Amanda Stanton Calls Out ‘The Bachelor’ for ‘Therapy Dates’: Asking Women to Open Up Is ‘Not It’

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Not a fan. Amanda Stanton called out The Bachelor for “forcing” the contestants to share their traumas on dates.“We have been watching The Bachelor this season and I have to say, something about the multiple therapy dates this season is rubbing me the wrong way,” the Bachelor Season 20 alum, 31, wrote via her Instagram Story on Tuesday, February 22. “I understand where they were trying to go with it … but forcing girls to ‘open up’ on National TV and then literally judging their sessions or sending them home and making them feel bad if they don’t open up enough is just not it.”Amanda concluded: “There’s a reason therapy is a private thing and I don’t think this is a good representation of therapy or helping end the stigma around mental health.

Just had to say it.”The Now Accepting Roses author seemed to be referencing the Monday, February 21, episode of the dating competition, in which Clayton Echard went on a couples counseling group date with several of the contestants.

After Genevieve Parisi admitted during her session that she didn’t “like talking about [her] feelings” or “being emotional” in front of an audience, the former football player, 28, ultimately sent her home.“It’s really hard to see me meeting your family when I’m not able to see what is inside the walls,” Clayton said.While Genevieve was understanding and confessed that she needed to work on expressing her feelings, the therapy sessions also caused conflict between Sarah Hamrick and her fellow competitors.

The emotional conversations also made the Missouri native doubt her authenticity, especially after the therapist told him that someone in his final six was being “performative” about her feelings.Earlier in the season, Clayton had another group date in