Betrayal: The True Story of the First Woman to Successfully Sue Her Psychiatrist for Using Sex in the Guise of Therapy
Betrayal: The True Story of the First Woman to Successfully Sue Her Psychiatrist for Using Sex in the Guise of Therapy
ISBN: 9780812818895
定价: 300.00
内容简介
This is the true story of the first woman to suc-
cessfully sue her psychiatrist for using sex in
the guise of therapy.
After Julie Roy s marriage was shattered,
she got involved in a lesbian experience that
added to her troubles. Julie, in despair, turned
for help to Dr. Renatus Hartogs. As part of her
therapy, the 60-year-old doctor induced the
31-year-old woman to enter into a strange
sexual relationship with him. For a time Julie
seemed to mend; then, abruptly, the doctor
broke off the relationship. Her condition de-
teriorated gravely. She was hospitalized twice,
and she needed extensive therapy from other
doctors to enable her to rebuild her life.
Then Julic Roy did an unusual and coura-
geous thing. She brought a legal action against
Dr. Hartogs and, with the help of two idealistic
young lawyers, took the stand in a controver-
sial trial of the kind that often makes the victim
seem guilty. In making public her most inti-
mate experiences, she exposed the unethical
practices of a trusted professional and made it
possible for others, caught in similar circum-
stances, to speak out.
Betrayal tells of the events that led Julie Roy
to seek psychiatric help; her relationship with
Dr. Hartogs and its termination; the trial itself,
including the testimony of other psychiatrists
in support of Julie s claims; thelandmark ver-
dict that made front-page headlines around the
world; the judge s conclusion that "a p~tient