James P. Leone, PhD

Gina H. 

on Birdeye

4 years ago

Dr. James Leone is a clinical psychologist with a rare gift for making strong, authentic, constructive, steadfast, and highly capable contact with his psychotherapy clients.  I have referred scores of clients to him over the past thirty years.  The many who have travelled from the North Shore to his office in Cambridge have thrived in individual therapy, couples treatment, and/or his remarkably effective psychotherapy groups.  Skillful, productive, and- above all-  emotionally safe therapy groups are quite difficult to find-... read more

J. S. 

on Birdeye

5 years ago

His groups are nothing like what he claims during the free consultation. They're a free-for-all. He encourages patients to articulate their negative feelings about other group members. That's ok if done carefully. But he encourages - instructs is a better word for it - group members to communicate their projections and transference issues onto other, vulnerable, members recklessly and with no regard for the feelings of the other person. Many a time I saw someone cry in his group after being attacked. It happened about twice ... read more