Below is an excerpt of a letter that Lisa Hurst Barnhardt wrote. She states that her position was consistently that my needs (my school work, family, wish to be treated special" as important. And that she encouraged me to negotiate for more balance in the relationship. This DID NOT happen. Lisa Hurst Barnhardt consistently reprimanded me when she felt that the abuser's needs were not being met.
- She got upset when she found out that the abuser was paying for my lunch. This was after I told her he charged over $700 on my credit card.
- She got happy and smirky when I told her he neglected my birthday. Then she wanted me to understand that some people just don't recognize birthdays.
- She gave me a cold stare when I explained how I was coerced into having sex while I had a bladder infection.
- When I tried to talk to her about my hesitancy about him, she would shut me down with a directive to just meet his needs. There was no safe space for me to process my own thoughts and feelings.
- She tried to take credit for the stability of my life when I first met her. She seemed to think that my stable life had to do with her psychotherapy treatment methods. She tried to convince me that this is why I should return back to her office. My life was insidiously unraveling while I was seeing her. The stability of my life when I met her came from my journal writing. In my journal- I had no one invalidating my feelings.
Lisa Hurst Barnhardt lied so much. She seemed to think that if she lied enough that the truth would simply scurry out her office and jump off some bridge never to be heard from again.
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