Hey all, I'm curious if anyone has seen Robin Carlisle at New Narratives Hypnotherapy and what your experience was?
I currently have a friend that she's pretty much destroying and I don't know what to do about it. He's struggles really deeply with avoidant attachment and emotional trauma, and Robin is pushing him deeper into it. She has an inappropriate relationship with him where she extends their sessions regularly by hours, and let's him call her whenever he wants. Her "therapy" is mostly just direct advice, personal opinions, and judgements, and has told him he's only allowed to have "light and fluffy relationships, if any," which is terrible advice for an avoidant, and during a time of relationship conflict she even went so far as to tell him to end his relationship and "just date yourself for three months."
She only holds a certificate in hypnosis and one in CBT, but I looked into it and she spent maybe a month tops watching online videos to be handed a couple certificates. She says on her website and others that she has "20 years of counseling" experience, but she's not a counselor and she got her certificates in 2020. She put her title on a therapy website as "professional counselor," which is not only dishonest but I'm pretty sure illegal. She's in no way even close to a licensed therapist or counselor, but he's been seeing her every week for a year and they've only done hypnosis twice. The rest of the sessions have been therapeutic style "talk therapy" which she's not qualified to perform. She's told him his developmental stage, insisting he never "individuated" and that he needed to somehow recreate all the things he was "supposed " to do in his childhood and teens as a 40 year old man. She pushes him to hold "boundaries," but he's an avoidant so a lot of these boundaries are really just her pushing him further into his destructive coping mechanisms. She tells him all kinds of crazy things like "we don't heal in active trauma" which he then interprets as "anything that makes me uncomfortable is active trauma and should be avoided." She makes disparaging and judgemental remarks about the person he's dating which causes real relationship issues, invites him out to events, talks about her personal life, and actively pushes him further into destructive coping patterns. There's no questioning of his perspective, no guidance toward accountability, no challenges for growth. I've watched this person harden and shrink over the past year, and it's so sad because he really wanted help. They're convinced that Robin is "healing" them, and it's sad and scary to witness.
I've watched him shut down farther and farther, and have really twisted and unhealthy ideas work their way into his brain because of her. She also charges him around $800 a month, knowing full well she isn't qualified to treat him at this level. I think she's more than happy to take his money. An ethical practioner would refer him to someone more qualified, but I get the sense that Robin is highly manipulative and not at all what she presents herself as.
I chatted with the Google ai, (I know, I know), and it said that one star reviews are often quickly removed from her business, which I thought was interesting. It did mention one that wasn't up anymore, which made me curious if anyone else has had any negative experiences with her? I think she's a predator and dangerous to vulnerable people looking for help.