Iowa board suspends mental health counselor Timothy Rupper for sex with client

February 9, 2007

On February 9, 2007, the Iowa Board of Behavioral Science Examiners suspended counselor Timothy Ruppert's license.  The Board's “Statement of Matters Asserted” declares Mr. Ruppert engaged in a dual relationship with a client on numerous occasions in 1998 and 2006 and that he engaged in sexual intimacies with the client on numerous occasions in 1998. ¹