James P. Leone, PhD

Claire H. 

on Birdeye

a year ago

It is almost like Leon was justifying his own toxic family impulses using therapy on us like passing off his own trauma and wacky interpersonal ideas - saying whatever to gain power over people and very much potentially wanting to poison people's lives from the inside.  Say you reported to him that his advise didn't work - he wouldn't genuinely be curious and wanting to adapt his advice to something that worked for you, no, he would mock, change the subject, rationalize, gaslight, redirect, do a fake apology - without a real... read more

John 

on Birdeye

a year ago

Yes again to summarize it.. I had therapy with this decades long scammer who was a literal psychopath himself despite being licensed and seemingly well respected.. I ended up becoming unable to trust and bond with people anymore and ended up abusing people around me due to him teaching this to me. He told me to send elderly people elsewhere if they ask me for help, to not give patients bedpans if they annoy the nurse, to tell my grandma she is unpleasant despite advanced age and helplessness, to undermine my own mom, and m... read more

Claire H. 

on Birdeye

a year ago

This mentions therapy and 100% matches my experience - https://youtu.be/rkfOEcHnU58?si=hPfjPN2rEiDRN-Vj 

Hello! 

on Birdeye

a year ago

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

John 

on Birdeye

a year ago

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

Hello! 

on Birdeye

a year ago

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

Jeff P. 

on Birdeye

a year ago

'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

Jeff P. 

on Birdeye

a year ago

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. 

Hello! 

on Birdeye

a year ago

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?