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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 |
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;
Yes, he would lie, trauma bond, charm, do fake promises, turn you against your family, violate state mandated dementia training by telling you to abuse your grandma with dementia, and told you to abuse your mom and manipulate women and would give terrible career advice (like saying "I have been unemployed for a long time and will take any job I can get" when applying for a senior level computer programming job which will disqualify you if you say that) and the group therapist was a cult leader and would lie and do methods he... read more
We interacted with a therapist who himself seemingly may have a personality disorder of his own, which negatively affects anyone he interacts with sooner or later. Personality is consistent over a life time - he can only constrain his natural 'sadism' for so long before in jumps out in an outburst. Then of course lying will follow to hide it. Anyone who accepts that type of person as a friend will be mentally conflicted and suffer. It's like being friends with a bully who molests you. You either trust someone or you don't, ... read more
you can: -seduce -charm -manipulate most people using Leone methods. he seems to have developed his own method of manipulating people and patients in his office. and this method would work with anyone. I could go, 'X, come on, WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? I could say you are being disruptive and wasting group time. Why are you here? This group is all I can offer, and you are torturing me. SUE? Why use such strong words, what is this REALLY about? Are you having a fight with your dad??? Group - X has father issues and he has to wor... read more
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