Registrant A

Whilst registered as a Practitioner Psychologist (PYLXXXXX), between August 2010 and 2015, you:
1. Did not maintain appropriate professional boundaries, in that you:
a) In or around January 2013 you offered and/or allowed Person B to offer for M and her children to live with you at your family home;
b) In or around April 2014 you offered and then allowed M and her children to move into your family home for an unknown period of time;
c) did not retain a professional position in your communication with M, as set out in Schedule A;
d) did not set appropriate boundaries and/or withdraw from the therapeutic relationship with M, after M expressed feelings of love and/or sexual desire towards you;
e) used disrespectful and/or unprofessional language when referring to F2, not in keeping with the expectation of a professional relationship, as set out in Schedule B;
f) hugged M on multiple occasions between 2012 to 2014, without clinical justification, as set out in Schedule C;

2. After considering the possibility that M may have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and/or after F2 suggested M may have DID, you:
a) acted beyond your area of competency by continuing to treat M;
b) did not seek the input of a multidisciplinary team with connections into other statutory services and/or make the appropriate referrals to specialist services, including suicide prevention services;
c) did not seek further regular supervision with someone experienced with DID.
d) HCPC Offered No Evidence

3. Did not adequately safeguard W, X, Y and Z, in that you:
a) HCPC Offered no Evidence
b) did not make a child protection referral to Social Services and/or seek advice on making such a referral with respect to W, X, Y and Z.
c) HCPC Offered No Evidence

4. After diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in relation to members of Family A, you did not;
a) seek third party information from other relevant sources to confirm the diagnosis such as:
i) relevant case history;
ii) medical history;
iii) speech and language assessments.
b) Make a referral to local NHS teams in respect of their special needs and educational placements to follow up and support the diagnosis.

5. At a section 47 strategy meeting held on 5 September 2013, you:
a) did not disclose your opinion that M suffered from DID;
b) HCPC Offered No Evidence

6. On 2 July 2014, during a conversation with SW1, made unprofessional comments about SW2 in that you said:
a) “SW2 is M’s next abuser as he continues with the abusive dynamics” or words to that effect;
b) “SW2 is gathering evidence against me” or words to that effect.

7. The matters described at particulars 1-6 amount to misconduct.

8. By reason of your misconduct your fitness to practise is impaired.