We sent a copy of our recent blog post regarding the CEO, Sarb Bajwa, to the President and Chair of the Board of Trustees for comment. Dr Carol Cole, Chair of the Board responded and her reply is shown, in full and unedited (except for the redaction of my home address), below and is published with her permission. Note that this correspondence was originally by old-fashioned letter as, at the time of initial contact, the BPS did not have a way of contacting either the Chair or the President except by the CEO’s email; this is now no longer the case and both officers have individual email addresses at the BPS. In separate correspondence she also referred us to a statement by the BPS concerning Mr Bajwa’s return to work after his suspension and we are happy to post the link here.
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Oh lala, what a shambles! Couldn’t believe what I am reading. What hope for the little people trying to get them to see sense.
See this month the Psychologist has published a piece on psychologists as activists by a Forensic psychologist with some trauma training, who brings his colonial victim anger (The Moors were there before the Brits) into the counselling space and proposes acting as an agent provocateur to vulnerable clients. Perhaps not even properly trained in clinical or counselling skills (?) and yet passed the Ethics Board? I’ve sent a response to Dr Sutton – Oh lala what are we coming to.
Deanne J,
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Why do BPS trustees continue to defend their CEO when he and the role have been a disaster for the organisation they are supposed to protect? It makes their failure greater than his. Will their egos not let them admit their mistake? Or it self-preservation?As the incumbent has started to obfuscate his role at the BPS in recent social media posts I assume he is looking to move on, but that doesn’t ameliorate the failures of the trustees.
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