Psychotherapy and Psychiatric Malpractice

If you have been harmed by a negligent psychotherapist, you can bring law suit to collect damages.
 

Areas of Possible Malpractice:

• Lack of informed consent
• Exploitative dual relations/boundary violation
• Implanting false memories of abuse
• Misdiagnosis
• Over-medication
• False imprisonment in a psychiatric hospital
• Breach of confidentiality
• Abandonment
• Bizarre therapy - such as channeling

Donald A. Eisner, Ph.D. J.D. is a licensed attorney and psychologist. He has a Ph.D. from West Virginia University and a law degree from the University of West Los Angeles. He was licensed to practice as an attorney in California in 1988. Donald Eisner has been a Visiting Professor of Forensic Psychology at Alliant International University, where he taught courses on law and ethics in mental health.

He has testified in State and Federal Court on mental health issues. Dr. Eisner has written an academic textbook entitled, “The Death of Psychotherapy: From Freud to Alien Abductions”. He has published twenty professional articles.

He has represented individuals who have had false memories of abuse implanted by their therapist, misdiagnoses and false imprisonment in a psychiatric hospital. Many of his cases involve abuse of transference. This includes sexual relationship with a patient, and exploitive non-sexual dual relationships or boundary violations. In some instances, the therapist created an extreme and inappropriate dependency in the patient. This might involve excessive self- disclosure, giving and receiving expensive gifts, socializing, numerous phone calls, and business deals.

Donald A. Eisner, Ph.D., J.D.
Licensed Psychologist PSY5920
Licensed Attorney SBN 134400
16133 Ventura Bl 700
Encino, CA 91436
(818) 788-6512