When a Therapist Abandons a Patient

A traumatizing relational wound results

Rev. Sheri Heller, LCSW, RSW
Published in
7 min readJan 9, 2021

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“Abandonment doesn’t have the sharp but dissipating sting of a slap. It’s like a punch to the gut, bruising your skin and driving the precious air from your body.” ~Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow

Prior to covid and the inception of lockdown measures and the normalization of telehealth, I rendered ‘live’…

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Rev. Sheri Heller, LCSW, RSW
Invisible Illness

Complex trauma clinician and writer. Survivor turned thriver, with a love for world travel, the arts and nature. I think outside the box. Sheritherapist.com