Originally Posted by
Fern01
I'm not impressed with how the Psychologist Board operates. I had an occasion to contact them because one of their colleagues breached the privacy laws of a 'client'. (There was no good reason for her to). Like so many other professions when a complaint is laid, they closed ranks. I got nowhere. No doubt I could have spent a lot of money proving the serious breach that had occured, but I shouldn't have to. There is good and bad in most things but when it comes to a person's well being I would have thought the Board would have operated fairly. I've never felt the same about this profession since.
I would say that this particular issue isn't confined to the psychology board. I have seen it in action in several industries here in NZ. Openly done, too. I am not saying it isn't done in the US (it surely is--that is one corrupt place for sure), but at least in the US, they pretend to investigate.
NZ has a reputation for being "least corrupt" but doesn't even pretend.