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Defending the Indefensible
I just googled myself, looking for something I’d written, and happened upon a blog written about me by Cathi Carol ( http://cathicarolblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/anne-c-woodlen/ ). I can’t find any place on her blog where I can comment, which is the first problem. … Continue reading
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Tagged boundaries, Cathi Carol, colleague, friend, lover, narcissism, psychotherapy, Richard Gottlieb, sex, therapist, therapy, writing
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“Nobody Could Make Up This Stuff.” (Part II)
The only problem was that I have caller I.D. Dick Gottlieb did not try to call me on Monday. In fact, I now believe that his surprise phone call from the hospital on Friday was because he was terminating me. … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, boundaries, clinical social worker, colleague, dick gottlieb, friend, Holland Hospital, hospital, Jerry Sandusky, LARA, lawsuit, lover, maltreatment, Michigan Licensing and Regulatory, mistreatment, MSW, Patient, power, psychotherapy, Regulatory Affairs, Richard Gottlieb, sexual abuse, therapist, therapy, victim
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“Nobody Could Make Up This Stuff.” (Part I)
What would you do if you suspected that your best friend was a sexual predator? What would you do if it was 1998 and Jerry Sandusky was your best friend? When Bernie Fine, Syracuse University’s assistant head basketball coach, was … Continue reading
Cathi Carol: Not a Psychologist (Part II)
Consider a teacher: a teacher goes to college to learn how people learn, and how to teach them to learn. There are theories of learning that explain how children absorb knowledge. There are various skills to be learned about how … Continue reading
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Tagged boundaries, Cathi Carol, fraud, free therapy, Friendship, informal therapy, liar, maltreatment, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Patient, power, psychologist, psychotherapy, therapist, therapy
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Cathi Carol: Not a Psychologist (Part I)
Comment received from Cathi Carol regarding “Friend, or What?” “I hope this helps: “Take it from a psychologist: When your famous friend/therapist said ‘You can’t afford me’ and then called you when he could, that meant he was giving you free … Continue reading
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Tagged boundaries, Cathi Carol, doctor, ethical, free therapy, friend, Friendship, honesty, hypocrite, informal therapy, lawsuit, liar, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, moral, Patient, power, psychologist, psychology, psychotherapy, theraist, therapist, therapy
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Friend, or What?
The phone would ring and I’d hear that deep bass voice say, “He-e-e-llo, Annie,” and I would settle in for a good chat. We would talk about everything under and over the sun. We would share stories of our history … Continue reading
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Tagged boundaries, friend, Friendship, lawsuit, Patient, psychotherapy, therapist, therapy
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Friend or Colleague, Therapist or Lover?
Within an hour of meeting me, he was holding my hand. What kind of man does that? We met at a conference; later he would call me a colleague. What kind of man takes the hand of a colleague he’s … Continue reading
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Tagged boundaries, colleague, friend, lover, Patient, psychotherapist, psychotherapy, sexual abuse, therapist, therapy
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How to Complain: An Introduction
Last night I had a phone call from a fellow who had just discovered my blog. He was frustrated and overflowing with stories of the abuse he’s suffered at the hands of the psychiatric system. He also was off on … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, boundaries, civil rights, complaint, courtesy, CQC, degraded, doctor, God, humiliated, maltreatment, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, OPMC, PAIMI, Patient, physically damaged, physician, power, psychiatric abuse, psychiatric patient, Psychiatry, push back, respect, self-respect, valuable, worthy
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