'Grey's Anatomy' Writer Lied About Cancer, PTSD, and Pretty Much Everything

[lolitalockheart]

Part 1 in a 2-part series on the Grey's Anatomy writer who incorporated her personal traumas into the show-only the stories turned out not to be her own. By the perpetually barnburning Evgenia Peretz. https://t.co/DmvQCTRFk3
- claire howorth (@clairehoworth) May 2, 2022

Follow up to this post.

Vanity Fair released a two-part write-up detailing

Comments

[plunaris]

All of this is insane, but this:
Beyer’s friends sided with Finch as they felt Beyer’s mental state improved with Finch. Finch also hired Carly, Beyer’s trusted therapist who had now moved on to private practice, completing taking away Beyer’s support system. In order to keep her children, Beyer needed Carly’s reports stating she was stable so to keep her children, Beyer was advised to remain in her marriage to Finch. Beyer’s condition to stay was that Finch admit her lies to everyone.
is especially horrific. Finch is a monster.

[einodia]

Yeah I honed in on that as well. Absolutely horrifying.

[until_you_leave]

she kept reaching out for love and support and everyone was letting her down. i really hope she takes every penny from finch in the divorce and gets the help she needs

[oatmealcrispcer]

How, in any interpretation of professional ethics or best practices, was it ok for her therapist, especially one who was so trusted and relied upon by her, to take on her friend/new girlfriend/wife as a client? And then, when a major conflict between the spouses arises, which would seemingly require her to chose one or the other, she chooses the newer, less bonded patient (who if she is in any way competent she must have suspected was guilty of the accusations, and suspected even before the accusations might be a liar, or more)? Did the therapist by that point have any kind of professional/creative relationship with Finch (like writing a script together or being connected by her to showrunners)?

[ahkna]

That is incredibly abusive. I hope Jennifer dropped all those friends.

[pi_lady]

It's so sad, she went to a clinic to get help after being traumatized by an abusive and gaslighting relationship just to end up being in a new abusive relationship. Finch knew she needed Carly's support to keep her children, so she manipulated her.

[anterrabre]

How is it even ethical for a therapist to see both parties in a marriage? Most therapists won't do it, stating a conflict of interest.

[ponyboy]

what i cam here to say. how is that fucking ethical?!

[delfintaka]

Thank you for helping me keep faith in therapists everywhere.

[vibeology_e]

I have no idea how the rules of therapy work, but I feel like that therapist should lose their license.

[lcganlerman]

idek, especially when it is recommended to not do this especially when you're dealing with an abusive spouse. it sickens me this was allowed and they prolonged that woman's suffering and abuse

[oatmealcrispcer]

I should have read whole comment section before replying above. I thought the same thing.

[orange_jelly23]

I'm a therapist and from my reading it looks like carly was a therapist at the treatment centre that both women attended and where they met, so technically she was both of their therapist seperately.
But yes once they got married and Carly was so involved in the child protection case, she definitely shouldn't have taken Finch on as a client

[headcaseheidi]

infuriating

[notoriousreign]

Yeah that was particularly infuriating to read, poor Beyer.

[belle_chouette]

Yeah, when I got to the parts with her wife my gossip glasses came of real quick, just absolutely horrifying.