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The Sacramento BEE
Friday, August 11, 1995
Page B2, City Digest

PSYCHOLOGIST LOSES HIS LICENSE

    The state Board of Psychology has revoked the license of 
Sacramento
psychologist Richard Boylan, who specializes in treating survivors of
alleged encounters with space aliens, based on seven counts of gross
negligence involving three patients.

    Boylan "abused his role as a therapist when he imposed his 
personal
views on the existence of extraterrestrials into the dreams and 
memories
of two patients," the psychology board said.

    In addition, the Board of Behavioral Science Examiners has 
revoked
Boylan's licenses to be a child counselor and clinical social worker.

    Boylan is a former president of the Sacramento Valley 
Psychological
Association.


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                               "LICENSE REVOKED"
                               DR. RICHARD BOYLAN
                       TV NEWS COVERAGE - SACRAMENTO, CA

KCRA-3 6PM NEWS - AUGUST 7, 1995

Kelly Brothers:     Our top story at 6 o'clock: a Sacramento
                    psychologist has been stripped of all licenses to
                    practice in California.

Female Announcer:   Dr. Richard Boylan was found guilty of gross
                    negligence and misconduct with patients. As 
Channel
                    3's Tom Duhain reports, Dr. Boylan's 
controversial
                    views on UFOs and aliens played an important 
part in
                    today's actions.

Tom Duhain:         Richard Boylan learned today that the State had
                    revoked his psychologist license, his marriage
                    family and child counseling license and his 
clinical
                    social worker license. is practice his shut down.

Richard Boylan:     Oh, I am not going to accept it. It is based on
                    ahhh... falsehoods and a... ahhh... we want to
                    explore every possibility for a reconsideration.

Tom Duhain:         Boylan is Past President of the Valley 
Psychological
                    Association and formerly the Mental Health 
Director
                    of Calaveras County. He is also an author who
                    believes that extraterrestrials have invaded the
                    earth.

Richard Boylan:     A number of my colleagues have felt that 
because I
                    have been willing to look into a cutting edge 
field
                    like extraterrestrial contact with humans that
                    ahhh... someone in authority was going to land 
on me
                    one of these days, ahhh...

Tom Duhain:         He would not discuss the specific findings of the
                    State Law Court which led to today's actions.  
Those
                    include: - Imposing his views of space aliens 
into
                    the dreams and memories of two patients. - Nude 
hot
                    tubbing with patients. - And bartering nude 
massages
                    in return for psychological therapy.

Thomas O'Connor:    The Judge found three individuals were harmed 
ahhh...
(State Psychology   for seven sets, seven separate reasons 
including nude
 Board)             hot tubbing with the doctor, ahhh... including 
ahhh...
                    a trip to Las Vegas, ahhh... and including his
                    interjecting his own philosophical belief into 
the
                    therapy making that the focus rather than the 
patient's
                    presenting problem.

Tom Duhain:         Boylan says the charges are false.

Richard Boylan:     We really felt that the evidence that was brought
                    out at the hearing ahhh.. would move them to lay
                    aside these complaints, but that did not happen.

Tom Duhain:         Boylan's only recourse now is legal action in
                    Superior Court. In Sacramento, Tom Duhain, 
Channel 3
                    Reports.

Female Announcer:   State officials said they closed his practice
                    because they consider Boylan a danger to other
                    patients. There are about 13,000 licensed
                    psychologists in California.  On average, about
                    forty licenses are revoked every year, mostly for
                    sexual misconduct.


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                               "LICENSE REVOKED"
                               DR. RICHARD BOYLAN
                       TV NEWS COVERAGE - SACRAMENTO, CA

KTXL-40 10PM NEWS - AUGUST 7, 1995

Female Announcer:   A Sacramento psychologist lost his license today.
                    Investigators say Dr.Richard Boylan abused a
                    patient-psychologist relationship and convinced
                    patients that they were visited by
                    extraterrestrials. Mitch Truswell is in the FOX 
40
                    newsroom with details. Mitch, that's not the only
                    reason he got in trouble. Is it?

Mitch Truswell:     No, there actually seven findings that got...
                    against Dr. Boylan. In one case, he brought 
patients
                    to his home. On two separate... separate 
occasions
                    and engaged in nude hot tubbing. Ahhh... at one 
time
                    Dr. Boylan was President of the Sacramento Valley
                    Psychological Association, but ahhh... Boylan 
won't
                    be practicing ahhh... psychotherapy anymore. The
                    Board of Psychology revoked his license based 
on two
                    year investigation of inappropriate behavior.

                    Some of you may recognize Dr. Richard Boylan. He
                    appeared in a FOX 40 news story over a year ago
                    talking about a book he wrote on extraterrestrial
                    activity. It is UFOs in part that helped bring 
about
                    his revocation today. Tom O'Connor with the
                    Department of Consumer Affairs Board of 
Psychology
                    says Boylan had seven gross violations including:

Tom O'Connor:       He was interjecting his own personal beliefs 
about
                    extraterrestrials into ahhh... actually the 
focus of
                    therapy ahhh... with the one patient. He had 
taken
                    one patient to ahhh... an ET extraterrestrial
                    convention in Las Vegas and ahhh... she had 
stayed
                    in the same hotel room. He traded therapy for
                    massages, nude body massage.

Richard Boylan:     Obviously, I think that is ahhh... an erroneous
                    conclusion to come to.

Mitch Truswell:     Boylan says he was surprised by the findings 
and is
                    currently exploring his legal options.

Richard Boylan:     That did not happen. That would be unprofessional
                    and I would never do such a thing.

Mitch Truswell:     Boylan is interested in extraterrestrial
                    experiences. His book includes patient accounts 
of
                    UFO experiences. O'Connor says the 
investigation of
                    Boylan has been ongoing for about two years. In
                    fact, for the last year Boylan was prevented from
                    treating female patients. He says there is a 
lesson
                    here for those in therapy and those considering 
it.

Tom O'Connor:       It is consumer beware in psychotherapy for it, 
it is
                    unique and psychotherapy it's really one-on-one
                    behind a close door and it is protected by strong
                    bonds, laws of confidentiality.

Mitch Truswell:     If you think that a psychiatrist has violated the
                    law or you have questions about what a 
violation is
                    call the Medical Board of California. The 
number is
                    there on your screen. If the violation involves a
                    marriage, family, child counselor or a social 
worker
                    contact the Board of Behavioral Science 
Examiners.
                    Now keep in mind that doctors won't be 
investigated
                    unless someone complains about the conduct. In 
this
                    case three patients came forward. Donna.

Donna:              Mitch, just to wonder. Just how common is it for
                    psychologists to lose their licenses?

Mitch Truswell:     Actually, I asked. And about forty licenses of
                    psychologists are revoked every year and in those
                    cases, about ninety percent of the cases involve
                    sexual contact between the patient and the 
doctor.

Donna:              Thank you. Mitch Truswell in the FOX 40 newsroom.



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