Another psychologist has lost his license in patient sex scandal

As seen in this report from Wales

A Pychologist who had been censured for making a woman he was supposed to be treating pay £35 an hour for "sex therapy" sessions has been struck off [i.e., lost his license to practice] after bedding a second vulnerable patient.

Dr Steven Manley was suspended for three years last October after charging a sex abuse victim for the "sex therapy" sessions.

But after moving in with another patient and admitting it on his own website he was struck off for good after a unanimous decision yesterday by a disciplinary committee of the British Psychological Society (BPS) in London.

Manley, who practised with the Conwy and Denbighshire NHS Trust, was found guilty of professional misconduct after the first relationship with a woman known only as "Mrs W".

The relationship began while Mrs W was still his client.

The earlier hearing, in October last year, was told their relationship first became "inappropriate" within six months and he attempted to destroy her medical records to conceal the liaison.

He was suspended from the BPS register for three years, but could still practise independently.

Within days of the first hearing it emerged Manley had started a relationship with another former client - a woman identified as "K".

The two shared the same address in Wrexham - a fact "K" also admitted on her website.

The BPS forbids therapists from starting relationships with clients until two years after the end of their professional relationship.

K left Manley's care in April 2004, but their relationship began within months.

When Manley was confronted by the BPS, he denied allegations of a relationship. But on January 15 this year, the true nature of Manley and K's relationship was made public on their weblog.

A posting under Manley's name read, "K is the woman I have been looking for all my life and neither of us is complete or alive without the other."

A posting later that day by K claimed they had been in a relationship for 15 months.

When confronted again by the BPS, Manley wrote, "It is true we are now in a loving relationship and, what's more, we intend to eventually get married and spend the rest of our lives together.

Manley was struck off the BPS register for life.