Arthur Henry is the most incompetent psychotherapist I’ve ever worked with, and I’ve worked with several. He might be a good technician with his EMDR software, and he might have the right certificates but a professional doesn’t force a female client to manufacture memories of “child abuse” to protect a police officer from consequences for breach of trust and criminal harassment, and Catholic Bishops and priests from consequences for total mismanagement of programs, policies, and his people. Trauma is not mental illness. I was traumatized from the N100 pitch contest, from being so badly received after a conversion experience (which several female professionals acknowledged is a serious thing) and from sustained hostility from literally hundreds of people, with no explanation. Being accused of lying is traumatic, especially about deeply held things.
“Did you want to be re-parented?”
That’s a leading question. That’s abuse of conscience, which Arthur should know since he did a certificate in Catholic Studies. That’s also abuse of the therapeutic alliance, since Arthur seems to have made up his mind independent of what I told him.
“Do you think you’ll be able to get a pardon if you report Bishop Daniel Meihn to the Bishops’ Reporting Portal?”
He couldn’t resist showing off that he had been a partner with James Zegers. Arthur Henry lied in a letter claiming a serious mental illness came from childhood abuse, which is not the case, as well as being well outside his professional jurisdiction. Guys like enable domestic violence and sexual harassment as well as undermine the good work of reformers. I wonder if Bishop Tom Dowd approves of Pro-Cathedral Finance Chairs, in their professional roles, coercing and abusing lay Catholics, to protect police and priests who are in the wrong? Being a leader of the Parish Council requires a higher standard of integrity, not to mention demonstrated respect for women, … all women.
This is gang behavior; there is a whole group who were talking behind the scenes and
“You had better be telling me the whole truth.”
That’s a threat. Wow.
“Was your maternal grandfather an alcoholic? That would make sense; he was Irish.”
That’s just an ignorant remark.
“You don’t trust your therapist.”
That’s coercive control, and abuse of the therapeutic alliance. He demanded that I say I trusted him in almost every session.
“I get spam all the time. Just ignore it.”
I told Arthur about the Campaign of Terror; the onslaught of perfectly-timed, highly targeted texts, audio deepfakes of family members, signups, phone calls, fraud, impersonation but he just waved it away as generic spam. Patronizing, arrogant, dangerous behavior from a so-called professional.