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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 |
His methods of client acquisition and retention violate established ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct due to being obviously premeditated, misleading, and manipulative seemingly more for own interests (paying bills) at the expense of the clients' best interest and deviate very far from the standard of care.
He exhibited all 8 signs of being a manipulative person. To make it seem normal, he bragged that he is so, acted like him being manipulative is wrestling with patients to get them to go with his therapeutic process. It was group therapy and a lot of people believed him because he would mix good therapy and advice with his manipulative behaviors which were a constant barrage. If you talked about it, he got mad and made you doubt yourself (which is one of the signs).
He would cite knowledge from the field of therapy to give credibility to the wild and inappropriate things he does, the same way David Koresh cited the bible to make himself sound credible. Then he would strongly imply that his position as a therapist and his life experience made everything he did okay, even if it obviously violated social and professional norms. The problem it seemed that once having crossed the social norms as encouraged by Leon in the group, people had practiced and could repeat the bad modeled behaviors ... read more
It's like we were bitten by a rabid dog [Leone]. You need to help yourself and seek out appropriate support, and normal pleasant things. The way it worked for me was almost like taking a u turn and then going back to where the two paths diverged, then starting there all over again. It sounds radical but better than continuing in dysfunctional agitation. Also don't burn your support network (probably Leone training) but don't take crap from someone in your network either. There are better ways to deal with someone giving you ... read more
Leone encouraged people to lose control and lash out openly putting two people against each other while urging and guiding each person individually toward a conflict, decent therapists will say acting opposite to your bad impulse while keeping composure is giving you power over the situation. Leone would encourage people to lose it, then throw their uncontrolled behavior as an accusation against their character. Decent therapists say your uncontrolled behavior isn’t even you, and you can learn to overcome it. Leone induced... read more
I came to Leone because I groped my dance partners during a school dance in 8th grade and was embarassed and confused that I did that. Leone told me, 'Some of the girls enjoyed it for sure because at that age you and the girls are both figuring out what you can do and what you like or don't like. You can talk to women in my group, it will be the perfect place for you to talk to women, learn to date and make friends. Everyone, especially the women, will go crazy over you in my group.' So you see - he gave incorrect counseling... read more
Being extremely kind and polite to strangers is a quality of people with a personality disorder such as grandiose narcissism. He also exhibited symptoms of conduct in his youth, and that is characteristic of people who have the psychopathy PD. That’s Leonardo - a personality disordered guy, who pretends to be extremely kind and polite and brilliant. It’s unusual and unnatural for someone to go out of their way to be polite and charming like this all the time. Leo purposely played and exaggerated people’s personality disorder... read more
So group was told by Leon that outside world is exactly like group and so now I set things up like they were in group when preparing to talk to people. How messed up is that? But totally logical and he laid out the steps for us very plainly. I know you all realized this is not how you talk to people, but he kept repeating that no, it is normal, because normal does not exist, and it might work great, and is great, and we should try it, but then.. it is somehow our fault if it doesn't work out.
He conditioned me to blame people and create conflicts, to look for people to blame and resent and oppose them and be mean to them in his style. My personality disorder means I already tend to do it naturally, he modeled it and taught me to get used to thinking like that. Three years! Imagine how much you can program someone over three years while they are isolated and in a receptive state. I wasn't like this before him, only rarely would I get like that but not like now or afterward. It was 100% Leone, I can see it now. Eve... read more
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