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I think you hit the nail on the head. Who else could he talk to without getting arrested? He wanted to relive what he enjoyed. Kinda like you and me reliving a great vacation or something. I don't think therapy was about getting help. I think it was because a therapist, because of patient confidentiality, couldn't share anything. I feel the therapist could and should of in this case though. My understanding is if the patient expresses or shows that he is a harm to himself or others, the doctor is expected to take appropriate action. Vernon probably was able to read the doctor and knew what he could get away with telling her without seriously alarming her.
And it appears the therapist may have had patient management issues in the past.
http://🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬.com/2009/01/11...e-barber-of-st-francis-vernon-c-seitz-part-i/
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Is “boiling in hot water a psychiatric term for spending the rest of your life in the slammer where he becomes the little boy in the scenario? Sources inside the investigation indicate there are discrepancies in Dr. Fetter’s comments to MPD leading up to the passing of Seitz.
If that is true, it will not be the first time Dr. Fetter’s patient management skills have come under scrutiny. In 2000, Fetter was professionally reprimanded by the Wisconsin Medical Board for misconduct of confidentiality and unprofessionalism towards a patient and her family during 1996-1997. This would be right around the time Seitz began seeing her. I did not provide the reference to this information to protect the privacy of the patient involved in the sanction. It can be researched through her medical license, however.