Having a "therapist" or a group leader, or whatever this guy is, who less than 4 years ago was a high school teacher who was arrested for .... well, let's just say all you have to do is Google his name, and you'll know all that you need to know, is beyond reckless and it's an insult to the people who are there for help and who would likely never, ever be in a room with a person who has this kind of recent and deviant history.
Interactions has some nice staff aside from Michael Flesher, yet he should never be allowed to council women who are S.A survivors, and I feel that not telling these women up.front and being transparent is extremely deceptive on both of their parts.
I knew immediately something was off about this guy, especially when he threw a petulant fit after realizing I wasn't going to cater to his ego. "Everyone, I mean everyone likes me. I've never had someone say they didn't like me. " Blah blah blah, boo hooo hooo, cry, cry, cry.
Then he went on to yell at me, berate me, and verbally abuse me.
He was aggressive and hostile, and I'm still wondering how this person managed to fool an entire staff of "professionals" into believing he is capable of genuinely helping anyone.
It's also my firm belief that he uses his dog as a means to get people to drop their guard and feel comfortable. Sort of like, "Hey, wanna pet my puppy!" eeeeew.
The HUGE red flag I immediately felt from this employee was just the beginning. Shortly after meeting him, he gave a birthday speech where he said, "I don't have a wife, I don't have a girlfriend and I prefer it that way. You guys are my family. " And then it hit me. I just..... knew it, but the real question is, why doesn't Inneractions see it after all of the time they spend with him? That, to me, is also very disturbing because I had him figured out in 1 day.
A predator can smell a victim, and a victim can smell a predator, and after that creepy speech he gave, I went home, and I googled his name. It was then that I received validation for what I was feeling. The dog, the lack of personal intimate relationships, the rage when I wouldn't submit to his control and overblown ego.
All you have to do is put the pieces together. It's not that hard, and Inneractions failing to do this gives me great concern as to why they aren't properly vetting their staff or why they are allowing a person with such a distasteful past and temperament to council vulnerable people.
Furthermore, why are they allowing this person with this type of verifiable and deviant background around women who are vulnerable and trusting? Why are they allowing this deviant to be in the same room or vicinity with women who are sharing some of their most personal and painful experiences that might even be similar in a sense to what this criminal has been arrested for?
I don't know people. It ain't good.
Most people deserve 2nd or even 3rd chances but there are certain crimes that can't be forgiven regardless of whether someone was in active addiction or not, and if Michael Ian Flesher can't ever get a job on school property again shouldn't that tell you that maybe he shouldn't be working with women who might be in a fragile state? Predators look for weaknesses, after all.
Do better Inneractions. There are 1000's of people who are qualified for that job that haven't been faced with the possibility of being put on a s*x offender registry less than 4 years ago. Striking a deal for rehab instead of prison doesn't mean you aren't guilty. read more