Professional Conduct Hearings Against Therapists Published Online (UK)

The BACP posts details of its professional conduct hearings online, and I find them a very interesting read. I thought the link would be worth sharing here, in case anyone would like to read it.
http://www.bacp.co.uk/prof_conduct/notices/hearings.php

Thanks for this, I am looking forward to reading some of these!
I really like the BACP s openness with dealing with its members!

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i have the form that they sent my former T when they suspended his license and the one when they revoked it permanently. i've read it maybe twice. it doesnt identify me by name, it calls me Patient X. it has his name on it though. there is also a website called and the newspaper articles my town wrote about it are on there, but i am still Patient X thank god. i wish i could make a whole website dedicated to how people should stay away from him, especially young vulnerable women. but i cant because of a stupid contract i signed at the settlement mediation. i fear he is victimizing others to this day... i thought it so wrong that they/he silenced me to only talking about what happened to "mental health professionals". i probably am not even allowed to allude to it here on this board but i need an outlet...

I really thought your former "therapist" had been struck off, JunkDNA! I can't believe there's a chance he could still be practicing!

Oh...no. he is unable to practice in this state at least. His license was taken away permanently. I just meant in general...that I hope he's still not doing similar things ..

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Echoes, these are awesome! They are frighteningly similar to things people have written about here! Like with "some details changed to protect the innocent"! Like one of our couchinistas had that automatic 2nd appointment bill problem. Uncanny! Or the t using up the time to talk about herself (my pet peeve).

Glad you found them interesting unaluna Yeah, it just goes to show how common some of these problems are, and it's nice to see how often complaints are upheld against the therapist so they can be held accountable (even if the punishments are quite minor!). The transparency's important I think.

There's another section on the same website that shows where therapists have had their membership withdrawn, the link here is to "sanctions" which are applied to therapists who have got it wrong but not so badly they can't practice. I'm glad the outcomes are transparent - the process of complaint is incredibly difficult for all concerned so openness about the outcome is a good thing.

Yes thanks for that. I'll post the link for that too.
http://www.bacp.co.uk/prof_conduct/n...ermination.php

I just read thru all of the first post - theres even a hugger on there! (He shoulda talked to his supervisor!) Some of these people got sanctions, membership or license suspended.

The more of these I read the more worried I become for clients. Surely these therapists report such things to their supervisor! Although I do remember a therapist I seen for over a year, (who didn't show up for my session twice and added me as a friend on Facebook and then denied it afterwards ) saying she has nothing to talk about in supervision, in hindsight I am like REALLY?
Now that I read some of these complaints she definitely breached her codes of ethics on me and probably many more clients. She is quite prolific, I wonder if the more prolific they become the bigger their ego's

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T1 once said to me "I go to supervision and just sit there thinking 'yeah, yeah' because I know it all already.". The arrogance in that statement was stupifying and I lost all confidence in his ability to use supervision effectively. I know he didn't take his feelings towards me to supervision.
Last session I told T (who is a big advocate of supervision) what T1 had said about supervision, and I could tell T was shocked and a bit p-ed off about it.

I have been seeing clients for the last 8 months. I have had two supervisors in that time and I can honestly say it is so important to be honest in supervision, to tell your supervisor all of your flaws, this is more important than the positive stuff. I tell my supervisor everything and he really holds all of the mistakes I make and reassures me that I am doing a good job because I am not afraid to take the mistakes. He assures me that they are not mistake but learning.
I am utterly shocked by your t1 behaviour. Any t that doesn't agree with supervision is dangerous to their clients.

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Really if people here read these, half their questions about their ts would be answered. Like about email, just everything!

We have a similar thing in my country but Ts aren't named. I read some last night and struck by the number of aggressive behaviour complaints against Ts there were plus dual relationships (incl sexual) but mostly about fees, Just the complaint and the outcome are recorded.

I'm not seeing clients yet (yet!) but I've had supervision in a related volunteer role and I can't imagine anyone not having anything to say about how things are going and how you are experiencing and feeling with each client. Dear goodness that is a worrying and scary thought. As MLS says, supervision is part of being a safe practitioner.

The wisest man is the man who knows he doesn't know it all.

PS just passing through