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Board schedules hearings and issues sanctions in multiple complaint matters
Summary
At its April 27 meeting the Board of Counseling Professionals set hearings, offered consent agreements and issued letters of guidance across several complaint files, including a censure and multi-year probationary supervision in one case.
The Counseling Professionals, Board of Licensure moved April 27 to pursue adjudicatory hearings, consent agreements and dismissals in multiple complaints, voting on individual outcomes for each case.
In complaint file 2020-COU-16488 the board voted 4–2 to schedule an adjudicatory hearing (Ellen Grunblatt and Carolyn Silsby voted opposed). For 2025-COU-20974 the board found insufficient evidence and dismissed the complaint while issuing a letter of guidance that will remain in the licensee's file for one year; the motion carried 4–1 with one recusal. The board set 2025-COU-21024 for hearing but offered a consent agreement—consisting of a warning and at least one hour per month of probationary supervision for one year by a board-approved MFT, LCPC, or LCSW licensed at least five years—and authorized Angela Blier to approve the supervisor without further board review. That motion recorded three votes in favor, one abstention and two recusals.
Separately, 2025-COU-21025 was dismissed with a letter of guidance (vote: 5–0, one abstention), and 2026-COU-21183 was set for hearing with an offered consent agreement that includes censure and two years of monthly supervision; that motion passed 5–0 with one recusal. When imposing probationary supervision the board consistently required a board-approved supervisor (MFT, LCPC, or LCSW) licensed at least five years and asked supervisors to submit typed quarterly reports and a final recommendation.
The meeting minutes record specific rule citations used to justify actions, including provisions of Board rules identified as Chapter 8-A (Client Relationships, Responsibility to Colleagues) and supervisory requirements under related Board chapters. Where members recused or abstained, the minutes note those recusals and abstentions in the vote tallies.
