Sexual contact between patients and psychologists
Sexual relations
between applied
psychologists and
service users,
and between
psychologists and
students/trainees was
the subject of a study
by Tanya Garrett.
Here she presents
her findings and
calls on the Society
to give urgent
attention to
the issue
IN 1992 I conducted a national,
anonymous survey of members of
the Division of Clinical Psychology
(DCP) of The British Psychological
Society in relation to their experiences
of sexual contact with patients, both
personal and at second hand, for example
through their patients who had
engaged in sexual contact with previous
therapists. While I surveyed 1,000
members, I had not expected the level
of response which I eventually received
(58.1 per cent).
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