As we mentioned above, Sidequest Therapy is a TikTok user who was disparaged online after her methods of helping people were referred to as a fraud act.

In one of the screenshots shared online, the therapist wrote “When a client wants to trauma dump on the first session.”

This particular statement did not sit well with fellow TikTok users who called her out for the same.

A user claimed, “is it trauma dumping if you’re literally their therapist?”

Another user retweeted the same post and requested people not to become therapists if they don’t know how to address clients’ problems.

For the unknown, Trauma dump is a term used when sharing a traumatic experience without asking permission for the receiver’s capacity to hear the information.

While the term isn’t a psychological term, it went viral on TikTok after a YouTuber-podcaster Ruben Angel used it in 2018, saying just because he is a survivor advocate does not give anyone permission to trauma dump on him.

However, netizens are not happy with therapists using the term as they believe it is their job to hear clients’ stories and turmoil and help them.