Posted on 09/29/2018 2:46:35 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Testifying under oath before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Christine Blasey Ford identified herself as a ‘psychologist,’ but records indict this is a false statement under California law. Someone at Stanford University also appears to have caught the blunder and edited Ford’s faculty page.
Just one sentence into her sworn testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford may have told a lie.
After thanking members of the committee on Thursday, and while under oath, Ford opened her testimony saying, “My name is Christine Blasey Ford, I am a professor of psychology at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine.”
The issue lies with the word “psychologist,” and Ford potentially misrepresenting herself and her credentials, an infraction that is taken very seriously in the psychology field as well as under California law.
Under California law, as with almost every other state, in order for a person to identify publicly as a psychologist they must be licensed by the California Board of Psychology, a process that includes 3,000 hours of post-doctoral professional experience and passing two rigorous exams. To call oneself a psychologist without being licensed by a state board is the equivalent of a law school graduate calling herself a lawyer without ever taking the bar exam.
According to records, Ford is not licensed in the state of California. A recent search through the Department of Consumer Affairs License Bureau, which provides a state-run database of all licensed psychologists in California, produced no results for any variation of spelling on Ford’s name. If Ford at one time had a license but it is now inactive, she would legally still be allowed to call herself a “psychologist” but forbidden from practicing psychology on patients until it was renewed. However, the database would have shown any past licenses granted to Ford, even if they were inactive.
Ford also does not appear to have been licensed in any other states outside California. Since graduating with a PhD in educational psychology from the University of Southern California in 1996 it does not appear Ford has spent any significant amount of time outside the state. She married her husband in California in 2002, and completed a master’s degree in California in 2009. She reportedly completed an internship in Hawaii, but a search of Hawaii’s Board of Psychology licensing database also did not turn up any results for Ford.
What makes Ford’s claim even more suspicious is someone affiliated with Stanford University appears to have also been aware of the potentially damning use of the word “psychologist” and rushed to cover for Ford. DANGEROUS exclusively uncovered an archived version of Ford’s page on the school’s faculty directory. On September 10, 2015, the only archived date available, Ford’s faculty page was saved to the Wayback Machine and showed Ford listed as a “research psychologist” along with her email address and office phone number.
The most recent version of that page shows Ford listed only as an “Affiliate” in the department, with the words “research psychologist” removed along with Ford’s email address and phone number. This suggests the page was altered by someone very recently to scrub Ford’s contact information and title after she entered the national spotlight.
An archived version of Ford’s faculty listing, identifying her as a “research psychologist.”
The most recent, edited version of Ford’s faculty listing.
It is common for academics and researchers in psychology to not hold a license. California law does not prohibit anyone from engaging in research, teaching, or other activities associated with psychology if they are not licensed, so long as those individuals do not use the word “psychologist” when referring to themselves publicly.
Several searches on California’s licensing database revealed many of Ford’s colleagues in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Studies at Stanford are not licensed psychologists in California, including the department chairman Laura Roberts, who identifies herself only as a professor. Of the unlicensed members of the faculty — which includes researchers, clinicians, professors, and fellows — none refer to themselves as a “psychologist” or “psychiatrist,” unless they also had a license issued in California.
Aside from potentially misleading the committee, Ford also appears to have violated California law. California’s Business and Professional Code Sections 2900-2919 govern the state’s laws for practicing psychology. Section 2903 reads, “No person may engage in the practice of psychology, or represent himself or herself to be a psychologist, without a license granted under this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.” Section 2902(c) states: (c) “A person represents himself or herself to be a psychologist when the person holds himself or herself out to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the words ‘psychology,’ ‘psychological,’ ‘psychologist,’ ‘psychology consultation,’ ‘psychology consultant,’ ‘psychometry,’ ‘psychometrics’ or ‘psychometrist,’ ‘psychotherapy,’ ‘psychotherapist,’ ‘psychoanalysis,’ or ‘psychoanalyst,’ or when the person holds himself or herself out to be trained, experienced, or an expert in the field of psychology.”
