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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
This is what his former patients with whom he wasn’t harmless-presenting may need to follow: “Deprogramming from the influence of an abusive therapist like Dr. Leone requires a comprehensive approach focused on self-awareness, healing, and growth. It involves recognizing the damage done, finding ethical and compassionate therapeutic support, and learning healthier ways of relating to oneself and others. Although the process may take time and involve deep emotional work, it is possible for the client to regain control over th... read more
Yes, I would classify Leon as a delusional man-child building his own cult, running a fake business and doing quite a few transgressions against his clients.
Yes Jim’s group therapy instructions amounted to this.. become antagonistic, belligerent, make up grudges against people, feel arrogant about it, practice a secret agenda to offend others, be grandiose, abusive, fake, use honesty rudely and inappropriately, over disclosure, attempt therapy speak with strangers unexpectedly, try to force lofty self improvement life goals onto situations where you haphazardly rush and they don’t fit, follow a fringe therapy dogma against obvious common sense, distance form family and become ve... read more
My group therapy with Jim started with “women in the group will go crazy over you,” then turned into “you are the key to the group’s success” and finally “what makes you such a toxic person.” So much BS he pulled out of his whatever just to keep you there. A gross form of malpractice and malfeasance! Obviously a shady perverse guy who puts on a charming act.
Jim’s MO was to charm you during the intake session and then unexpectedly proceed to demean you during the first two group sessions. This trauma bonded people. He would guide people in his group to be mad and aggressive towards and then sort of claim that it wasn’t him but that’s like what “the group” thought about you. He would coerce you to be in his group trying to get you to quit college to fill his need for a group roster. And he would lead people on whom he had no ability to help. Let me be clear - he taught people the... read more
licensed psychologist who was providing group therapy but was covertly practicing Attack Therapy on his patients - charming, demeaning, isolating, bonding, misleading, promising them things - like his own personal cult. he was married to a dean of a social work college and his wife specialized in research and helping women with... trauma of all things. very messed up. he would be vague and say 'talk therapy' and 'relationships and emotions' when asked what therapy modality he practiced. he kept some patients for 20 years cal... read more
yes.. essentially when i first saw 'Jim' - he told me it is okay to grope girls at school, then he said women in his group will go crazy over me, then he arranged for me to get humiliated and for the women there to openly aggress against me, then he called me toxic, then said me distancing from my family will make me more successful, said his group is the perfect place to work on my social issues, then said i should mourn my social life, then said his group is adult day care for low functioning adults, then told me to abuse ... read more
Yes, Leone is dangerous, abusive and narcissistic. He has been reported several times, but the fact he took so many notes - he somehow falls through the cracks and avoids meaningful action against his psychologist's license. He can do with his patients anything he wants pretty much as long as he doesn't touch them. Him flirting with female patients and encouraging them to tell him explicit sexual details is very telling in my opinion.
Leone would purposely fish out for low functioning people and mislead, mistreat and delude them, while letting high functioning people leave calling them 'crazy' and 'clueless about emotions' if they criticized him on their way out. It is hard to believe that his wife is a professor who lectures about trauma of all things. Truly a sick couple in my opinion!
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