Manipulative Therapy w/ Jonathan

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

When today's guest Jonathan was 15, he felt lost, alone, and unable to voice the feelings and thoughts that were troubling him. The domestic roles he was fulfilling as a young man and full-time student, including caring for his ill mother while navigating his parent's divorce, eventually led to him seeking help from a therapist. This therapist gained Jonathan's trust by appearing to understand and relate to him. Jonathan did not have the experience to know that the healthy boundaries of a therapeutic relationship were never actually there. From the beginning, this therapist used Jonathan's vulnerabilities to manipulate his emotions, and to control his relationships with his family and friends in order to isolate him and then insert himself and his wife into those roles. After 11 years of being manipulated, even being made to feel responsible for his therapist's life and personal needs, Jonathan was able to find a way out. Today, for the first time anywhere, Jonathan bravely shares his story in order to help others. He wants people to know there is light at the end of the tunnel. Along the way, Rachel provides some important insights on how to recognize the dangers of an unhealthy therapeutic relationship and how to better protect yourself from manipulation. Before You Go: Rachel further examines the dangers of therapists who blur the lines of client/therapist boundaries. She explains the common tactics that narcissistic therapists often employ and the damage that they can cause to their clients. If you have experienced an unhealthy relationship with a therapist and would like to be in touch, Jonathan has kindly offered to communicate with you via email to provide insight from his experience in order to help others heal. You can reach out to him at: connectwithjonathan2021@gmail.com To hear more of Rachel's tips on how to recognize an unhealthy therapeutic relationship check out her video here: https://youtu.be/EEBo_Z2VTqE Thanks to our newest Patreon supporters: Karin Levitas and Lisa Maria Martin! To help support the show and sign up for cool Indoctrination stickers and tote bags please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.
0:11.1	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
0:14.1	Hi, everyone. Today on the show, we have a special guest, someone who's going to speak to us this week and also next week,
0:22.5	someone who is talking to us about experiences that he hasn't talked about before.
0:28.5	When I asked him to let me know a little bit about what he wanted me to say as part of his
0:35.9	introduction, he sent me something that's so beautifully
0:39.7	written that I want to be able to read it just as he wrote it. He says, it's a strange feeling
0:47.7	when you believe everything is okay, but a voice inside you is saying otherwise. I didn't realize
0:54.0	the truth that voice was speaking,
0:56.4	and it's taken time to learn how to hear it again. That voice is the reason why I felt moved to
1:02.7	talk about my experience openly now. It was more difficult than I expected, but it was healing
1:08.9	and helped me better understand how far I've come.
1:13.1	I want people to know that things can always change in life. You are never stuck.
1:19.0	I want people to realize that despite someone's credentials, authority, or profession,
1:24.9	they are still a person just like you. They possess the same human flaws as anyone
1:30.2	else and are capable of doing wrong, especially when they know you're vulnerable. When I was 15,
1:38.4	I was lost. I felt alone and I didn't know how to voice the thoughts and feelings troubling me.
1:45.1	My parents were divorced.
1:46.8	My mother was ill, and I had been fulfilling roles I wasn't ready for.
1:52.3	Playing a caretaker, parent, brother, son, head of household, and student, while trying
2:00.0	to feel like a normal young teenager. It created a
2:04.1	blurry and confusing image of myself. It affected me to the point that my family felt I needed help
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