This appears to include titles like “research psychologist.” There is one specific exemption to the law regarding the title “school psychologist,” which refers to school counselors who do not need to be licensed. School psychologists are legally forbidden from referring to themselves as simply “psychologists.”
Whereas the term “research psychologist” may be common in academic parlance, and permissible within accredited institutions, the issue seems to be publicly presenting oneself under any title containing the word “psychologist” if a person is not licensed. Ford is a professor and a researcher, but not a psychologist. Section 2910 of the law states, “This chapter shall not be construed to restrict the practice of psychology on the part of persons who are salaried employees of accredited or approved academic institutions, public schools, or governmental agencies, if those employees are complying with the following (1) Performing those psychological activities as part of the duties for which they were hired. (2) Performing those activities solely within the jurisdiction or confines of those organizations. (3) Do not hold themselves out to the public by any title or description of activities incorporating the words ‘psychology,’ ‘psychological,’ or ‘psychologist.'”
It is unknown why Ford, 51, a seasoned academic in the field of psychology would have made such an obvious mistake unless she was unaware of the law or trying to intentionally mislead the public and members of the committee about her credentials in the field of psychology. Her bizarre testimony often veered off into psychological jargon about brain chemistry, memory storage, and how trauma effects the brain, analysis one would expect from a clinical psychologist, rather than an academic involved in research. When asked by committee members of her most vivid memory from the attack that allegedly occurred nearly 40 years ago, Ford responded, “Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two [men], and their having fun at my expense,” referring to the part of the brain mainly associated with memory. When discussing her trauma, Ford replied, “The etiology of anxiety and PTSD is multifactorial. [The incident] was certainly a critical risk factor. That would be a predictor of the [conditions] that I now have … I can’t rule out that I would have some biological predisposition to be an anxious-type person.”
Yet, Ford’s academic focus for years has been statistics, not memory or trauma. To look at her as some sort of expert in this area would be like asking a podiatrist about heart disease simply because he’s in the medical field. Still, the media ate it up. Hours after her testimony ended, various mainstream media outlets falsely identified Ford as a “psychologist” and praised her approach to science during the hearing, calling the statistician an “expert” on issues more closely related to clinical psychology.
The Washington Post ran a headline that simply read, “Christine Blasey Ford, psychologist,” The Atlantic’s headline read, “Christine Blasey Ford, A Psychologist, Testifies to Congress,” Slate‘s headline read, “Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony combined her own expert analysis of the situation,” The New Yorker‘s headline read “Christine Blasey Ford is Serving As Both A Witness And An Expert,” and the Wall Street Journal ran with “Ford’s Testimony Reminds Us That She’s A Psychologist.” As of Friday morning, Ford’s Wikipedia entry also identified her occupation as “Psychologist.” According to California law, all of these are false. Ford is not a psychologist.
The Senate judiciary committee is set to decide Friday on a date for Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote. If Ford committed perjury, she could face up to five years in federal prison.
https://www.dangerous.com/49836/records-show-dr-ford-is-not-a-licensed-psychologist-may-have-committed-perjury/
I don’t see the problem here—she is a professor of psychology and a research psychologist. These are academic roles—call her professor or doctor. Both are perfectly legit. She never offered further. I think there are better areas to focus on than this.
No, she didn't.
She opened her remarks saying she would not reiterate her list of documentation .. (I forget the exact words she used) .... but she did not list anything about herself.
FFFFord works for me.
Exculpatory has five syllables.
Actress. Btw last week in a CEU class, I called the teacher a psychologist. She corrected me because she could not legally accept the title.
She was authentic.
This is a nothing burger. A research psychologist is not a clinical psychologist. She does not see patients and needs no license. She does research, much like research chemists, research biologists, research pharmacologists, etc. I have at least one research psychologist among my multidisciplinary team; as researchers, psychologists contribute just as much as any other researcher.
2012 was also an election year.
My God, this Deep State/Swamp conspiracy stuff really does predate Trump.
