Slapping therapy ends in death

Noah Kass, DSW, LCSW, a psychotherapist at Kass Therapy and Hypnosis, says that if he noticed a patient stopping their medication in pursuit of alternative therapies, he would encourage the patient to “to let their psychiatrist or nurse practitioner know that they have stopped the medication they were prescribed so they can coach them on possible withdrawal side effects and maybe even tell them about other medications that may be more helpful.” Kass says that he had not previously heard of slapping therapy, “but [that] it sounds awful.” “You know when something is abusive,” he adds. “Therapy is not supposed to be comfortable, [but] it is also not supposed to go out of its way to hurt you.”

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