I filed a complaint as well. My exploitation was not sexual, but there was a great deal of emotional seduction in that relationship, so on some level it felt like sexual while it was more complex than just that.

His license is now on probation and he has to fulfill a number of requirements to clean his record such as undergoing personal therapy, taking courses on laws and ethics, paying the full cost of the board's investigation, letting his new clients and his employer know that his license is on probation..blah..blah..

While I think his license should have been permanently revoked, I am somewhat satisfied with the outcome.

I also wrote an online review of his practice where I included the links to the board's documents of his case, the accusation and the settlement. It stayed untouched for a long time until somebody decided to get involved and to demand that the website took it down which they did under the ridiculous excuse that my review represented a conflict of interests since I "appear to have had" a personal relationship with the provider of service. Apparently, the fact that I was a legitimate consumer of his service didn't matter and, apparently, the fact that he got himself involved in a personal relationship with the client was not, in and of itself, an indication that he was unfit for the line of work he had chosen. I suspect, my review started hurting his business at some point because it was backed up with the board's records and he's got some of his supporters involved to take care of this.

I am a little pissed off that the review is removed, but I don't want to go into a great lengths to let people know what he did. Anyone, who wants to check his professional record, can go to the board's website and do so. Their website is a little confusing and it takes some time to figure out where is what, but anyone can get to that information if they really want to. Once the information is available to the public, people can take care of themselves and get it.

I am so sorry psychmajor that you had to go through this. I am glad you pressed charges against that scumbag. Regardless of what the outcome will be, I hope this will vindicate you at least somewhat. Don't make punishing him your priority though. If it feels right to pursue justice and that it would assist you in your healing process, do it by all means, but don't do it at the expense of your well-being because then it'd defeat the purpose. I've known those who, like count Monte Cristo, dedicated their entire lives to punishing their perpetrators at the expense of their well-being. I found them pretty miserable. I hope this won't be your case.