Posted on 06/29/2004 6:43:32 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy
Nebraska therapist loses license after allegedly firing a handgun at a memo that angered him
The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — The Nebraska Health and Human Services system has revoked the license of a North Platte therapist accused of firing a handgun at a memo that angered him.
Robert Powers, a mental health practitioner and professional counselor, got upset when he received a memo last summer saying only the manager of his office would have the key to certain supply drawers, according to state documents.
Powers took the memo and shot it several times with a .22-caliber handgun before returning it to the office, the document says.
Two days later, he reportedly called the office secretary and said he was too angry to return to work because he "might shoot somebody."
The comment prompted several co-workers to seek protection orders against him.
The state revoked Powers' license to practice as a counselor or therapist on the grounds of unprofessional conduct.
really, whats a guy supposed to do?
really, whats a guy supposed to do?
In fact, I just mentioned that fact to a young lady at church a couple weeks ago; she was filling out a college application and wanted to major in psychology or some such.
Yeah, but next time, take it out to a shooting range.
Your coworkers are all terrified of you now.
I work at a shooting range.
Now I'm terrified of you.
and clowns.
What's up Sara?
"Allow me to be irresponsible, and in return I'll allow you all to pay for the consequences of my irresponsibility." -- The Liberal Credo
But I do enjoy dropping by and hanging around with her and my brother's hipster/boho friends from time to time.
In truth, I've only been upstate a handful of times in my life. Aside from going there a few times when I was a kid, e.g. a hideous bus tour to Cooperstown-it's a long story, believe me-visiting my older sister, when she was a camp counselor ages ago, and a few sporadic visits in-between, I don't have that much experience with NY State, North of The Bronx.
My mother once worked as a CO at a men's correctional facility beyond Albany, but other than that, we stick pretty much to the City and its outlying suburbs.
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