Marriage counselor had sex, used drugs, with patient

[Bucky]

State says marriage counselor had sex, used drugs, with patient
March 24, 2011 1:11 PM

GREENLAND — A social worker who smoked pot and had sex with the female half of a married couple he was counseling had his license to practice suspended, according to the state's Board of Mental Health Practice.

The social worker, Jason Butler, was practicing at Family Tree Guidance Services in Greenland and posed “an imminent threat to life or health,” according to the state.

Butler is alleged to have begun providing marriage counseling for the unidentified couple in the fall of 2009, blamed the husband for their marital problems and “belittled” the husband during counseling sessions, according to an emergency order for Butler's license suspension. After several months of couples counseling, Butler began individual sessions with the wife, during which he “made various sexual comments” to her, suggested she leave her husband and said he would like to date her, according to the state board.

In spite of Butler's prior discipline by the state for excessive phone contact with a 17-year-old patient who had an eating disorder and a "crush" on him, Butler resumed the same excessive phone contact with the wife, the suspension order states.

In July of 2010, Butler and the wife smoked marijuana, drank cocktails and had sex, according to the state. This was followed by subsequent sexual encounters, including on a couch in the Family Tree Guidance Services office, according to the state.

Butler, the Board alleges, purchased his marijuana from another one of his patients.

I know you'll find this hard to believe, but the story gets even wilder from there.

[cbdo2007]

1. Unfortunately, I think this is probably more common than most of us realize.

I use to work with an older Psychiatrist, he was maybe 70 years old, and he would be the definition of "dirty old man". He would talk about how cute his teenage girl patients were and about patients telling him about their sex lives and he was totally enjoying it. It was pretty creepy.