The Psychotherapist and the Professional Complaint

The Shadow Side of Therapy

Adah Sachs, Valerie Sinason
Confer & Karnac Publishing
256 pages
ISBN: 9781913494612
January 2023

The patient’s word was once easily dismissed against the word of the psychiatrist, doctor or therapist, until professional regulations established patients’ access to information, support and recourse. However, there are no systems in place to protect psychotherapists. The current complaint procedure presumes the therapist’s guilt until proven innocent, rather than the reverse. This book explores this problem with sensitivity and rigour.