So, my family has been seeing my psychiatrist, for, oh, about 8 years. I started seeing him when I was 15 for just a couple of months, and then I started up again when I was 17, and I just quite him about 2 months ago (I just turned 19).
I quit because he breached confidentiality.
At the time, i was 18, and he has told me before "what gets said in his office, stays in his office", and I believed him, because since I was 18, it's not like he could say anything anyway. The only way, he said, that he could say anything to anyone is if I were suicidal (which i'm not) or being abused (which i'm not).
Anyways. So I was in his office and I opened up to him about the fact that I have a hard time regulalrly taking my ant-depressants, and that I take diet pills, and I revelealed to him my goal weight. Once we were done meeting, he walked me out to the waiting room, and immediately told my mom "I'm at a loss of what to do. Jennifer hasn't been taking her anti-depressants, and she's taking diet pills to reach her unrealistic weight goal of __ lbs." I was shocked.
Me and my mom walked out, and I called him right after and left a message saying that i felt like he breached confidentiality, and that i don't think i should see him anymore, and i asked him what I should do about medication until I could find someone new. He called me back saying that he felt like being that I felt that way, it would be best that I switch psychiatrists, because being that he's seeing my whole family "there really are no secrets".
With that being said, i've decided that I would like to sue him. It hurt me emotionally that he did that, and what if he's doing it to other people too? That's not right..
So my questions are:
1) Do I have proper grounds to sue?
2) What steps should I take?
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