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D.S.
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Respondent treated D.S. from September 1990 through
February 1993. She presented, at age 31, with spinal and other
injuries from a serious vehicle accident three years earlier,
molest by her teacher at age 13 and rape at 18, which resulted in
pregnancy. Her parents are alcoholics. She had been diagnosed
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with Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome (CFIDS), a
disease which severely limited her ability to work and function.
D.S. wanted to find some healing related to the issues of her
molest and the distance she felt from her family, the rape and
giving up the child for adoption, and the vehicle accident. She
wanted to reduce stress, to help cope with CFIDS. Respondent's
initial diagnosis of D.S. was:
Axis I: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),
residual state
Dipthymia, secondary, early onset
Psychological Factors Affecting Physical
Condition (Provisional)
Axis II: Dependent Personality Disorder
Axis III: Multiple Musculoskeletal traumata (by
history);neuromyelitis, infectious venulitis
and immune deficiency syndrome (by history)
Respondent's treatment plan called for biweekly sessions "to
reduce depression, resolve PTSD symptoms, reduce driving phobia,
improve self=esteem, [and] eliminate over-reliance on somatic
victimization for sense of identity."
During the early part of her therapy with respondent,
the focus was on D.S.'s emotional recovery from her accident and
her relationship with her family. At session 16, on February
21, 1991, she told respondent about a recurring dream involving
small figures which looked like monks at the end of the hall. In
the dream, she tried to turn on lights, but none worked. She got
angry because she could not see them and hit one of the "monks."
After that, they all disappeared. Then the dream would repeat.
D.S. had a second dream about a man, dressed in black, whose face
she could not see. She wrestled with him; he was trying to kill
her.
Respondent continued to treat D.S. for the issues she
presented at the beginning of her therapy. Respondent told her
she did not know boundaries, which is why she "let him (the
teacher) do it." Respondent said that in his experience, the
lack of boundaries signaled possible abuse at an early age. He
told her he thought she had been molested earlier, in addition to
age 13. He then used hypnosis to help D.S. "by recovering
repressed memories."
In the Spring 1992, respondent brought up in therapy
the subject of ETs and dwarf-like beings. D.S. reminded
respondent of her earlier dream about the monks. Respondent gave
D.S. an article from the Atlantic Monthly, August 1991, entitled
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"The UFO Experience."He asked her to read the article and see
if any of the feelings described were familiar to D.S. The ET
material frightened D.S., but also made her more curious. While
she thought of the monks as a dream, respondent told her the
"dream" was in fact a "visitation." Respondent identified the
"monks" as "Jawas," one type or race od aliens.He also showed
her photos after his return from his "grand tour" of the
Southwest military bases alleged to be involved in ET activity.
In some of those photos were drawings of aliens respondent
identified as "Grays."
Respondent told D.S. that hypnosis might help her learn
if she had been abducted by aliens. D.S. was frightened as did
not want to know of the "dream" was in fact not a dream. No
hypnosis was performed on the monk dream, but respondent brought
up the possibility again, suggesting that hypnosis might
establish what really happened.Respondent told D.S. that ETs
cloud people's minds, making them believe that what really
happened was just a dream, a pleasant experience or did not
happen at all. Respondent said the only way to find out was
through debriefing through hypnosis. While D.S. declined
hypnosis, respondent suggested she participate in his CE-IV
group, to meet with others who had had similar experiences,
processed them and found positive elements. He described the
other participants, at R.T. 11/15/94 78:17:
A "They were clients and people that came to him.
Some with ET experiences, some that found out...
that they had ET experiences after seeing him.
They were all screened do there wasn't any danger
that they were infiltrated by the government."
After rejecting several offers by respondent to attend
the CE-IV group meetings, D.S. finally agreed, because "he kept
bringing it up so I went." D.S. went to her first meeting in or
about September 1992. She arrived late and the discussion
involved Area 51, the government cover-up and how respondent's
telephone was probably tapped, now that he was coming out in
public and speaking about ETs. It was discussed that if his
phone was tapped, then it was possible that others in the group
were also being spied on. D.S. followed the suggestion of a
telephone company employee who participated in the CE-IV
meetings.When the phone rang, she would pick it up and drop it.
She also started using her answering machine to screen calls,
because she was receiving calls where the caller would not
respond and just hang up.
At the next therapy session following the CE-IV
meeting, respondent asked her what she thought of the meeting and
they discussed the phone tapping issue and other matters from
the group. At a later group meeting, respondent and others
discussed putting together a book to get the message out. The
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format would include personal stories, like an anthology. In a
following therapy session, D.S. told respondent that she did not
feel that she had anything to write. She did not feel she had
anything concrete. Respondent told her "Just write what you
have. It's enough." Both at the support and in therapy
sessions, respondent provided draft and revised copies of the
book's table of contents and his chapter on his experiences.
D.S.'s story was included in the table of contents. In therapy,
respondent discussed the benefits and risks involved in
participating in the book. Among the risks would be placing
oneself more in the public eye and "silencing by the secret
government." Respondent indicated he would be at higher risk.
D.S. believed what respondent said. At R.T. 11/15/94 109:2-8:
A "He told me that they have the ability to make a
person die very quickly looking like it was
natural causes. They have the ability to use a
little dart that doesn't leave a trace.They can
make a person die of cancer within a few weeks.
That he would probably be the target because he
was the leader."
At R.T. 109:14-16:
Q "You say you were concerned for him. Did you
express your concern?
A "I asked him to be really careful."
