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James P. Leone, PhD
- Psychologists
- Cambridge, MA
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Location details
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 |
James Leone CGP (that cannot be take away no matter what he does) and PHD (from 1970s?)… Well..It’s very dangerous for a psychopath narcissist without morals and boundaries who feels entitled to be toxic to patients to declare himself an instructor of social skills, helper of thoughts, interpreter of life, and giver of life lessons. Combine that with proper therapy training and psychological education and you have a canary in the coal mine. Most people go in treating a therapist instead of making the guy prove himself f... read more
Yes Dr Leone projected his own psychopathy problems onto us. He is neurodivergent in an anti social way. He can’t bond and relate to people, couldn’t since he as a child partly due to family abuse and neglect, and he is pissed his relationships don’t match what he sees others having. So he imposes himself on people with this sense of him being mistreated and offended. And he taught us to act out of the same feeling of something being wrong due to us supposedly being mistreated somehow and it’s other people’s fault; Or ac... read more
Jim P Leone didn’t practice therapy but was very good making it look like he was. A lot of people wondering what happened to them with him. Why was he so harmful? Jim confidently said things so insane and unusual that it seemed normal and okay because the guy was normal nice and wears a suit minutes before. Also there was constant double speak, plausible deniability, and implied claim that he is saying BS as something for you to consider potentially - like he is not responsible for saying anything correct accurate or safe... read more
'Therapy as Part of Coercive Control' basically. He would scare you into saying you shouldn't be there if you criticize him (which makes one wonder why were you there if you did not like it?) and say you could be harming others' therapy experience by criticizing him. No 'resisting, opposing, not wanting to do the work, having too many boundaries, not having trust, not being open and honest, having walls around you' and thus missing out on your therapy goals and his promises.. He misrepresented the therapy dynamic to have coe... read more
Yes, the impression I got from Jim's self descriptions of himself was that he thoughts he is a great therapist, but also a pervert, manipulative and predatory, and that he felt both entitled to be both, but also ashamed, but at the same time did not feel remorse and drew joy from being predatory. He had a drive to feel grandiose, but also knew he wasn't a good therapist like others, and felt envy of other therapist being more financially successful.
Jim would engage in a series of toxic communication patterns such as mocking, name calling, lying, and playing mind games. Coming from a senior citizen, it was especially surprising, as this behavior is more common among younger people, not supposedly mature therapists with supposed life experience. Perhaps, through life experience, he figured out how to get away with mocking, name calling, demeaning, and building a cult following around himself?
This fraud of a therapist taught us to do all the wrong stuff: show middle finger randomly just cause you feel like it, demean people, manipulate, deprive, neglect, overstep boundaries, induce fake emotions, yell, go around people, comment on people, oppose them, push through stuff that nobody needs because I am desperate and unhappy, unhappy stuff, relating by wallowing in depression, etc. If you told him that, he would angry and coerce you into taking your words back saying you are endangering other people's therapy if you... read more
Yes, you should have believed him when he said he is manipulative, sadistic, and really a marketing company focused on recruiting and retaining patients any way possible without ethics.
Jim’s advice was insane: Don’t give your aunt a gift for her birthday Don’t congratulate your aunt with her birthday Don’t loan your mom money Confront strangers Be inappropriately honest during an interview Distance yourself from your parents for no good reason - I’m such an idiot that I went ahead and followed Dr Leone’s advice. The man is self admittedly hypo manic, manipulative and sadistic - qualities disqualifying him from the profession he falsely presents to be a great fit for (grandiosity).
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