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James P. Leone, PhD
- Psychologists
- Cambridge, MA
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875 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
Get directions| Weekday | Schedule | Status |
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| Mon | 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | |
| Tue | 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | |
| Wed | 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | |
| Thu | 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | |
| Fri | 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | |
| Sat | Closed | |
| Sun | Closed |
Yes, he was constantly seeking a vulnerability in people, abusing it and doing things to people without them understanding what is being done to them, while appearing very charming and friendly.
He seemed obsessed with abusing a vulnerability in people be it shyness, low social astuteness, looks, being an abused woman, a minority, elderly, being parishioner in a church or here is the kicker.. being a patient! Yes, he made a perverse disturbing joke about how he thinks nurses withhold bedpans from annoying patients! I was appalled and my jaw dropped. He then instructed me to tell my grandma with dementia that she is “scary and unpleasant” which were his exact words. He violated state mandated dementia care which is p... read more
the change in my internal drive to something against people was insane. i cant believe it either. i got convinced by him. and i think i know why. the baseline was that life around me was wrong. family members had personality problems that were worrisome to me. and i had developmental social deficits. Leon offered opposing people as a bridge toward a solution and just kept modelling and encouraging this train of thought. so foundation (wrong life), solution offered (opposing people, going around people's backs, inducing fake ... read more
Anyone who uses phrases he did like, 'This is just getting started,' and 'This is the perfect place,' and talks to people in third person like, 'X is...' while sitting in front of them - is a manipulative salesman, not a therapist who passes basic due diligence standards.
I never questioned if Leon actually is an authority on relationships. He just claimed he is, and we took it at face value without actually checking. Like, are his statements validated by other people? - sometimes, but many other times not. But most people do find his initial statements enticing. And it all matches. He was sitting there producing enticing stuff, then feeding us weird psychopathy inappropriate crap and insisting it's therapy, playing tricks to hide all of it and maintain the therapist persona. While pretending... read more
I learned to go behind people's back from him. then i started going behind people's back at work and pissed people off and scared them so much. doing Leon stuff at work was so bad. people tolerated it too for a long time not knowing what to make of it, but it wasnt good. I think what Leon taught us was psychopathy (daily tricks psychopaths use to manipulate those around them) and also Synanon-Attack Therapy group methods. There is a whole list out there as a pdf online and matches what for word with what Leon did. You can'... read more
The rat first got us alienated from people. I don't remember the second thing that I thought followed. But he would like form stories to different people about their friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, dates and like force his interpretations on people. They seemed to go three ways: fake charm - where he would instruct people to like use fake charm and induce fake emotions to manipulate people; encourage people to use others; and encourage you to cut people off, be aggressive or judgmental to them. He heard I had a friend... read more
I think his method was: delusion, then inappropriate behavior instruction. the latter can't follow without the former. first Leon puts a delusion in your head (your mom is X), then he proceeds to offer a solution (tell your mom she is an XYZ and don't give her a gift for her birthday of course). like what happened with me during the intake session where he said 'it is okay to grope girls during a school dance.' and then followed with, 'next step is to learn to talk to women by joining my group.' he had validated an obvi... read more
yes he exhibited a lot of egregious behaviors that dont belong in any profession and pulled the wool over people's eyes so they dont even realize it;
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