They were prepping her in case they needed ammo in the event Mittens won.
Holy cr@p.
Is she a professor or an adjunct professor?
We have both in the family and, trust me, there’s one mother of a difference.
Especially if this wench is the latter passing herself off as the former.
Anyone in a licensed field knows to be very careful with terminology.
Try calling yourself an Engineer on the web. The State will send you a cease and desist letter if you are not a currently licensed engineer.
Same with calling yourself a Lawyer or a Doctor. Everyone in the field knows how they can refer to themselves properly.
While many feel that licensing boards are corrupt or play favorites, at least in most fields they perform a valid function to keep out charlatans and con men.
Speaking of “physicians” rather than “psychologists” it’s certainly a crime to practice medicine without a license.However,I wonder if it’s a crime to simply claim you’re a “physician” or “doctor” but don’t do anything that could be seen as practicing medicine.
I am pretty sure it is entirely legal to refer to oneself as “doctor” if you claim to be an expert in herbal medicine or gravity treatments or some such quackery. You would get into serious trouble if you tried to append “MD” to your name. We are pretty picky on that point.
T. MD.
I couldn’t remember the word she didn’t understand; thanks for remembering. OK, now she’s up to 5 syllables.
You sign yourself as "MD" which I take to mean that you're a graduate of a medical school.Assuming further that you're licensed to practice medicine somewhere in the US would you still be allowed to bill yourself as "MD" if your license were to expire,be suspended or be revoked? I obviously understand that you wouldn't be allowed to *practice* medicine in any such situation.
MD means you attended a Med School in the Allopathic tradition. DO is for Osteopaths. Naturopaths and homeopaths have no initials after their name (I am almost certain).
As much as I dislike the 51 year old, lying “14 yr old”, you are correct she has a PhD as a research psychologist and not as a practicing licensed psychologist. In other words doesn’t work with patients. But you can bet she has done enough research into PTSD and other issues to know exactly how to pretend. Some of her work here.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christine_Blasey
We really need to be careful what we say. The left hits us for any false rumors. This female (I assume) has been co author for many years before 2012.
It only takes writing one chapter on one topic to be co author though and is not a big deal. As much as she disgusts me, I think our being informed is important. Regardless how much she has done work wise she is a lying, liberal hag. Check this information.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christine_Blasey
But the entire article comes from Dangerous, https://www.dangerous.com/49836/records-show-dr-ford-is-not-a-licensed-psychologist-may-have-committed-perjury/ which is Milo’s site
“Aren’t we over-interpreting what she said? Did she not qualify that she was a research psychologist, and not a licensed psychologist, which is a distinction everyone understands?”
“Several searches on California’s licensing database revealed many of Ford’s colleagues in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Studies at Stanford are not licensed psychologists in California, including the department chairman Laura Roberts, who identifies herself only as a professor. Of the unlicensed members of the faculty — which includes researchers, clinicians, professors, and fellows — none refer to themselves as a “psychologist” or “psychiatrist,” unless they also had a license issued in California.”
NONE refer to themselves as a “psychologist” or “psychiatrist,” unless they also had a license issued in California.
Prone to “EXAGGERATION” maybe????????
“Aren’t we over-interpreting what she said? Did she not qualify that she was a research psychologist, and not a licensed psychologist, which is a distinction everyone understands?”
EXCEPT, that’s not what THE LAW says.
“To look at her as some sort of expert in this area would be like asking a podiatrist about heart disease simply because he’s in the medical field. Still, the media ate it up.”
“the media ate it up.” Apparently so did you. (no offense)
Did you read the article?
There are so many who thought Ford’s testimony was epic! I took one look at “Garth”/”Harf” with her clown/comic look, little girl voice and simpleton answers with NOTHING to corroborate nor ANY solid, verifiable facts and I just LMAO (or have to cry). You got to be kidding me!!! This is not serious!!! Astonishingly, this is ripping the country apart. The other accusers and the “porn” lawyer are also certifiably insane.
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