There is this woman I have known since we were teenagers and she has always been weird. She has form for being something of a fantasist as well as stalker type behaviour and has had police involvement for this. I remember people would beg me not to giver her their number as she once she had it she would harass people relentlessly, leave endless messages on their answering machines and so on. She could do very odd things like send people random things in the post like a singular welly boot.
She was also clever and knew how to access the deleted histories on peoples PC back in the day and would do this if she happened to be in your house and on a few occasions when she found something she deemed inappropriate she would tell everyone, leading to more than a few scenes.
She has form for faking her way into careers such as previously claiming to be an investigative journalist and actually getting a gig with a major UK broadcaster for a while, until they found out her CV was a fabrication.
I have now seen her pop up online doing interviews and podcasts claiming to be a therapist who is currently studying for possibly 2 PhDs. On the various shows she has claimed to specialised in treating Porn addiction, Professional Trauma, Drug addiction and adhd and autisim. She is in the UK but these podcasts are US based.
On one of the pages there was a link to her website where you could apparently buy her self study therapy programmes or book online sessions with her but even though they were apparently live a few weeks ago the website is now down.
I can't find her registered anywhere either as a therapist or as a PhD student and usually PhD students are quite visible online.
I am not in regular contact with her now but last time I saw her she was not working. She did have a horrible accident a few years ago which wasn't her fault and she did get a lot of money in compensation. She is also divorced and still has two young children so she still has support from her ex husband.
It is possible she has done some online course in therapy and I know the regulations around who can claim to be a "therapist" is a bit sketchy in the UK so perhaps she has done a course like that and set herself up but I wouldn't be surprised if she is claiming to be more qualified and experienced than she is. On one podcast she claimed to have been a therapist for many, many years which I know for a fact isn't true.
I guess I don't know, perhaps she isn't doing anything really wrong just being a bit of a fantasist again. I suppose I just think its weird and problematic. The thing is she is really clever and probably could do something to a high level but I suspect her own pathologies would make any career problematic in the long run.
I suppose I should just call her and see if she needs to have a chat or something?