My story serves as a cautionary tale and a call to action confirming the need to empower therapy clients and ensure that mental health professionals uphold and maintain the highest standards of care.

In my late 40s, I sought therapy for the first time to heal from a tragic childhood and a traumatic past. Instead, I found myself manipulated by a predatory therapist who blurred professional boundaries, exploiting my vulnerability.

What should have been a safe space for healing became a place of complete re-traumatization and abuse.

Thankfully, I found a new therapist who restored my faith in the process. This experience has left me with a deep, personal understanding of how important it is to safeguard the therapy process — and the clients who trust in it.

Now, more than ever, there’s an urgent need for stronger safeguards in the mental health field. Everyone deserves safe, ethical mental health care. No one should endure what I went through.

This is the “why” behind Safeguarding Therapy – a platform I have created that is dedicated to raising awareness and promoting ethical practices in the mental health field.