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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 |
Yes, Jim would guide group members into making critical comments onto others and then instruct them to do the same outside of group. Due to the nature of people who come seeking his services, sadly many of them did not realize that it would be perceived as disrespectful and hurtful, resulting in damaging their social network outside of group. Falsely, Jim would insist that being disrespectful and hurtful not only doesn't matter, but is good for relationships and the unnamed type of relational group therapy he practiced. Many... read more
My advice is if you have been a patient of Dr? Leone, engage in harm reduction strategies from being exposed to him. Adopt a Zero Tolerance for Abuse strategy. Make a commitment to cease any form of abuse—emotional, verbal, physical, or otherwise. If needed, take physical distance from individuals you might harm until you can interact constructively. Do not abuse yourself, your parents, kids, partner, coworkers, etc. Just don't no matter what he told you to justify or modelled it. Do not copy him!
Yes, Leone 100% engaged in deceptive, abusive, and unethical practices.
Jim inappropriately used abuse and manipulation to meet his need to provide therapy, and instructed his patients to use manipulation and abuse as well to meet whatever needs, goals and obstacles they had. Your grandmother is dying? Abuse her! Having issues on a blind date? Abuse her. Can’t seduce a hit neighbor? Manipulate her. Can’t get a job? Abuse your parents! This was literally his exact advice.
Yeah, o was taken aback and caught off guard, because up to entering Dr Leone’s office, I have never been lied to and unethically manipulated which such shameless brazenness as Jim did. He truly is a 10/10 scammer in my opinion.
After Leon group - and it was Attack Therapy covertly practiced without consent - I became holier than thou, lecturing others, solving others problems while offending them, like everyone noticed after group. Like I came out of his groups copying how I behaved there. He told me to do mind games therapy on a date and I went and did it. Then she blocked me. She was going to meet again with me and bring her friend again. I did Leon stuff after his group and she said it sounded crazy and offensive and blocked me. I reported it t... read more
Yes, Leon advice is all wrong! You have to do the opposite of everything he taught. If you don’t manipulate and make an effort to be supportive and polite to people - you gain so many allies in family and work. Sweating all the stuff he told people to worry about just isn’t necessary and creates problems because you start seeing problems and growing them. It’s like a self delusional cult of perverse frustration and manipulation for the sake of it. But that’s what you get if you have a potentially mentally ill person working ... read more
Exactly ! Jim would engage in bullying and prompt his followers to do so. He called it - “wrestling with a person or breaking them down.” It would be during first few sessions and not during intake, and was quite unexpected. He seemed to believe that meanness was a shortcut. I had never seen him be upset at someone getting hurt and he seemed to get excited instead. Like he thought it was normal for people to abuse each other. Only time he got visibly upset was when he was personally criticised. He rarely stepped in to stop ... read more
Leon was devious and dismissive, that he told me that I am essentially learning positive coping skills in his group and that the reason my mom and grandma dislike him - is not that he is an abusive liar spewing harmful BS and exploiting people - but it was my mom and grandma who used negative coping strategies and they did not like the positive ones I was learning in his group and wanted to shut me down. And while it is partially true that my mom and grandma have negative coping strategies, the reason they did not like him w... read more
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