This site exists because serious professional misconduct in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis does occur — and when it does, it can cause profound harm.
These are not abstract risks. Misconduct in this field is documented and recurring. It arises in settings that are:
- private
- unobserved
- built on trust
- defined by a clear power imbalance
Where those boundaries fail, the consequences can be psychological, lasting, and difficult to challenge.
What this site does
This site publishes regulatory determinations — formal findings made after investigation and a disciplinary process. These are not allegations or speculation. They are established findings of misconduct, published here so that the harm such conduct causes can be reduced.
Why it matters
In this profession:
- misconduct is often hidden by confidentiality
- harm can be minimised or reframed, for example as “consensual”
- records can become difficult to locate over time
That creates a risk not only to past patients and students, but to future ones.
The public protection issue
Regulators can remove practitioners from their registers. But removal from a register does not erase risk, prevent future practice, or ensure that wider safeguarding action has been taken.
Transparency is therefore not optional. It is a core part of public protection. Where a regulator or professional body removes information about a determined case from public view, that decision raises a legitimate question: how does it serve and protect the public?
The point
This site exists to ensure that:
- serious findings remain visible
- patterns can be recognised
- and the public has access to information that affects their safety