that worked there for four years and claims to have learned a ton from it.

Hope she didnt learn too much while there...
--- End quote ---

Oh, my god. She claimed to have learned a lot from it? That's truly sick. What is her name, please? I know she's already listed, but it would still be helpful... These places hide who worked for them.
It would help me to know...

What is she like as a therapist? Out of curiosity?

Antigen:
That's another great benefit of going public. It allows others down the line in situations similar to Lil_Thespian to uncover vital information that the programs and individuals involved in them will certainly not volunteer and often actively hide.

Please do consider posting this person's name, Thespian... after you've found another therapist!

lil_thespian:
yes she is a licensed therapist.. now working in maine.. I did check that. I'd rather not specify the name.. like I said she's already listed on here.. one of the few LCSW's because most were unlicensed.. that should narrow it a bit for you.. plus after four yrs she's no longer working there.. she works at my school.. and in a private practice where I see her...

Idk this is all very sketchy to me.. I have a hard time believing that this carlbrook place could be as bad as you all make it out to be.. I cannot imagine she'd be there for four years and condone such things.. and even say I quote- "But I learned more in the four years I was there than I have at any other time or place in my life."

Perhaps this board blows it out of proportion a bit... I mean I know I've called her creepy on occasion and thought she was scary at times.. but well I certainly cannot imagine her condoning or participating in the type of things mentioned here...

She seems to genuinely want to help kids... to help me... I mean either she was seriously part of a bad program and seriously made some moral and ethical mistakes... or this board blows it a bit out of proportion.. if this school is as bad as you claim... and she "learned" more from that than anywhere... than I must question my choice in therapist I suppose.. although who'll believe I dumped my therapist for cult type tendencies?!?! lol... anyway... but well if this has just been a bit blown out of proportion than I'd be making a mistake by leaving her...

I mean what about the boy that seemed as though he had a decent enough experience.. his screen name was like Irv or something... whether or not the practices are ethical.. I mean isnt it for the greater good if you're taking kids that otherwise would have ended up dropping out of high school or druggys or in jail... and you make them into Ivy league college acceptable students?

I mean that sounds almost surreal.

If all of this is true...
A. I am entirely creeped out by my therapists participation
B. why is this not more publically known
C. How can this occur in the U.S.?

I mean she said and I again quote "that school is the number 1 therapeutic boarding school for teens in America. It is still running, very successful, it is licensed and overseen. No reputable allegations of misconduct have ever been made against its practices."

I am struggling... I am unsure as to whether I should believe a bunch of posts made by people online that I have never met... or my therapist... isn't your therapist supposed to definitely be one of the main people in your life that you can trust? I do trust her... I do not believe that she would have stayed at a school for four years if it were this bad.

I will not give you the name. I do not wish to further associate her name with such allegations. I cannot prove that they're true... I have never seen them first hand... Therefore I should not be any part of putting her name out on the web in a disreputable way...

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