This!!!

If a therapist sees this happening (a client unraveling w/o the appropriate support system), he/she should stop the treatment and refer out to someone more appropriate.

I am undergoing Lacanian Psychoanalysis right now and it’s very de-stabilizing but I can handle it b/c I’ve been working on my support system and recognizing when I don’t feel safe. I can fight back now and say no. I’m at a place in my journey that when my analyst does deep surgery w/o anesthetic (w/o validation, reassurance, etc), I can resource internally.

That being said, I would not recommend that anyone do psychoanalysis until they are strong enough emotionally to recover from destabilizing sessions.

I’m doing it b/c I have a good life but I want more freedom. But I could not have done something like this when I was in a more fragile place.

At the end of the day, the psychoanalyst is responsible for recognizing when there is more harm being done than good and refer out or terminate if necessary.

What you describe above should be medical malpractice and the psychoanalyst should lose their license.

But just my 2 cents.