Briana Pearson for the plaintiff
LANCASTER - A Lancaster man sued his former family therapist for allegedly violating the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Therapist and Professional Counselors Act, according to documents filed on Feb. 24 in the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas.
Plaintiff Derrick Watson divorced his wife in January 2017, when he and his 12-year-old child were ordered to reconciliation counseling with defendant Denise Darling.
Watson says that Darling completely ignored the ultimate goal of the therapy, which was to reunify the father with his child.
According to the suit, Watson requested some bonding time with his child during a session, and following that Darling texted the plaintiff to terminate her services with him by canceling the next day s session, saying she will not be seeing [Watson] again for therapy and telling the plaintiff not to contact her again.