Bopp Michael J PHD

He is emotionally stunted. There were some good things about him, but he is very inconsistent. Don’t go if you want a therapist who can tolerate deep emotional upset. He doesn’t know how to relate to suffering, and there is little feeling that he is a fellow human who knows what it means to struggle in life. He gets defensive and argumentative when challenged and does not acknowledge any point of view but his own. He actually rolled his eyes at me when I was upset. When I needed understanding and a skilled and empathic therapist the MOST, he became cold and rigid. He said, «none of this is my fault!» I felt he had reached the limit of his skills and his empathy. It hurt deeply to discover this side of him, after I had trusted him for a long time. He never took any responsibility for his behavior, or helped me through the termination of therapy (my decision). An apology would have gone a long way toward relieving my pain — and still would — but there has been none. I’m still struggling to get over the way he treated me.