Anyone want to make an ethics complaint Part 2?

[DynamicDidactic]

It seems no one acted on this thread
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/anyone-want-to-make-an-ethics-complaint.1142707/

This may be even more brazen
http://www.drannarandall.com/index.html

Here is a recent interview she gave about Bill Cosby
http://www.livescience.com/51562-what-is-somnophilia.html

said Anna Randall, a clinical psychologist and sex therapist who practices in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

Her site lists no credentialing or education in clinical psychology. Checking her Linkdin page
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/anna-randall-dhs-msw-mph/b/449/31a

Looks like she has a DHS (I needed to check that up - doctorate in human sexuality) from
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sexuality

Definitely not a license-eligible doctorate. It seems, to me, unlikely that the article arbitrarily decided to call her a clinical psychologist. Either way, I think it is her responsibility to correct that error. Additionally, this is another "Dr." that is not licensed at that level.

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[WisNeuro]

If she is not licensed, where does the ethics complaint go to?

 

[ikibah]

I dont see that she did anything wrong...her website spells out her credentials quite clearly...livescience made a mistake- that is all I see

 

[Shooter]

In order to file a complaint, you must first verify that the psychologist you wish to file a complaint against is a member of the APA. The APA is a voluntary membership organization and has no jurisdiction over individuals who are not members of our organization and therefore we cannot process complaints against nonmembers.

 

[Shooter]

Trigger Happy? All your postings seem to be about ethical complaints..

 

[WisNeuro]

DD posts about plenty more than this. It's a viable issue, many states do not protect the term psychologist as it should be.

 

[thewesternsky]

In order to file a complaint, you must first verify that the psychologist you wish to file a complaint against is a member of the APA. The APA is a voluntary membership organization and has no jurisdiction over individuals who are not members of our organization and therefore we cannot process complaints against nonmembers.

A better place to complain (when someone is representing themselves as a psychologist but is not one) is the licensing board for the state in which they practice. That said, I see nothing concerning on this person's website. She uses titles like "therapist" and "sexologist", which are (AFAIK) not protected terms and/or are ones she is allowed to use. The livescience article should be amended, but that's likely not her fault.

 

[smalltownpsych]

It seems like she has somewhat appropriate credentials for what she does and is not claiming to be a psychologist. In other words at least the doctorate is in sexuality and its not like there is another doctorate degree or accredited degree for a sex therapist that I know of. I imagine she might know more about this than me and if I could verify that she was legit and I was in the area, I might even refer. Now the social worker I came across who claims a doctorate in parapsychology is another story altogether unless your patient was being poltergeisted.

 

[Shooter]

'Parapsychologists' will be the life coaches of the future..