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Health & Fitness

What? Are you serious?

Do people really think like this?  These are two of the board members from Maryland State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists.  I can't believe they really think they are the right ones to make a decision on therapist abuse.  Tracey DeShields if you can't answer those questions what makes you the right person on this board?  We need people that would help us fight this, not someone willing to put it under the carpet.  To take the word of a known criminal over a victim is the worse step to take.  What were you thinking?

Richard Haan, you of all people should know better then what you testified.  You said you were a police officer but then you said it was easier not to report to the police because you were afraid of him getting violent.  Really?  Coming from an ex police officer you should have known better.  Why would you give him that power over anyone?  

Are these the kind of people we want on the board?  Let's put a stop to it and sign the petition to get these people off the board.  Check out the petition and listen to the video of what Richard Haan said.  I couldn't believe he would admit to this at a hearing.  Wow, buddy glad you aren't a police officer anymore as I would hate to think my life was in your hands.

http://www.change.org/petitions/remove-tracey-deshields-and-richard-haan-and-no-re-appointments


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