Posted by zazenduckie on February 1, 2007, at 9:04:19
Psychologist Makes Patient Wear Dog Collar
Reuters
SYDNEY (Jan. 30) - An Australian psychologist charged with indecently assaulting a patient told a court on Tuesday that forcing his female patient to wear a dog collar and call him master was within a psychologist's ethical guidelines.Psychologist Bruce Beaton, 64, pleaded not guilty in the Western Australia District Court to four charges of indecently assaulting a 22-year-old woman in 2005, local media reported.
Beaton was arrested when police, who had been secretly video recording the session with the woman, heard whipping sounds, reported Australian Associated Press from the court.
Beaton told the court he resorted to master-servant treatment with his bulimic patient because other methods had failed. He said he thought forcing the woman to wear a dog collar and call him master would build a more trusting relationship.
He said such treatment was allowed by the Australian Psychological Society. "It is right within the ethical guidelines," Beaton told the court.
"I am not saying it would be all right if I hit her. I did not hit her," he said. The trial continues.
......................Right within the ethical guidelines?
But if he didn't hit her would it be all right to intimidate and humiliate a patient?
I think psychological abuse by therapists is almost impossible to prove or to interest other professionals in reporting or sanctioning the perpetrator. I wonder if this guy will have colleagues taking the stand to defend him? YUCK
I wonder how the police got involved in the first place. But I think it's great that they did and that someone was brave enough to report him. And how long he had been practicing his "therapy" on other patients.
Pretty sickening
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