Amanda Williamson

This information is retained as a matter of public interest.

In 2014,  a local (Exeter, Devon) therapist, Raymond Holland was removed from the register of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) following findings of serious sexual misconduct involving a client.

The published findings recorded that the client was an "evidently vulnerable client" and that Mr Holland had "threatened [the client] in order to prevent her from reporting the matter."

Following his removal from the UKCP register, Mr Holland subsequently practised under the name Ray Bott-Holland.

The public interest basis for publishing disciplinary findings relating to psychotherapists was considered in Raymond Bott-Holland v United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (2017). A professional text on regulation and sanctions for talking therapy practitioners records that His Honour Judge John Male QC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, stated that he: 

"did not find it obvious that it was not in the public interest to publish a determination that a psychotherapist has entered into an inappropriate sexual relationship with a client during treatment"

and further stated: "Other members of the public are entitled to know as this informs them on their choice of psychotherapist."*

This page is intended to record matters that were the subject of published regulatory findings and related public proceedings. It does not seek to repeat allegations beyond those findings.

*Source: The Handbook of Professional, Ethical and Research Practice for Psychologists, Counsellors, Psychotherapists and Psychiatrists, citing Raymond Bott-Holland v United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (2017)