Also in the Fall 1992, D.S. complained to respondent
about difficulties eating and sleeping, and ringing in her ears.
She was concerned. Respondent told her that maybe the ETs were
doing a tune-up on her.
D.S had a second dream in early1993 that she
discussed with respondent shortly thereafter. In the dream, she
woke up to a distant roar, got out of bed and walked to the
living room. There she looked up through the atrium skylight as
a pink light was coming down. She felt joy and thought she saw
Ghandi. She then felt very peaceful and slept well after the
dream.When she woke she felt good about the dream. Respondent
suggested hypnosis to more fully explore the dream. D.S. agreed,
because the dream had been positive and she felt safe about
learning more. Respondent told D.S. that there was a strong
possibility of ET involvement.
During hypnosis, respondent took D.S. through the
dream into the atrium. At R.T. 11/15/94 6:1:
A "...I stand under the light in the atrium and then
go up through into the sky.
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Q "Was he asking you question through the process?
A "Yes.
Q "What was he asking you?
A "'What did it look like? 'Was it a ship?' 'What
shape was it?' 'What was it made of?' 'Was it
metal?' 'What kind of metal?' 'What did they
look like?' 'Was there more than one?' 'Were you
standing on a floor?' 'Were there walls?' 'Were
there lights?' 'Were there sounds?' 'Was the
floor solid?' 'Was it metal?' 'Was it something
else?' 'Where was the light coming from?'
According to D.S., in her original dream there was no
ship and there were no walls. What had been a comforting dream,
through hypnosis turned ugly, more like a nightmare. At R.T.
11/15/94 70:25:
A "[T]he dream turned into being put on some kind of
a table and probed with some kind of probe that
really hurt bad, and me feeling very angry about,
'Why are you hurting me?' And that there was
something wrong with me and 'Why don't you fix
it?' and then one of the -- after this, like
escorting me back to my room and I couldn't move,
and that was it.
In addition, D.S. recalls from the hypnosis session that "They did
something. Removed something." None of the above was in the
original dream. However, in 1991, D.S. had undergone surgery for
the removal of an ovary. At that time she was angry and scared
and had a bad reaction to the anesthesia.
After the hypnosis, respondent told D.S. that the
aliens sounded like they were "reptilians or amphibs." He asked
D.S. to draw one of them, but she unable to "put it
together." Respondent then sketched one for her, but she did not
think it was correct. She told respondent she was scared. D.S.
had learned in the CE-IV group that the ETs could return and she
was afraid "they" could come back anytime and there was nothing
she could do about it. To D.S., respondent did not seem
concerned about her fear. He did not explain how the product of
this hypnosis was going to help D.S. solve any of her presenting
problems.
About half way through her therapy with respondent he
invited D.S to spend a day at Harbin Hot Springs with him, his wife
and a few other patients. The trip would be billed as a
regular therapy session and involve certain exercises and soaking
in the hot springs in the nude. The purpose of the trip was for
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the patients to improve self-esteem and see their bodies as good.
Respondent told D.S. the trip would help her heal by becoming
comfortable with her body and her sexuality. D.S. declined
respondent's invitation because she was not comfortable being
nude in front of people she did not know. Respondent repeated
the invitation a few times, and each time D.S. declined. After a
break of a few months, respondent indicated that there would be a
second date scheduled for the trip. He again invited D.S. and
she accepted the invitation because she wanted to heal, but felt
stressed and anxious. The night before the trip, D.S. left a
message for respondent that she could not go.
D.S. was part Native American and wanted to learn
more about her heritage and participate in Native American
activities and rituals. Since about August 1991, D.S. had
been participating in monthly prayer meetings as part of her
Cherokee ancestry. She had discussed these in therapy with
respondent, how it felt really good and how she felt a real
connection. Respondent told her that a lot of people who had
CE-IV experiences had a need for a spiritual belief and many
identified with the Native American belief because of the concept of
interrelationship and the living earth. About November 1992
respondent said at meetings and in therapy with D.S. that there
was some interest in the CE-IV group in forming a side group
dealing with the spiritual aspects of CE-IV, with special
interest in Native American spirituality. Respondent asked if
D.S. wanted to participate, and she indicated she did.
In about February 1993, D.S. got a call giving her the
time and place for the first meeting of the side group. D.S.
understood the meeting would be to talk about the concept and
direction, and to find some connection between CE-IV and
spiritual belief. D.S. met respondent and some others at the
American River. Respondent brought a backpack with certain
Native American ceremonial items in it. He brought out what
appeared to be a Hopi rattle, a pipe, tobacco and cedar. He lit
some cedar, blew it out and used it to smudge participants for
cleansing. He said they would load the pipe, pass it around and
each person would say a prayer, smoke from the pipe and pass it
on. Respondent asked each person to make a statement about their
Native American beliefs. D.S. became frightened by the
experience. She did not feel right. She thought the items were
being used as a show and that participation was disrespectful.
When it was her time to speak, she said she had nothing to add.
Respondent became angry with her for failing to participate.
A few days later, D.S. went to her scheduled therapy
session. By that time she no longer trusted respondent and no
longer considered him a caring person. She ceased her
relationship with him on the spot.
Respondent's diagnosis at termination was:
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Axis I: Factitious Disorder with Psychological
Symptoms (Psychological Munchausen Syndrome);
Axis II: Personality Disorder NOS (Addiction to Victim
Identity Syndrome)
The evidence did not establish that respondent
discussed with D.S. intimate details of his sexual relationship
with his wife.
