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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
This scholarly lecture describes my experience of Leone 99%: https://youtu.be/V6dfRBBTnso?si=h-WuNeZ3nczvrRLD
I have come to realization that there is a quick way to detect a bad therapist, it's just open confrontation. Something as simple as: I disagree with you. You might as well be wrong. That sounds like your subjective opinion. Without any further explanations. Unless they ask you to elaborate. And then just watch how they react. I bet there will be extremely few who will pass that test. As they are extremely confident in their "knowledge", and as it is somehow common ethics for the clients to not confront the therapist and t... read more
The guy is a literal predator: plays victim because he is underpaid and incompetent and makes it so you are paying money to feel bad and care for him, makes you think he cares for you, violates boundaries, isolates you from friends and family through encouragements to push them away and saying they are not good people because they don’t know communication techniques he teaches, says he is your father figure, sexually flirts with you and encourages women to talk about private explicit sexual experience and then jokes about th... read more
He really is a cultist, his therapy is completely messed up, I'm really sorry for all the people he happened to. I can't believe he told me that my family's way of socialising is 'primitive', like seriously?? Those group 'goodbye sessions' were a way to convince people to stay in therapy forever, like how cults drag people right back in. He thought he was a god or something. Ironically, while calling my family’s communication style primitive, he talked up his own family where he said it was great for him to have fist fights ... read more
Some of his self disclosures were amazing: 1. I am sadistic 2. I am hypomanic 3. I wasn't fit for any job 4. I had fistfights with my dad 5. I messed up someone disability paperwork because I did not pay attention 6. I like to make experiments in group on patients who I know won't last in group 7. My friend who is a group therapist couldn't get clients to come, so he came up with a 'you are group of one' lecture which wasn't actually therapy 8. I am not even a good therapist 9. I don't know anything about autism (but pract... read more
You have a short guy with a personality disorder (psychopathy, etc) and probably behavior problems (driving fast, family fights, etc), and having no job. He gets a psychology degree and starts scamming people through a one-man therapy office. He does enough in academia to teach an introductory class and have a drop in session for a clinical rotation for college psychiatry students. He hides his personality problems when around peers and adults, then lets his bad personality come through with people who don't matter and won't... read more
This is what he did essentially: 1. Break people down 2. Bond people to him 3. Make people into a clone of himself We have been alienated from our families as a result of our involvement in his group. I reported him to the board is psychologists, but he just retired and they did not even cite or revoke his license.
So a red flag is when a person is charming or being really nice, because you have to ask, what are they hiding? Why are they so nice? It's because they know their true nature would scare people away and they want to manipulate. So that is a dead give away. An overly nice person who isn't naturally forthcoming. Then, when people complained about him, he would always redirect them back to therapy or some other subject seemingly for their own sake, but you have to ask, whom did that serve - him or you? The fact it served him is... read more
#1 bad Leon's group message - opposing people! It's called 'going against the grain.' Leon was teaching it by telling us to start confronting people, contradicting people, commenting on people, analyzing people on dates, saying you have a problem or are nervous, saying 'how you feel' when it isn't going along with people obviously. That's the main message of his group. It's also a huge social mistake to do. You have to go along in most cases, and be very careful and tactful when you can't. In most cases, you are doing other ... read more
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