James P. Leone, PhD

Claire H. 

on Birdeye

2 years ago

He made a therapy out of his own narcissistic manipulation and instructed us to do it to others. 

Claire H. 

on Birdeye

2 years ago

It was important for him to create a false public impression, so he would deliberately exaggerate his professionalism to come across as someone who is extremely professional, while freely doing loose narcissist-psychopath stuff, and professional look he put a lot of effort in was meant to cover that abuse and malpractice and confuse people because in general you would not expect a professional looking person to talk and act with people like he did. 

Claire H. 

on Birdeye

2 years ago

The nasty guy created dependence and taught plenty of destructive “coping skills” and life skills. You may need years to un-do the damage, and it may not be possible ever. 

Claire H. 

on Birdeye

2 years ago

He would victim-blame and shame victims, set people up to bully and harass each other in front of him, humiliate people, lead people on by pretending he could help them with their presenting issue when he knew he couldn't, and foster and attitude of victimhood and superiority in his clients - all abusive and harmful things. For example, a totally socially inadequate person would do something socially inappropriate and he would cheer them on, thus making their case even worse, while leading them on to think they were learning... read more

Claire H. 

on Birdeye

2 years ago

So this monkey actually taught everything the opposite of what it should be - riling people up to get into conflict and to get angry at each other for no reason and to react on impulse.. very terrible stuff. APA violation, malpractice stuff. Lots of people I saw were seemingly harmed by him this way. If you listen to a guy like Tim Fletcher on YouTube - you will see what we (former pissed of clients) are talking about. His word salad is typical of a lying narcissist. 

Claire H. 

on Birdeye

2 years ago

So after seeing him, and wondering what happened to you and how to move forward, look up a lecture titled, 'Reclaiming Yourself After A Relationship With A Character Disturbed Person'.. 

Claire H. 

on Birdeye

2 years ago

Narcissists use 300+ manipulation tactics. Leon just collected and invented his own tactics. He use like one tactic per sentence. Every sentence - a new manipulation tactic. All unethical and harmful. He did this: charm, project warmth, impress, praise, make promises, provide explanation brainwashing someone into believing a fake explanation he made, gain trust, set two people against one another, create intimacy between two people, make someone intrigued with “you have a secret admirer or hater in group", drive against fam... read more

Claire H. 

on Birdeye

2 years ago

A personality disordered therapist. We've been seeing a therapist who has a personality disorder and forces his clients to emulate it. Wow. 

Claire H. 

on Birdeye

2 years ago

He was a person abusing his authority as a licensed psychotherapist, and acting as a narcissist, then snaking his way out of it (by lying, playing mind games, using distractions, theatrics, gaslighting) when people confronted him. It was like clockwork. An educated client told him he is an obviously bad person and his therapy was not good and not needed, and he started attacking that person with more therapy as a distraction and to try to hook them back in.