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James P. Leone, PhD - Cambridge, MA
- Psychologists
- Cambridge, MA
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Location details
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 |
his advice was consistent and insidious. He said, “tell people how you think and feel openly. You will fight with them and then be friends. Go tell them. What do you think about what the other group member just said? Did you know they think this about you? You may be a boring and toxic person. You’re the key to the group’s success. As a therapist I know you are being pathetic because I get sadistic. As a therapist yes I am manipulative haha. I’ve devoted my life to helping people with therapy groups and now I am at the top o... read more
how to be easily manipulated or how to be Leon's long term client: - be unsure of the core of who you are (let people's comments override your self-concept even if they don't live in a way that you admire) - highlight & exaggerate negative feedback about yourself from others & disregard the positive - let other people define your worth for you (parents, friends, boss, co-workers, strangers) - let social norms dictate your worth (marriage, divorce, promotions, layoffs, childrens' accomplishments) - second guess your own... read more
He seemed to suffer from a manipulation and abuse issue, and his methods were quite rude and bizarre. He made things that were factually incorrect seem extremely believable and did not tolerate being called out on untruths or when people discussed him negatively. He took no responsibility for giving incorrect instructions or misinterpreting a situation incorrectly.
He would tell people what they want to hear at first to make them feel good reinforcing incorrect harmful and misguided beliefs and attitudes (but it was incorrect and), but then he would inappropriately start to abuse them (which was harmful to them and again incorrect of him) but now he would tell that he supposedly exposing a dark truth about them because he doesn’t just tell people what they want to hear. People would get really tricked by this. They would run to him and he would make them feel good about them having inc... read more
He made a therapy out of his own narcissistic manipulation and instructed us to do it to others.
It was important for him to create a false public impression, so he would deliberately exaggerate his professionalism to come across as someone who is extremely professional, while freely doing loose narcissist-psychopath stuff, and professional look he put a lot of effort in was meant to cover that abuse and malpractice and confuse people because in general you would not expect a professional looking person to talk and act with people like he did.
The nasty guy created dependence and taught plenty of destructive “coping skills” and life skills. You may need years to un-do the damage, and it may not be possible ever.
He would victim-blame and shame victims, set people up to bully and harass each other in front of him, humiliate people, lead people on by pretending he could help them with their presenting issue when he knew he couldn't, and foster and attitude of victimhood and superiority in his clients - all abusive and harmful things. For example, a totally socially inadequate person would do something socially inappropriate and he would cheer them on, thus making their case even worse, while leading them on to think they were learning... read more
So this monkey actually taught everything the opposite of what it should be - riling people up to get into conflict and to get angry at each other for no reason and to react on impulse.. very terrible stuff. APA violation, malpractice stuff. Lots of people I saw were seemingly harmed by him this way. If you listen to a guy like Tim Fletcher on YouTube - you will see what we (former pissed of clients) are talking about. His word salad is typical of a lying narcissist.
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