Psychologists: the Undergrowth of sex-cases

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februari 23, 2019

In contrast to, for example, psychiatrists, other doctors, nurses and health care assistants-assistants can psychologists not be stopped administratively by a regulator.

– it makes It more difficult that you should up to the courts to narrow the treatment options. There is a heavy way with the strict standard of proof, says Kent Kristensen, a leading researcher in the field of sundhedsret.

Professor Bo møhl (www.nyide.nu) have treated patients who have been exploited, violated or have been exposed to abuses by psychologists, and according to him it is the people who go to the police or complaints at all.

– the Cases are complex, and it can be difficult for a patient to grasp to defend himself in court. The client may fear that no one will believe them, because they have a diagnosis or are vulnerable, says professor and clinical psychologist Bo møhl (www.nyide.nu), which turns real, therefore, there is a large mørketal.

recently, a psychologist sentenced for abusing his client. The section he was convicted for is only one other was convicted of violating the ago 2013.

It is not illegal for a psychologist to have sex with clients. Therefore, it must be proved that he abused his title and power to achieve intercourse.

– There must be a certain weight and evidence, before it makes sense to go to court. We have to do with a gråzoneområde, where it can be difficult to prove whether or not a psychologist has had a cross-border behavior and at the same time, has abused his title, ” explains professor Bo møhl (www.nyide.nu).

According to both him and professor in the sundhedsjura Kent Kristensen will in many cases probably not suitable as a politisager.

– There is a big difference in the harshness, and in many cases it is an ethical question more than a criminal. And then there is, in fact, more needs for monitoring and supervision with the psychologist, who has gone over the limit, ” says Bo møhl (www.nyide.nu).

A psychologist sent flirted messages and pictures to Sandy Valentin, although she suffers from borderline. Hear her explain how psykologens behavior ended in self-harm. Photographer: Tariq Mikkel Khan / Editing: Lasse Mehrfeld Brøndal

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Victims fall between two chairs

It is particularly clients who are in therapy with a non-licensed psychologist, who can get trapped. They have no authority to go to, if the case is not suitable as a police matter.

It has Sandy Valentin experienced. She feels slighted by a psychologist, who sent her sweet messages and naughty pictures.

– I think he has acted improperly in relation to his role as a psychologist, and I feel I have a duty to make the authorities aware of the case. There is just no, I can go to, she explains.

There are three different places you can make a complaint depending on whether your psychologist is authorized or not, working in the health service and is a member of the association. Are you unlucky, fit your psychologist is not in any of the categories, and so there is nowhere to go.

the Psychologist contacted the mainly Sandy Valentin on Snapchat. Many of the images is therefore disappeared, but the ones she managed to save, is selfies of the older psychologist with a pout. In addition to pictures with bare-chested has Sandy Valentin also messages from the psychologist, in which he calls her “smuksak” and writes that he misses her.