Saturday, July 07, 2007

Therapist abuses female patient for sex, money, and more.

As seen in The Sun Online and This is London

A Doctor was yesterday accused of taking advantage of a patient with multiple personalities — by using her different alter-egos for sex, cleaning and money.

When the woman confronted psychologist Peter Blaeker he allegedly told her: “I can’t comment. I have a duty of confidentiality with your other personalities.”

Cops said Monika Mirte, 44, was assigned to Blaeker after she was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder.

She was in control of herself much of the time, but when other personalities — with names such as Kathrin, Finja and Leonie — took over she could not recall what they did.

Ms Mirte, of Cologne, Germany, eventually went to cops after claiming her inner selves were tense and upset.

She told them Blaeker, 43, “used Kathrin for sex and Finja to do the shopping and pay for it, while Leonie gave him money for a holiday to Majorca.”

He also allegedly used another personality to do his cleaning. Detectives said he may be charged with sexual abuse and could get five years’ jail.

Psychologist Dr Christian Ludke said yesterday the case was “unique but possible”.

He added: “If you know a person has multiple personalities, you can deal with the personality you want by calling that person by name until they take control.

“You can then replace them with another personality by calling the next personality by name.”

Ms Mirte’s lawyer, Christine Andrae, said “numerous leads” indicated Blaeker “made use of my client’s weakness”.

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