Blog Post Title OnWhen “Neutral” Isn’t Safe - Therapy, Gender, + Gaslightinge
Michelle Yue Michelle Yue

Blog Post Title OnWhen “Neutral” Isn’t Safe - Therapy, Gender, + Gaslightinge

I walked into therapy hoping for insight. I walked out realizing I'd paid $780 to be subtly gaslit by a man who thought his job was to correct me, not understand me.

When I named gendered harm, he compared it to men calling women “crazy.” When I left, he emailed to say my perception was distorted by trauma.

This isn’t just about one therapist. It’s about a culture that frames women’s clarity as irrational, and men’s defensiveness as objectivity.

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