College Of Alberta Psychologists - Edmonton

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As a past president of the College of Alberta Psychologists, I believe that I am in a fairly good position to evaluate its effectiveness --- in addition, I am commenting from the vantage point of an academic and professional health care provider for over 40 years without ever having received a professional complaint regarding my own performance. CAP is, undoubtedly, the most ineffective and problematic professional organization that I have ever encountered. They have a well developed bureaucracy, but have done little to advance the profession of psychology and even less to protect the public from those psychologists who are either incompetent or malfarious. It saddens me to have to make this assessment public, but I have done so with the hope that CAP can rectify its obvious pattern of malfeasance, and start doing what it is intended to do (i.e., guide the professional practice of psychology in an effort to improve patient care).

I agree with Dr. Pagliaro's statement in his review, "They have a well developed bureaucracy, but have done little to advance the profession of psychology and even less to protect the public from those psychologists who are either incompetent or malfarious." I submitted a complaint against Dr. Kerry Mothersill alleging bias and incompetence. Two months later, Dr. Mothersill ran for Council of the College and subsequently became President. Initially, the Complaints Director, Dr. Troy Janzen, made false statements about his relationship with Dr. Mothersill and did not inform me for six months that Dr. Mothersill had been elected to Council. The College then claimed Dr. Mothersill's position on Council was not a conflict of interest, despite the fact he was the overseer of the individuals investigating him, and had working relationships with a number of them. Further, Dr. Ali Al-Asadi was appointed as chair for my appeal, despite serving as the chair for two College committees that reported directly to Council. I believe any reasonable member of the public would find this to be a conflict of interest. I also agree with Karina W's comment that when you make a complaint to the College, "You feel like a part of the book of 'Games People Play'." On several occasions, the College did not follow the Health Professions Act when dealing with my complaint and sometimes instructed me to act contrary to the law. I believe they did everything in their power to protect Dr. Mothersill. I have documents to support my claims and am in the process of making formal complaints against several individuals with the Ombudsman. I note the poor reviews of Dr. Kerry Mothersill online, and agree with them. (ratemds.com and ratemyprofessors.com) I also note that the Court of Queen's Bench did not accept Dr. Mothersill's testimony in the 2008 Marchand v. Brar case. The Court noted that he failed to mention some testing results in his report, and "indeed more disturbingly, indicated the direct opposite in testimony." In Russell v. Turcott, 2009, the court agreed with another expert witness that Dr. Mothersill had made some "egregious errors" in the case. The court agreed that Dr. Mothersill's "inferences were strong on weak evidence" and there was "not a shred of evidence" to support one of his opinions. Please refer to the 2019-2020 Ombudsman's Report on the Alberta Ombudsman's website. The Ombudsman found the College of Alberta Psychologists did not place priority on acting in the public's best interest when dealing with a complaint.