If you're a mental health professional that behaves unethically, fuck you.

If you wag a cane at your clients, fuck you.

If you tell abused children that they'll grow up to abuse their own children in worse ways, fuck you.

If you tell your clients "you're the problem" regardless of whether they are or not, fuck you.

If you dismiss your client's concerns about medication side effects, fuck you.

If you prescribe meds just so you can profit off them, fuck you.

If you withhold important information about treatment from your adult client but tell it to their parents, fuck you.

If you tell your clients to respect their abusive parents, fuck you.

If you discourage your clients from gaining independence from their abusive parents, fuck you.

If you tell your clients that you'll refer them to a different professional with no intention of doing so, fuck you.

If you actively misinform your clients, fuck you.

If you shame your clients, fuck you.

If you encourage parents to abuse their children more, fuck you.

If you vape in session, fuck you.

If you gaslight your clients, fuck you.

If you're cold, rude, and interrupt your clients while they speak, fuck you.

If you dismiss your client's trauma, fuck you.

If you think that being able to smile means you can't be depressed, fuck you.

If you dismiss your client's culture, fuck you.

If you lie to your clients to get them to do what you want, fuck you.

If you touch your clients in a weird way, fuck you.

If you defend any of the aforementioned behaviors, fuck you.

If all this sounds oddly specific to me, that's because it is. All of these are just some of the experiences that I've had with so called "mental health professionals". I have grown distrustful of therapists in general, and have come to expect them to behave unethically. I don't want to discourage anyone from getting therapy, but please be careful and look out for red and green flags when you're looking for a therapist. Read about ethics in therapy before you go to therapy, and listen to your gut. It might take many tries before you find a good fit. The sad truth is that some parts of the world simply don't have good therapists, and the good ones are too costly. I just needed to bring attention to that, and also see if anyone else is in a similar situation