According to author Lawrence Hedges only a infinitesimal number of disputes even are heard and a tiny fraction of that find for the plaintiff. I understand this means therapists generally are censured for documented, major offenses such as sexual or financial exploitation, dual relationships. This leads a large field of harm that might not be addressed by ethics committee. When a psych social worker told me "something about you makes me want to kick you," I didn't even get a hearing. My failure to terminate case against the co-therapist, a psychologist, was heard, but that's because it had a dual relationship component.

Every client I've read from describes the grievance process as extremely stressful. The clinician might defends himself by putting the client in the worse possible light. I found there is nothing therapeutic about the process. It certainly isn't about taking care of the client. The last thing I felt was--helped.