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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 |
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
I was yelling at a group member that they are a 'bitc*, teenager, and immature,' but I was just repeating what Leon said and being his sidekick! He orchestrated the whole thing from the beginning. Then a member was repeating that I am bad for group and don't belong there. Leon was smiling happily but pretending it is our problem that he is helping us solve. All that we did was guided by Leon telling us this is therapy and setting the theme for us to repeat so he could look like he had nothing to do with it and it is just nat... read more
The therapeutic conversations he had with me are harmful and stayed in my head to this day distracting me from normal thoughts that I had before thus creating in effect a mental alienation, he convinced me that his therapeutic process talk of how he problem solved everything with me is good but in fact it is a nasty thing I would love to get rid of; he altered my emotions, reactions and social interactions with my social circle in a way that obstructs and creates problems for me with people. This is so so bad, and very invas... read more
He called a female group member a 'dinosaur' and told her 'not to be snarky', called a straight male patient a 'hermaphrodite', and called me a 'fragile flower that he had to take special care of'; encouraged a young man to try psychotherapy with his dying grandma with dementia by confessing that he 'always found her scary' because 'it may be good for her to know.' He instructed group members to confront people in their lives by throwing tantrums and insisted something good will surely come out of it because his therapy educ... read more
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