discipline summaries
of music, involving her in yoga (an activity he
was involved in) and providing her easy access
to his personal email. He texted her late at night
regarding the usefulness of certain yoga activities
which was an inappropriate intrusion into her
personal time. These actions fostered a familiarity
and personalization of the professional relationship and made her feel special;
• They mutually agreed to meet at yoga on a date in
September when Ms A returned from a trip. The
Committee found this to be a clear and significant boundary violation;
• Dr. Brown encouraged Ms A to keep a journal
of her dreams and later asked if he would get to
know what she wrote about him - an example
of the progressive and gradual change to a more
personal relationship;
• After the September yoga date, Dr. Brown walked
with Ms A, sat with her in her car and disclosed
feelings for her. He had a duty to his patient and
to the profession to put a halt to this and he did
not;
• The relationship was now influenced by a romantic and sexual interest which was mutual. It was
Dr. Brown alone who instigated this change;
• After the final September office visit, Dr. Brown
had the opportunity to act in his patient’s interest
and he did not. Not only did he invite her to his
house where they engag Y[