I work in a drug and alcohol treatment center. My boss has ultimate power and control in that place. Nobody can make a decision without her approval. She’s very insecure and uses that power to exert her dominance on other people. I’ve recently come into the crosshairs of her wrath. She is making decisions about a Client to control me. I told him he has the right to file a grievance, and he also has the right to call different agencies in the state but he is reluctant to do that because he thinks it will make it it worse for him. He asked me for a copy of a written policy, and I didn’t have it, so I asked someone in the admissions department to get it for me. She found out about that, called him into her office, and asked him why he’s sneaking around behind her back And talking to other people when he should only be talking to her, even though I am his counselor, and he has a right to that information. She knows the policies and procedures and uses that to justify her behavior, to the point that she could argue that she’s just following policy. I have talked to human resources about this situation and they haven’t done anything. I know that human resources is there to protect the company, not the employees. Two of my coworkers have recently been forced out by her and I know that I am next. I feel like if I don’t get out of there that she will make a case against me to fire me and it will be my word against her because she is not accountable to anybody. I don’t want to leave this job, nor did my former coworkers because we love the clients and we love the work. She is just super controlling. How do I protect myself and this client? The more I try to advocate for him the more she comes down on him and his mental health is really suffering because of all of this drama.