What place does this blog entry have on Psychology Today? It is irresponsible to post such drivel on a website that people trust for information and advice. I fail to see what this entry has to do with psychology, not to mention it is poorly written and juvenile. I'd expect to see this on Bill O'Reilly's blog. I hope PT takes down this trash.

My comment doesn't have anything to do with John Edwards. What I want to talk about is how mental health therapists sometimes create unhealthy situations with clients and when the situation gets way out of hand, they hide behind their profession and dub the client as just merely crazy or delusional.

I am a person who, though a Christian, sometimes feels the necessity to speak with a therapist for issues that just need attention. However, I will never again seek the help of any mental health professional. The reason for this concerns what happened when I began seeing a therapist with issues concerning my inability to rightly relate to certain women I befriended in the past. I told her I was a recovering lesbian, a recovered alcoholic and a born again Christian. Any female mental health professional would likely feel compelled to treat such a client with kid gloves, so to speak. But this therapist I am referring to began to exploit who I was from the very beginning; through hugging me too close and then, later on in my treatment, admitting that she reciprocated the feelings she knew full well I'd developed toward her. Even so, I take full responsibility for my behavior toward her; she just wasn't prepared for the type of personality I was then. The situation occurred over a period of nine years; seven years longer than it should have. Nevertheless, my recently published book has little to do with what happened with that therapist. Clearly she made herself a part of my story. But my issues weren't caused by her; she only exascerbated them. I believe that my book "THE BARBED WIRE FENCE" should be read by a wide range of people; alcoholics in recovery, people with past physical abuse and rape issues and, most of all, those in the mental health field who would take into account this scenario of an unhealthy relationship between a therapist and a client. I'm not out to get anybody; I'd never reveal the therapist's name or whereabouts 'til my dying day. I began this book before I even started having those sessions with that therapist. In fact, I forgive both her any myself for the way things out and I blame neither of us for it all. My book "THE BARBED WIRE FENCE" by Tina Peters is a Xulon Press publication; available at xulonpress.com, barnesandnoble.com, amazon.com

i had to take a double take when i saw this post. this is really irresponsible esp given that this is the psych today website.

You are an affront to your profession. This "article" is an abomination of ethics, morality and plain old common sense. You have slandered a public figure in a public forum. Are you an idiot? Not only have you put yourself in litigious jeopardy, but you have compromised Psychology Today, as well. Retract or delete this nonesense before you get sued. As for what's left of your reputation as a serious professional, think about a job that includes the phrase, "Super-size that?" because, frankly, anyone who takes you seriously from this point forward is more of an idiot than you.

I have always admired you and I've gotten a great deal out of your books. You could say I'm a fan. Your most recent posts are funny, and while part of me hopes you'll keep up these humorous blogs, I have to also say that I'm a little worried about you.