Board Says Melbourne Psychologist Jonathon Walker, 41, Began Sexual Relationship with Patient, 21

September 19, 2024

A Melbourne psychologist began a coercive relationship with a young client while she was particularly vulnerable, moved her into a unit on his mother’s property, and shared confidential details about other clients with her, a tribunal has heard.

Counsel representing the Psychology Board of Australia, Stephanie Joosten, said the psychologist Jonathon Walker began treating the client in 2013, when the client was 21 and he was 41.

It was during this treatment, in approximately July 2014, that Walker began to communicate with her via email outside treatment sessions…

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