A male psychologist in the 40-years is in hedmark county district court sentenced to eleven months imprisonment for having abused his position by, among other things, have had sexual intercourse with a patient. The man is well known in his profession, has operated under a private company and has also figured several times in the local community and on NRK in connection with the topic in the field of psychology.
It was back in 2008 that a woman in the 30s for the first time met the now-sentenced psychologist in the County. According to a notice sent to the County in the fall of 2017, she was at the time in strong emotional imbalance, among other things because of past sexual abuse. According to the judgment shall she have been very depressed.
the Woman sought psychological help for sexual abuse. It was the start of eight years of abuse, Sex after each time
In court, let the psychologist the cards on the table, and acknowledged the relationship with the woman. Both he and the patient explained how they had entered into a sexual relationship at home with the man in 2009, and the psychologist admitted that he knew that he did something wrong.
– the Offended person has explained that just about each therapy session ended with sex, it is called in the judgment, which also states that the sexual interaction both took place at the home of the psychologist and of his office.
Styrkemessig superior
In the judgment shows that the court does not believe there is any kind of doubt that the man has abused its position. It is also considered as aggravating that the sexual interaction occurred in direct correlation with the therapy sessions that the offended person paid for.
the Defendant was, at the time the sexual relationship was established, clearly styrkemessig superior. He was a trained psychologist, while the offended person was mentally ill, turn right fast.
The sexual relationship between the psychologist and the woman will continue until January 2017. According to the judgment, however, should the treatment with the psychologist have been completed in april 2010, and the court looks, therefore, away from the contact between them in the period after this.
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In documents which were written in connection with the tilsynssaken, it was also revealed that not only is physical contact between the psychologist and the woman.
In the course of the years the two meet, had the psychologist several times experienced budget problems, among other things, in connection with arrears. He had borrowed money of the woman, but the money should have been paid back before the trial. On the other hand, it was granted damages for the sum the woman has paid the psychologist for treatment.
In addition to his imprisonment must the psychologist to pay a total of 260 000 to the woman in the reparation and replacement. His defense attorney, Knut Helge Hurum, says to Dagbladet that he has not yet been discussed the judgment with his client.
– A possibly ankespørsmål we must therefore come back to, ” says the lawyer.
the Woman’s a lawyer, Eivor Isle, said she and her client only partially satisfied with the decision of the district court.
We seem oppreisningen is too low and will try to get done something there, but beyond that we are pleased. We were basically disagree in the indictment, we believe the relationship has been going on for longer than what is stated. This we tried to get changed, with no luck. So based on the premises of the indictment we are satisfied with the decision, ” says Isle.
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