Psychology board suspends Randi Erickson relative to complaint involving "Parental Alienation Syndrome"

April 17, 2013

On February 6, 2013, the Wisconsin Psychology Examining Board suspended psychologist Randi Erickson indefinitely.

According to the Board’s document, Erickson was notified on November 1, 2011 that she was the subject of a complaint. The Board requested her response to the complaint and a certified copy of her records of her treatment of “Patient A.”

She was given three weeks to respond. The Board made three such requests but received neither a substantive response from Erickson nor the requested records.

Though the Board’s documents don’t state outright what the nature of the complaint against her was, it does states that Erickson filed a letter with the Administrative Law Judge in the case, which contained, among other thing “a lengthy article on parental alienation syndrome, with which Dr. Erickson apparently believes Patient A’s other, the complainant in this case, is afflicted.” Dr. Erickson failed to appear at the scheduled hearing in this case.