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Complaint Review: Az Board of Behavioral Health Examiners - phoenix Arizona
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Az Board of Behavioral Health Examiners Class Action Suit: Federal Discrimination Laws Violated Daily By The Arizona Board of Behavioral Health phoenix, Arizona
The Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners is made up of professional counselors who, in allegiance to a McCarthy Style Executive Director, discriminate against licensees every day. Examples include investigations aimed to portray licensees as "impaired" and "unprofessional" or even "dangerous"for things such as failing to document each and every consultation-though we consult often and on a continuing basis as part of the process of avoiding projection or transference; making a widespread error in interpreting a particular statute or law, or admitting to feeling stressed once in a while.
Although these professionals are supposed to be models of objectivity, they further investigate in a manner designed to get and distort information to build a case against us, ignoring any facts which may hinder their investigation, and far embellishing any information they can use to velify licensees. Were we to treat our clients in this manner, we would lost licensure by doing the severe harm they cause us.
Despite having been molested, raped, beaten, and publically humiliated on several occasions by the board, I am more mentally healthy than most people I know. I grieve and move on, I cope, and I am determined to succeed in my personal and professional life no matter what hostility or discrimination comes my way. But, the Board will never know me as the strong, moral, ethical, compassionate, and Effective therapist that I am. They are too egotistical to admit they were wrong to condemn me. They are too fearful and hateful to see that people like me-survivors can do more good than any of them would ever be capable of doing.
Talking to more than 200 others whom have been placed on Debra Riunado (aka McCarthy (Communist Hunter), Damsforth (witch trial judge), Hitler (Antisemite lists), I believe that we must take a stand. In just my experience, the devastation and anguish I have suffered because of Ms. Riunado has harmed not only me, but my clients, children, family, friends, and colleagues. Many of my colleagues and I now do our work in fear because of her, and she has turned our profession into one we must practice rigidly and defensively rather than effectively and proactively.
Although these professionals are supposed to be models of objectivity, they further investigate in a manner designed to get and distort information to build a case against us, ignoring any facts which may hinder their investigation, and far embellishing any information they can use to velify licensees. Were we to treat our clients in this manner, we would lost licensure by doing the severe harm they cause us.
Despite having been molested, raped, beaten, and publically humiliated on several occasions by the board, I am more mentally healthy than most people I know. I grieve and move on, I cope, and I am determined to succeed in my personal and professional life no matter what hostility or discrimination comes my way. But, the Board will never know me as the strong, moral, ethical, compassionate, and Effective therapist that I am. They are too egotistical to admit they were wrong to condemn me. They are too fearful and hateful to see that people like me-survivors can do more good than any of them would ever be capable of doing.
Talking to more than 200 others whom have been placed on Debra Riunado (aka McCarthy (Communist Hunter), Damsforth (witch trial judge), Hitler (Antisemite lists), I believe that we must take a stand. In just my experience, the devastation and anguish I have suffered because of Ms. Riunado has harmed not only me, but my clients, children, family, friends, and colleagues. Many of my colleagues and I now do our work in fear because of her, and she has turned our profession into one we must practice rigidly and defensively rather than effectively and proactively.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Anonymous
Tucson,Arizona,
United States of America
response to "Seriously"
#2Author of original report
Sat, December 17, 2011
Unfortunately, I know the consequences of molestation, rape, and domestic violence all too well. But, I also know that it is possible to overcome trauma. Sadly most of the progress that I have made has been in spite of the majority of therapists I have seen. Out of now more than 20 therapists, only three really took the time to see past acting out behaviors in youth and my anger and PTSD symptoms to realize my strengths and potential. These three would have probably been denied licensure by this board or vilified for over-identifying or failing to hold me accountable.
The others, meanwhile, would be regarded as having strong boundaries and clarity. It is so backwards.
I have been fighting with the Board for 7 years to convince them that I can help people, not in spite of my past, but because of it. Not only have I learned to cope with PTSD symptoms and re-structure my personality through CBT and DBT, but I have endured the experience of being among colleagues and supervisors who make pejorative statements about women like myself every day, or about children and teens they say will never make it, when I did, not realizing that one of them is sitting right across the table.
When I have disclosed my past to supervisors, and tried to correct the erroneous view that survivors like myself can change, they had used it against me. They have sexually harassed me, engaged me in the unprofessional conduct, and coerced me into concealing evidence of their part in unprofessional acts.
I have taken on the full blame for everything, in fear of the board finding out about my history, finally leading to revocation of my license, and anticipated termination of employment, loss of custody of my child to a dangerous father, and financial ruin.
I have been made by my supervisors, and by the board for colluding with them, to keep my history trauma and addictions a secret, terrified and ashamed when I should be proud of my survival. This has brought back and deepened the shame and self-loathing that I had once conquered, made me more vulnerable to self sabatoging acts, and turned, my PTSD into complex PTSD, by adding severe and life long consequences to my traumatic history. So, in the end, it was a self fulfilling prophesies for Debra Riunado.
She seems to have viewed me as Borderline and engaged in 7 years of investigation to prove it, rather than recognizing that she has and still is colluding with sex offenders-people who supervise vulnerable women, get them to share our personal lives, and then threaten to tell her about it if we fail to engage unprofessional conduct and sexual relationships with them.
I have been so re-victimized by Debra Riunado that it seems she has made her allegations true. This last round has sent me over the edge. All I want to do now is die. And, if it werent for my daughter, I would have killed myself rather than reaching out for help yesterday.
As a representative of the mental health and recovery movement, she could have helped me to be an example as a survivor, struggling to turn my life around and live it mindfully. She could have recognized that, in spite of everything I have been going through, I have managed to enhance my profession by building collaborative efforts and evidence based programs, achieving a 97% success rate in preventing recidivism and relapse, and receiving many thanks from people whom have achieved long term sobriety and non violence in thier lives. But instead she has reinforced the stigma that people with a history such as mine are just permanently damaged goods; impaired, unprofessional unethical and beyond repair.
Flynrider
Phoenix,Arizona,
USA
Seriously?
#3Consumer Comment
Wed, December 14, 2011
"Despite having been molested, raped, beaten, and publically humiliated on several occasions by the board, I am more mentally healthy than most people I know. "
It seems that you take terms like rape and molestation pretty lightly for someone in your line of work. Are you sure you want to go that route? Your conclusion is not supported by your premise.
